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Art Director, Games

Carry1st is the leading publisher of social games and interactive content in Africa. We work with studios across the globe - from Addis Ababa to Sofia to New York City - to level up their games and scale in dynamic, frontier markets. In addition to our full-stack publishing service, we’ve built a proprietary payments and ecommerce experience which allows customers to pay for digital content, even when they don’t have a credit card.

As Art Director you’ll be responsible for defining and directing artistic vision for games in pre-production and production stage. You’ll work in close collaboration with our awesome Games team, including Product Managers, Producers , Game Designer and Dev teams to define and create new game concepts, and oversee the art production pipeline during the development of the game.

You will…

• Participate in brain-storming, conception of ideas, and brief creation
• Define and showcase the visual identity of the game in the pre-production phase
• Create the art style-guide for in-game assets and UI
• Set up the best practices and standards for production based on industry benchmarks and share your expertise with the team members
• Oversee art hiring, development and resourcing
• Review and validate the assets
• Oversee the whole game graphic quality and art content production in collaboration with the production team

Requirements

What makes you a great candidate?

• Demonstrable leadership skills with both problem solving and diplomatic skills.
• Portfolio of work that demonstrates compelling visuals across multiple genres of games.
• Previous experience working with external partners.
• Excellent technical ability with a thorough understanding of Unity, mobile rendering and post processing methods.
• Previous experience as an Art Director with 5 or more years working in game development, including at least one mobile game; .

Benefits

What will we offer you?

• The opportunity to lead on high stakes, industry changing products
• Almost unlimited room for career growth with support along the way
• The ability to work from anywhere in the world
• Equity ownership

Some additional perks you’ll get access to…

• Co-working excursions and retreats: Our teams are encouraged to work from a shared location and visit each other. Carry1st will cover travel expenses, accommodation, and provide you with a daily spending allowance
• Awesome equipment: To set our teammates up for success we make sure you’ve got everything you need to work effectively
• Remote working allowance: An allowance that you can put towards creating your own office space, whether it’s internet expenses, ad-hoc equipment, or using a co-working space
• Birthday leave: Our teammates enjoy a paid day off on their special day
• Learning and development: Access to a Professional Development Fund to enable teammates to attend courses, conferences and training events
• Social events: Fun and regular company events to relax and connect with teammates

Although we’ve specified a location that could work well for this role, it’s not essential to be based there. Carry1st is a remote first company – in fact, we currently have people in over 19 different countries. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. Join us!

Learn more about Carry1st…

• Forbes announced that Andreessen Horowitz led Carry1st’s $20M Series A Extension
• The Hollywood Reporter announced that Nas and Google joined Carry1st’s $20M round
• PocketGamer.Biz announced that Carry1st raised $20 million to create the “Garena of Africa”