Art Lead (Third-person action shooter)

Responsibilities

• Maintain an Art Vision established by the external partner whilst driving new content and features.
• Control character-driven technical pipelines, as well as content for environment assets and kits.
• Collaborate with production to ensure the product stays on time and on budget to the highest quality.
• Create and drive visual targets that set the vision & quality bar for art in-engine.
• Delegate and direct responsibilities where needed, and proactively seek out and present solutions to problems.
• Give clear and consistent communication (and feedback) to the development team and external partners throughout production. Sell the Art Direction to all invested parties.
• Collaborate with the Game leadership team to deliver a world-class addition to a popular indie franchise, and work with production to ensure the product stays on time and on budget.
• Help mentor and grow artists to improve in their thinking, process, and craft. Inspire the art team to deliver consistent quality across all art disciplines.
• Collaborate with studio art leadership to grow and maintain an inspiring art culture, and participate in hiring and maintaining the best talent in the industry.
• Drive all disciplines within the Art Department, including stylisation and optimisation approaches for VFX and Tech Art.

Requirements

• 5+ years of extensive games industry art experience.
• 2+ years preferred as an Art Lead (or Director).
• Experience with both Console and PC releases
• Unreal 4 or 5 experience
• Demonstrable ability to drive art pipelines and achieve results
• Expresses passion and strong skills in both 2D and 3D art.
• Communicate an eagerness for playing current popular games and understanding the art direction decisions.