3D Lead Artist

• Oversee and uphold Art Team processes and quality standards.
• Lead a team of anime/manga artists and animators by way of active management, proactive mentorship, and individualized career pathing.
• Work with cross-discipline Leads and Directors to help drive the artistic vision of the product.
• Support production with setting project time estimates and scheduling.
• Be the key point of contact for tech artists, animators, and graphics engineers for art direction and communication effectively across teams.
• Reviewed art from other team members and gave thoughtful critique and feedback.

Requirements

• 2 – 4 years’ experience as Lead Artist working especially with manga publishing
• Experience in the anime/manga industry welcomed.
• Knowledge of the anime/manga art styles and video game development process.
• Knowledge of production pipelines
• Positive energy, strong work ethic, and a collaborative demeanour
• Excellent communication and active listening skills, with the ability to provide direct and constructive feedback.
• Capacity to clearly articulate a team vision that translates to project goals.
• Eagerness to discover new processes or tools and promote their use within the team.
• Working knowledge/understanding of design and animation software
• Experience with anime, manga, or cartoon video game style.
• Degree or diploma in Game Design / Fine Art / Graphic Design

Benefits

• Collaborating with people creating innovative interactive entertainment.
• Dynamic and entrepreneurial culture.
• Video games focused environment.
• Contract Employee*Permanent employee promotion is available.
• Trial period: 3 months / No change in conditions.

Who we are:

PTW is a provides custom solutions worldwide. We believe in accelerating innovation across the globe. We started more than 25 years ago and since then, have grown exponentially year-on-year to who we are today. Our history is in gaming, and we are still gamers at heart. In our time within the games industry, we have worked on over 1,500 titles across all genres and all platforms.

We have grown rapidly over the past few years and now have 16 sites spanning the globe. The PTW umbrella of companies includes SIDE, 1518, OR Esports, and Entalize. SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market. 1518 is known industry wide for world-class art and is also our in-house game and product development studio.

Basically, anywhere in the world, any platform, any genre, we can help come up with a custom solution to make games run better, get to market faster, and enhance the lives of more players.

In summary, we connect and bring fun to the world.

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