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Project Art Director

1 year ago

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Art Director, or truly established artist to take their career to the next level and join the Historical Total War team, to create thrilling game experiences on a new project. This role will be based at our headquarters in Horsham, in the heart of West Sussex.

In this exciting role, the successful candidate will lead the art and animation disciplines both technically and creatively and deliver the artistic vision of the game by unlocking the team's creativity by removing obstacles, supporting individual development, and empowering a high performing team.

Flexible working at Creative Assembly includes hybrid, fully remote within country of employment for eligible roles, and in-studio. We recognise that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and empower our teams to define the working patterns which work best for them, which may mean different things for different teams and roles and at different times.

This role can be offered as hybrid or in-studio. The hybrid expectation is 2 days a week in the office. Further details can be discussed during the recruitment process.

Key Responsibilities

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

Lead the creation of the visual content for the game
Visualise the goals
Inspire the team
Work with peers to ensure the player experience delivers on the vision
Collaborate to make the content creation efficient and performant
Collaborate to reduce the time and resource/effort to go from idea to screen; through tools, approach, processes, technology, training etc
Support the team to thrive and grow, to enable them to perform at the peak of their ability.

Approach/behaviour

Gains energy and is excited by the challenge of technical and creative problem solving
Passionate about unlocking the potential of the content creation team
Seizes the opportunities and carefully evaluates the promise of new methodologies
Works closely with cross discipline peers to enable rapid change and iteration
Works closely with art, creative, engineering and production directors to deliver on the player experience and game's vision
Excellent communicator at every level, across all expected forms eg. verbal, documentation, presentation
Seeks feedback as a means, to continuously improve and develop skills
Organised, methodical, creative
Has a broad knowledge and experience yet empowers and supports discipline leaders to push their areas of expertise.

Knowledge, Skill and Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience leading art team in production
Deep knowledge of one or more areas of game art, and a broad understanding of all aspects of game art direction and game development
Excellent communication skills
Able to demonstrate having held a critical and fundamental lead role in previous projects(s), with examples
Deep and broad knowledge of current content creation landscape - from tools to best practise
Deep and broad experience of commercial game development tools and engines (from workflow to bespoke add-on tools)
Worked closely with code peers to align on and take advantage of project technical strengths
Strong team development skills with a demonstrable track record to supporting and developing individuals.

Desirable

Keen gamer
Interest in and passion for history
Traditional art skills ideally with formal art training and broad knowledge of art history
Technical art skills
Photogrammetry knowledge\experience.

About Creative Assembly

It’s an exciting time to be a part of our craft-led studio as we push boundaries, creating deep and detailed experiences that last.

Our teams are diverse from across the world, from trainees to industry veterans who constantly challenge us and make sure we are striving for the best within our games and our studio life. We are united through our shared values of Quality, Focus, Teamwork, Respect and Trust and we win awards for our culture and our people-centric approach, having won a Best Place to Work Award for six consecutive years. We invest in our people, the studio, and our projects. We are a company that’s secure and safe – you don’t need to worry about job security at CA.

We’ll give you the creative freedom, tools, support, and development to achieve your potential.

Our studios are based in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria, including several bespoke state-of-the-art audio suites and a dedicated motion capture facility.

We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:

Flexible working: hybrid, fully remote within country of employment for eligible roles, and in-studio working
Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)
Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays
Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents, with support throughout the process from our dedicated Relocation Specialists
Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening
Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, and all UK Bank holidays
Annual discretionary studio bonus
Join our award-winning education and social responsibility programme; the Legacy Project, as an industry ambassador to mentor and educate others
Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance
Opportunity to join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group
Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme with free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site
Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library
Free breakfast in the studio every day - toast, bagels, pancakes, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, smoothies, juices, milkshakes and more in our fully stocked kitchen
Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme and onsite confidential sessions
In-studio heavily subsidised massage therapy
Discounts for home technology, travel insurance, corporate gym membership, cinema tickets, holidays, trips out and Ikea vouchers, and many local businesses including estate agents
Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer Festival, Christmas Party plus a separate Children’s Christmas Party. We also have Cinema days and wrap parties for game releases
Studio community activities such as life drawing, creative writing, Pilates, Walking Challenges, Couch to 5k, basketball, game and movie evenings, board game club, 5-a-side football, CA Choir, Sword fighting (yes, sword fighting) and loads more.

Our studio sites have disabled access. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief. Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings.

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