Senior Illustrator W/m/d

Lyon, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Permanent contract From €38,000 Per Year, Depending On Experience And Profile €

**Job description**:
Your Mission
As a Senior Illustrator, you’ll be at the heart of shaping Million Lords’ visual identity. You’ll create high-quality illustrations and concept art that define and elevate the game’s artistic style and storytelling. Your visuals will bring the world of Million Lords to life, guiding both the art team and the player experience. You’ll work closely with the Art Director and fellow artists to ensure a consistent and impactful visual direction across all creative assets.

Your will:

- Create and deliver high-quality concept art and key illustrations that define and reinforce the game’s visual identity, ensuring assets are always production-ready and aligned with the Art Director’s vision
- Mentor junior artists by sharing technical expertise, guiding their growth, and helping maintain visual consistency across the team’s output
- Support the continuous improvement of the illustration pipeline by sharing feedback, suggesting workflow enhancements, and contributing to documentation and team-wide best practices
- Collaborate closely with the Art Director to understand and embody the artistic vision, while also providing thoughtful input to help refine and clarify it for the broader team through your own work and guidance
- Produce complementary visuals in response to the needs of other departments (Game Design, Marketing, UI, Narrative) while maintaining alignment with the project’s visual direction, and proactively suggest visual ideas that enhance the player experience or production quality

**Profile required**:
Your Profile
You have:
7+ years of experience as a Senior Artist or Illustrator in the video game industry, ideally on core games, mobile or F2P titles
Exceptional skills in advanced drawing and painting, with a focus on concept art development and style adaptation across multiple themes and settings
A proven ability to produce visual development assets and marketing illustrations, as well as compelling character and environment designs
Experience mentoring junior artists, with a collaborative mindset and a focus on helping the team maintain high-quality and stylistically consistent outputs
A proactive, result-focused approach, able to balance creative ambition with production constraints
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to propose impactful visual solutions
Fluent in French and English
Familiarity with or curiosity about generative AI tools (e.g. for visual research, idea generation, or pipeline experimentation)

Bonus:
Familiarity with live-game production
A strong portfolio featuring anthropomorphic animal characters, showcasing expressive designs, clear personalities, and strong storytelling through visuals
Prior work in marketing illustration including splash art or cinematic keyframes

Perks
Special perks:
Hybrid work: 3 days remote per week
Flexible working hours with the option of a 4.5-day week
Opportunity to become a shareholder of the company
And of course:
Lunch card: €8/day, 50% covered by the company
Access to sports equipment in the office
Training & conferences supported to help you grow
Quarterly/Monthly team lunches and a Christmas gift card
and more

Recruitment Process
We care about making this first exchange a meaningful one:
Initial phone call with Isabelle Merley, our Talent Manager Acquisition to understand your background and walk you through the process
Interview with Tiavina, our Art Director, to align on expectations and vision
Case study to assess your problem-solving and strategic thinking
Discussion with Tiavina and one of our artists to understand how you’ll collaborate
Final interview with Benoît, our CEO
Additional Information
Contract: Full-time, based in Lyon
Start date: As soon as possible
Salary from €38,000 per year, depending on experience and profile

**Company description**:
At Million Victories, we aim to bring the powerful emotions of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games to millions of players: the thrill of epic battles, the pride of shared progress, the strength of a united community

To achieve this, we are redefining the genre: we create unique, innovative, and accessible MMO games for mobile.

Since the launch of our first game, Million Lords, a real-time strategy MMO, we’ve seen steady and solid growth. Backed by the successful completion of a nearly $40 million funding round, including both primary and secondary investments, and supported by a team of 35 professionals, we are accelerating our growth to take our game to the next level.

Our values: ambition, originality, respect.

Our culture: we believe it’s possible to pursue excellence within a culture of kindness.

At Million Victories, performance grows from trust, autonomy, and the richness of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Working at Million Victories means:

- Having your ini