Art Director – AAA Games Studio – Malmo, Sweden

This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it is safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

Project: AAA Games

Our client is seeking an Art Director to be responsible for the creation and quality of a new AAA open-world game based in Malmo, Sweden

The successful candidate will be joining a team to help create and develop a new AAA Open- world game.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive experience as a 3D Artist, including production work on at least two shipped console or PC games
• Experience working as a mentor, manager, AD, lead or similar role
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills including artistic feedback
• Brilliant skills in Maya, Photoshop, Z-brush or equivalent
• Skill to understand and interpret an artistic vision and maintain that both in your own and other people’s work
• Capability to provide visual and written briefs for artists
• An impressive portfolio

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Collaborate with other team leads to provide your them with your expertise in visual design
• Help make decisions and direct the overall project
• Guide and provide constructive feedback to a group of artists made up of multiple different art specialists
• Work with production to build and validate long term plans and the priorities both for your team and any outsourcing needs you may have

DESIRED SKILLS (Good to have):

• Familiarity working on an action/adventure or open world title
• Knowledge of gaming field trends and gaming design requirements and limitations
• Wide range of experience or knowledge on a wide range of art specialisms and styles
• Ability to create a range of high and low poly objects such as props, buildings and organic objects
• A good understanding of lighting, VFX/particle systems, renders passes, and compositing
• Understand game design practice particularly mission and levels, game experience and an active player
• Knowledge and understanding of anatomy – with an eye for accurate proportions, form, and details
• Knowledge and understanding of various natural and urban landscapes

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 417!

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