STUDIO ART DIRECTOR – SPAIN – 80 to 110k € gross per year + relocation support

STUDIO ART DIRECTOR – SPAIN – 80 to 110k € gross per year + relocation support

Studio Art Director needed for a fantastic studio in Spain!

Under the responsibility of the Worldwide Art Director, you will have to:
•Lead, mentor, supervise and inspire art team in creating games.
•Assist in the art direction of the games in its pre-production stages and create characters and backgrounds.
•Establish style and implement vision of the games character, environment, logo, user interface design.
•Ensure the quality follow-up in the production process.
•Maintain effective communication with supervisors, team artists, animators and other departments within the company to manage expectations and results, and ensure all project targets are met or exceeded.
The projects in question are video games for iPhone, iPad, tablets, social networks and mobile phones.

Required:
•>3 years’ experience as art director/lead artist on console/PC games 3D/2D (AAA preferred)
•From a technical point of view, you master Photoshop and 3DSMax.
•Your graphic style can fit into gamer / realistic /cartoony concept arts.
•You have experience in managing animators, with a high-quality driven mind-set.
•Strong, proven knowledge and skills in fonts, graphic design principles, user interface function and design (clean, simple, fresh and readable art assets).
•Ability to carry an idea from the conceptual phase to the finished product, not afraid of making a lot of tries and iterations.
•Superior eye for light, value, composition, color, staging.
•Strong foundation in the traditional arts.
•Track record in delivering excellent work while managing dynamic, competing priorities.
•You have a good level of written and spoken English.
•Fluent French an asset.

To apply and discuss this role in more detail, please send your CV to lyndsey@change-job.com