Josh Atack

Senior Lead Concept Artist at Funcom

Josh (Badger) Atack's work experience includes the following roles:

- Senior Lead Concept Artist at Funcom, starting in April 2023. Josh (badger) manages a team of 15+ artists and works on the game Dune: Awakening.

- Lead Concept Artist at Electronic Arts (EA) from January 2019 to April 2023. Josh (badger) serves as the Art Director on Battlefield 2042 and the Lead Concept Artist on Need For Speed: Unbound. Josh (badger) is responsible for running a concept art team across IPs such as Star Wars, Need For Speed, and Battlefield.

- Lead Concept Artist at Creative Assembly from January 2018 to January 2019. Josh (badger) is responsible for personnel and task management, including teaching, mentoring, and creating style guides for visual language.

- Freelance Concept Artist from September 2016 to January 2018, working on various projects including Marvel Feature films and indie games.

- Lead Concept Artist at Space Ape Games from February 2014 to September 2016, starting as the only concept artist and later managing the growth of the concept team. Josh (badger) was responsible for concept art across all IPs and art approvals.

- Concept Artist at Frontier Developments from April 2012 to February 2014, working on the games Elite Dangerous and unannounced Microsoft projects. Josh (badger) was the primary concept artist for the Elite Dangerous kickstarter pitch.

- Concept Artist at Opus Artz Ltd from February 2010 to March 2012.

- Runner at Peerless Camera Company from October 2009 to January 2010.

Josh "Badger" Atack attended the University of the West of England from 2005 to 2008, where they pursued a degree in Illustration. Josh (badger) successfully obtained a 2:1 degree in their field of study.

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Timeline

  • Senior Lead Concept Artist

    April, 2023 - present