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Visual Development Artist

At Space Ape, the creation of world class brands is vitally important to us and as a Visual Development Artist, you will be at the forefront of all of our new titles. Working alongside both in development and prototype teams you will be responsible for helping drive, shape and build the creative direction of a variety of brands across a diverse portfolio of game styles and genres.

The ideal candidate should have a proven track record in the creation of exceptional brands, IP worlds and characters. They should possess a mobile first attitude with strong art direction and communication skills with the passion for inspiring and mentoring others. This is a hands-on role where the individual is expected to be an active member of the game teams helping contribute with both content and ideas.

To find out more about our Art team follow our Blog and Art Station

Responsibilities

• To drive visual development, artistic direction and brand creation across a variety of our games throughout various stages in their development cycles.
• Produce creative solutions to brand development through the creation of conceptual art for characters, environments and gameplay artwork.
• Create Mood boards, Style guides and Brand guidelines presenting to key stakeholders at various levels as required.
• Work closely with product owners, art leads and respective design requirements to meet your goal.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in art direction, visual development and the creation of mood boards, style guides and brand guidelines for video game.
• An outstanding body of work demonstrating the creation of world-class characters and environments for casual, accessible titles.
• Excellent visual design skills with regard to colour theory, composition, layout and typography.
• A high level of passion for mobile games and their development backed by relevant industry experience.
• Great communication and organisational skills. You inspire, motivate and champion the artistic vision when working with designers, producers and engineers.
• A versatile, proactive attitude to drive forward visual development across a variety of titles with a variety of teams concurrently.
• Proficiency in CS Suite, and other visual design tools.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Up-to-date with the latest trends, techniques, and technologies and design psychology.
• A "raise the bar" attitude.
  

Additional Skills:

• Experience using the Unity Game Engine
• Experience of working in an agile (e.g. SCRUM/Kanban) environment using agile ceremonies (e.g. stand-ups sprint planning, retrospectives) and working with agile artefacts (e.g. user stories, task boards).
• An ability to work with minimal supervision and review and exercise independent judgement.
• Experience in conducting user research and evaluating user feedback.
• Experience designing for iOS, Android, or other mobile platforms.
• Knowledge of technical constraints, optimisation and implementation.
• Experience in other design-related fields such as UI/UX, 3D modelling, After Effects, Animation and Motion graphics production.

Why Space Ape is right for you

• Be a part of one of several small empowered teams who inspire and challenge one another in the pursuit of our mission
• Autonomy to make your own impact with the support to help it happen
• Designated ‘Ape Space’ creative time where you are free to work on game concepts and ideas away from your day to day
• The freedom to further your skill set the way you want with a generous training budget
• An award winning studio that in 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020 was crowned one of the best companies to work for in the UK by Gamesindustry
• Help run and create games which bring joy to millions of players all over the world
• 4.7/5.0 Glassdoor rating - Check out our reviews
• Entered a long-term strategic partnership with Supercell in 2017
• Competitive compensation & stock options
• This position is in London, but you're not? No matter where you would be moving from, our dedicated people will help you from beginning to end.

About Space Ape

At Space Ape we pride ourselves on our passion and the trust we place in our people. We look for passionate, productive, team players who are relentless in their pursuit of our mission. There’s no bureaucracy here, we just get things done. Space Ape’s mission is to make the highest quality and most successful mobile games in the world. Founded in 2012 we’ve since launched four games that have been installed by over 100 million people and generated over $250m revenue.

We are part of the Supercell family, giving access to some of the most talented game makers on the planet.

Our studio is currently 110 strong and built around the belief that small empowered teams make the best games. This philosophy enables us to innovate, move faster and have the creative ownership required to make the greatest games on mobile.

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