Studio Art Director

Company Description

Join The Game! 

Leader in the development and publishing of games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are featured in the “Top 10 iOS Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Dragon Mania Legends, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Disney®, LEGO®, Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel®, Lamborghini® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 3,600 people worldwide. Every month, 70 million unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with Gameloft for brands, a leading B2B offering dedicated to brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.

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Job Description

Under the responsibility of the Studio Manager, you will have to:

•Mentor, direct and supervise a dedicated art team in creating AAA 3D games

•Challenge innovation and establish standards through the visual identity you establish for your games

•Control and establish artistic guidelines for every aspect of art production: characters, vehicles, environments, props, cinematic direction, special fx and post-processing

•Empower Team Leads and their teams to reach standard setting levels of quality

•Work with the Creative and Tech leads in finding the best way to blend visuals, technology and gameplay mechanics into one coherent AAA 3D gaming experience

•Own the product: collaborate with marketing and licensing teams to design and execute trailers, promotional campaigns.

Qualifications

•Highly motivated; with a deep passion for video games

•3-5 years experience as Art Director

•Previous experience showcased by a published AAA title

•Ability to formulate strong visual identities for concepts

•Hands-on previous experience in any major 3D art field is a must (Environment, Character or Vehicle 3D modelling)

•Proven experience in working with 3Dstudio Max (or Maya) and Zbrush

•A “lead by example” work philosophy

•Experienced, autonomous and versatile profile.

Additional Information

Why Join the World of Gameloft?

• Because you want to be part of an exceptional experience within a company that is constantly growing!
• Because you want to work with talented people who are industry pioneers!
• Because you want to be part of an international environment with daily contact with other countries & cultures!
• Because we do more than just games: we build amazing careers!

Or, just because you’re looking for a great place to work!

Benefits:

• Permanent contract, full-time job with excellent Social Benefits.
• 25 vacation days per year
• Private medical health insurance
• Flexible compensation with Ticket Restaurant Card
• Free language courses
• Birthday day off + 3 days of choice to do Friday schedule
• Flexible work from home hybrid model + 2 months of full remote to work from anywhere you want!
• Merit based salary progression system and a competitive initial salary package.
• Career-development opportunities.
• Excellent local working conditions (quality of offices, geographical location of office in the centre of Barcelona).
• ... and Thursday afterwork beers!

We can’t wait to find our next great talent!

Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted and your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months.