Gainor Staffing is hiring: Lead Digital Artist in New York

Overview A rapidly rising startup redefining alternative finance by giving traders access to futures markets and training. Built on radical transparency, standout customer experience, and a bold, internet-native brand voice, the company aims to be a top choice in the space. This is an opportunity to define and build the visual identity of a fully gamified trading experience. As Lead Digital Artist , you’ll create a world of characters, avatars, environments, and collectibles that traders use to personalize their experience and engage with the platform. You’ll operate at the intersection of creativity and product, owning the visual language from concept through production, and collaborating closely with engineering to bring it to life.

Responsibilities

Own Visual Direction: Define & evolve the artistic style & visual language for a gamified digital ecosystem.

Concept & Ideation: Translate ideas into mood boards, sketches, & style explorations to align stakeholders before production.

Asset Creation: Design & deliver high-quality, production-ready assets including characters, avatars, environments, UI cosmetics, & collectibles.

End-to-End Execution: Own the full creative pipeline from concept through final asset delivery, ensuring consistency & quality across all outputs.

Dev Collaboration: Partner closely with engineers to ensure assets are implemented accurately & perform seamlessly in-product.

Creative Prioritization: Evaluate concepts & guide the team toward the most impactful & scalable creative directions.

Set Quality Bar: Establish standards & frameworks for all future creative output as the gamified experience scales.

Qualifications

5+ years digital art experience, ideally within gaming or gaming-adjacent environments

Strong portfolio demonstrating character design, environments, & world-building

Proven ability to take concepts through full production pipeline to polished, final assets

Experience collaborating with developers to bring assets into live products

Strong visual storytelling & ability to create immersive, cohesive worlds

Comfortable presenting ideas & iterating based on feedback

Strong understanding of gaming & online culture

Background designing skins, cosmetics, avatars, or collectible-based systems

Familiarity with animation (bonus, not required)

Compensation, Benefits & Perks

Salary Range: $150,000 - 175,000 annually, based on experience

401(k) program

Competitive health insurance plans

Hybrid (1-2 days per week in-office)

To protect applicants, please note that this job is posted only on LinkedIn.com and Gainor.net. Postings on any other sites have not been approved by our company and may be fraudulent. Gainor is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Gainor are based on business needs, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, national origin, immigration status, marital or familial status, citizenship status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic or status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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In Summary: As Lead Digital Artist, you’ll create a world of characters, avatars, environments, and collectibles that traders use to personalize their experience and engage with the platform . You'll operate at the intersection of creativity and product, owning the visual language from concept through production .

En Español: Una startup en rápido crecimiento que redefine las finanzas alternativas dando a los comerciantes acceso a mercados de futuros y capacitación. Basado en la transparencia radical, experiencia del cliente destacada y una voz de marca audaz nativa de Internet, la compañía tiene como objetivo ser una opción superior en el espacio. Esta es una oportunidad para definir y construir la identidad visual de una experiencia comercial completamente gamificada. Como Artista Digital líder , crearás un mundo de personajes, avatares, entornos y coleccionables que los operadores utilizan para personalizar su experiencia e interactuar con la plataforma. Trabajarás en la intersección de creatividad y producto, poseyendo el lenguaje visual desde el concepto hasta la producción, y colaborando estrechamente con la ingeniería para darle vida. Responsabilidades Own Visual Direction: Definir y desarrollar el estilo artístico y el idioma visual para un ecosistema digital gamified. Concept & Ideation: Translate ideas into mood boards, sketches, and style explorations to align stakeholders before production. Asset Creation: Design & deliver high-quality, production ready assets including characters, avatars, environments, UI cosmetics, & collectibles. End-to-End Execution: Own the full creative pipeline from concept through final asset collection, ensuring consistency & delivery across all outputs. Devaluing Collaboration: Beneficiary Partnership: Partner closely with partnerships to ensure accurate skytheads & seals are performing in a weekly work. Las publicaciones en cualquier otro sitio web no han sido aprobadas por nuestra empresa y pueden ser fraudulentas. Gainor se compromete al principio de igualdad de oportunidades de empleo para todos los empleados y a proporcionarles un entorno laboral libre de discriminación y acoso. Todas las decisiones sobre el empleo en Gainors se basan en necesidades empresariales, requisitos laborales y calificaciones individuales, sin tener en cuenta la raza, color, religión, credo, sexo, orientación sexual, género (incluyendo identidad y expresión de género), edad, origen nacional, estatus migratorio, estado civil o familiar, condición de ciudadanía, ascendencia, discapacidad física o mental, información genética, toma de decisiones sobre salud reproductiva, estatuto veterano o militar, u otra característica o estatus protegido bajo la ley federal, estatal o local aplicable. #J-18808-Ljbffr