Art Director
Company Description
Interested in working for an exciting company that is redefining the way people play video games? Interested in working for a world class company in a fun, and rewarding environment in Barcelona? Then Gameloft is the company for you!
About Gameloft
Leader in the development and publishing of mobile games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are featured in the “Top 10 Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 4,600 people worldwide. Every month, 114 million unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with Gameloft Advertising Solutions, a leading B2B offering dedicated to brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.
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About Gameloft Advertising Solutions
With a monthly audience of more than 113 million unique players and an inventory of 2.4 billion impressions, Gameloft Advertising Solutions offers advertisers a unique level of visibility and engagement. To date, Gameloft Advertising Solutions has delivered more than 3000 campaigns for prestigious brands such as Air France, Coca-Cola®, Ford, FOX™, Kellogg’s®, McDonalds, ©Netflix, Procter & Gamble, Samsung and Unilever, in over 40 countries around the world (North America, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, etc.).
All trademarks referenced above are owned by their respective trademark owners.
Job Description
Our Barcelona studio is looking for an Art Director who can inspire and guide teams in creating outstanding visual showcases for our games.
Responsibilities:
Under the responsibility of the Studio Manager, you will have to:
- Mentor, direct and supervise a dedicated art team in creating AAA 3D games
- Challenge innovation and establish standards through the visual identity you establish for your games
- Control and establish artistic guidelines for every aspect of art production: characters, vehicles, environments, props, cinematic direction, special fx and post-processing
- Empower Team Leads and their teams to reach standard setting levels of quality
- Work with the Creative and Tech leads in finding the best way to blend visuals, technology and gameplay mechanics into one coherent AAA 3D gaming experience
- Own the product: collaborate with marketing and licensing teams to design and execute trailers, promotional campaigns.
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Highly motivated; with a deep passion for video games
- 3-5 years experience as Art Director
- Previous Lead artist experience showcased by a published AAA title
- Ability to formulate strong visual identities for concepts
- Hands-on previous experience in any major 3D art field is a must (Environment, Character or Vehicle 3D modelling)
- Proven experience in working with 3Dstudio Max (or Maya) and Zbrush
- A “lead by example” work philosophy
- Experienced, autonomous and versatile profile.
Additional Information
Why Join the World of Gameloft?
- Because you want to be part of an exceptional experience within a company that is constantly growing!
- Because you want to work with talented people who are industry pioneers!
- Because you want to join a global company and meet great people around the world from all walks of life.
- Or, just because you’re looking for a great place to work!
Benefits:
- Permanent contract, full-time job and excellent Social Benefits.
- The offer includes relocation assistance, a merit based salary progression system and a competitive initial salary package.
- Career-development opportunities.
- An exceptional, dynamic, demanding and motivating working environment within a fast growing company.
- Challenging and rewarding work on the next great frontiers in games.
- Exceptional library of diverse games with broad distribution.
- An international environment which offers daily contact with other countries & cultures
- Excellent local working conditions (quality of offices, geographical location of office in the centre of Barcelona).
We can’t wait to find our next great talent! Join the Game!
Want to know more? Please visit our Website: www.gameloft.com
Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted and your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months.
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