AI Artist - Empire

**Remote | Permanent, full-time position | Goodgame Studios** **About the Role**We're looking for an AI Artist (Generative AI Game Artist) to join our art team behind Empire and Empire: Four Kingdoms at Goodgame Studios - part of the Stillfront Group. We've built AI into our production pipeline from the ground up - it's not a bolt-on here; it's how we make things. The role is hands-on and production-focused. You'll use AI tools daily to create, refine, and deliver assets that match our recognisable medieval strategy art style - from in-game visuals to marketing content - always combining AI generation with strong artistic judgement and traditional tools to reach the quality bar our players expect. This is a fully remote, permanent position for candidates based in Germany, Sweden, Bulgaria, or Malta (valid visa required). Alternatively, we welcome applications from Freelancers working within the German time zone. **What You'll Do** - Produce in-game and marketing assets end-to-end, from concept through final delivery, using AI-assisted workflows - Build and maintain image and video generation pipelines in ComfyUI and other tools - Combine AI outputs with Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects to reach production quality - Create and animate assets using After Effects, drawing on a solid understanding of animation principles, cinematography, and visual composition - Maintain visual consistency with the established Empire art style across asset types (characters, buildings, environments, props) - Support marketing and communication visuals alongside in-game content - Test, evaluate, and integrate new AI tools and models as they emerge (we expect this to be a meaningful part of the job) - Collaborate closely with the rest of the art team, as well as Product, CRM, Game Design, and Developers **What We're Looking For** **Game Art Background** - Professional experience in game development (mobile games / F2P / live service titles a plus) - Portfolio that includes real shipped in-game assets - characters, buildings, environments, props, animations - from actual projects **AI & Pipeline Skills** - Solid hands-on experience with AI-driven visual production as part of a real production workflow - Advanced ComfyUI skills: building, debugging, and optimising complex workflows; custom node setup; dependency management and troubleshooting - Strong working knowledge of Midjourney, ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini for image direction and iteration - LoRA training and workflow automation **Image & Video Generation** - Character consistency workflows (LoRA, reference-based / ControlNet-style setups) - Image-to-image and image-to-video pipelines - Upscaling and post-production workflows **Production Tools** - Production-level Illustrator and Photoshop skills - these are at the core of our workflow - Solid After Effects skills, including animation - backgrounds and in-game animations - Strong sense of cinematography and visual composition — understanding of how animation and film work, timing, camera, and storytelling through motion **Technical Mindset** - Comfortable running AI workloads on cloud GPUs (e.g. RunPod or similar) - Pragmatic problem-solver - you iterate quickly and don't wait for perfect conditions **Mindset** - Hands-on, adaptable, and genuinely curious about where AI is going - Strong visual judgement - you know when something looks right for the style and when it doesn't - Clear communicator across creative and technical topics - Organised and team-oriented - we don't work in silos. Everyone on the team maintains a global overview of what's in progress, takes ownership of features end-to-end, and helps coordinate the team's work. We expect each person to grow not just as an artist but as someone who can lead and organise a feature from start to finish. **Nice-to-Have** - Experience with ElevenLabs or other AI audio/voice tools - Familiarity with 3D or multi-view → 3D pipelines (e.g. Blender, Maya) - Experience producing social media or p…