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Art Director

About us

At Amber, we're always on the hunt for the most talented individuals in the industry to join our team. We're dedicated to delivering top-notch service to our customers and know that our employees are key to making that happen. We offer attractive compensation packages and plenty of chances to grow with us, and we're always on the lookout for ways to do things better. Our team works together towards common goals and we value each member's contributions to our mission of continuous improvement and innovation.

About the role

Embark on a new journey! Art Director role now available.

Our ideal candidate would have experience leading a team and collaborating with senior leadership in directing an art department.

As Art Director for one of our new upcoming PC/Console original IP you are responsible for developing and leading our art team to help establish art direction, set benchmarks and coordinate and lead the art production of the game.

The Quest:

• Creating the artistic vision of the game and providing direction to realize that vision including:

• Evangelizing the vision.
• Providing feedback and art critique.
• Defining visual targets and style guides.
• Collaborating with leadership to drive all artwork.
• Content: Able to produce artwork in multiple styles via expert knowledge of visual language and themes to provide directional benchmarks for the whole team.
• People: Evaluates, hires, and manages all art disciplines and third parties/outsource. Develops leadership and empowers the team by sharing ownership and autonomy. Uses experience to help with scoping and risk management on projects.
• Tech: Oversees the production of art tools, production pipelines, content creation. Has the technical knowledge required to realize the artistic vision. Identifies new tools and evaluates competing products for suitability/cost/use/etc. Has a thorough and broad technical understanding of assets and best practices.
• You lead and direct a team of artists of one of our new upcoming PC/Console original IP in an international development team.
• Heavily involved in every stage of a game’s development cycle being responsible for the highest quality art for the product (2D, 3D, animations).
• Through pre-production, leads the creation of storyboards, logos, user interfaces, character design, environments and all other visual material and concepts.
• As keeper of the art vision for the game, you align product needs with visual style to create an exciting game experience for millions of players.
• You work closely together with the creative director, programmers, game designers and other internal stakeholders.
• Motivates the team, keeping artists focused, and efficiently devises solutions to mitigate art product risks.
• You play the key role in the team being able to ship the game and its updates in time and in quality.
• Furthermore, you are responsible for coordinating art outsourcing partners.

The Skills:

• A minimum of 2-year prior experience as a lead artist on an art team.
• At least 5 years hands-on experience on games, ideally from scratch.
• Strong knowledge in building design or environment art, as well as different art-styles, techniques, and workflows in game development.
• In-depth knowledge of all aspects of asset creation including modeling, texturing, animation, sprite production, UI and VFX.
• Strong communication and leadership skills combined with a start-up mentality, strong determination and ownership for the product.
• Fluent English language skills.
• Basic/Beginner knowledge of UE4, scene assembly and public variable modifications in order to author existing scenes, assets and lighting.
• Reel or Portfolio demonstrating production, artistic and technical skills.

The Reward

• A fun and dynamic industry where you can make a difference.
• Additional Days Off - according to Amber’s internal policy.
• Professional and friendly work environment.
• An attractive salary package with private medical services.
• Awesome and talented colleagues.
• Support from all your teammates.
• Access to training and learning programs.