Senior Lead Artist

2 weeks ago

Garden City, Victoria, Australia RGIT Australia Full time

Overview

As a Lead Artist on the team, you will be responsible for partnering with the art director to drive the visual development of the project. Using your deep experience in art production, you will help to push the visual development of your project and establish a key part of the art team itself.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with teams through all aspects of the product life cycle, including prototyping, pre-production, production, beta, and release.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work alongside the General Manager for the overall vision and the producers to ensure production requests for art are to the correct standard.
  • Ensure your project's art is of high quality and meets PlaySide's standards.
  • Partner with other leadership members to realise the vision of the game and inspire other artists to achieve it.
  • Prototype new techniques and expand the team's artistic capabilities.
  • Help to develop and staff the art team with talented artists who will thrive in our collaborative environment.
  • Conduct regular 1:1s with your team to support them in their Art & career.
  • Collaborate with all members of a team to make sure artwork fits within technical, design, and production requirements.
  • Ensure your team members hit all their goals set in quarterly reviews.
  • Participate in and run meetings, reviews, and planning as part of effective communication with the team and outsourcing studios.
  • Ensure that all assets created by the art team and external teams conform to the style and technical guidelines of the title.
  • Collaborate productively within a multi-disciplined team environment, including designers and coders, communicating with technical and non-technical staff across disciplines.
  • Improve workflow and efficiency by sharing experience and skills verbally and through presentations and/or documentation.
  • To help reinforce great teamwork and amazing studio culture

What You Bring To The Role

  • 5+ years of professional experience as an Artist in game development.
  • Strong 3D art skills, especially with environments/landscapes, to communicate vision and ideas.
  • Exceptional knowledge in the use of 3D modelling applications such as Maya or Zbrush, as well as surfacing tools like Substance Designer and Painter.
  • Eye for light, shade, colour, and detail.
  • Excellent verbal/written communication with both internal and external parties.
  • Proven ability to work on a variety of styles to a high level of quality and showcased in shipped titles.
  • An understanding of both the game development process and working in Unity or Unreal (or both).
  • Excellent organisational skills and proven experience managing multiple 2D and/or 3D assets in various states of completion.
  • Positive, make-it-happen, lead-by-example attitude.
  • You love to solve problems and to collaborate. Creating epic entertainment experiences is a team effort, and you thrive when exploring ideas and working with others.
  • You love to learn new tools and techniques, and you have a passion for sharing them with others.

Bonus Points

  • Solid background in traditional arts, including but not limited to painting, illustration, design, or traditional media.
  • Advanced knowledge of project management tools.
  • Experience working with outsourcing.

What we offer here at PlaySide

  • Playdays - an additional 5 paid days off per year to do something you love.
  • Incredible studios based in gorgeous Port Melbourne, right next to the city and many public transport options.
  • Industry leading Parental Leave benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program to support mental wellbeing
  • Mentoring. We're agile and fast growing, giving plenty of chances for you to grow in your role.
  • Half price state of the art Gym access (right next door) - you can wear your free PlaySide Swag
  • Social events Including Games night, karaoke nights, Movie Nights (We hire out the cinema), group activities and food trucks Just as some examples
  • Relocation allowance, if you move to one of our head offices
  • The chance to work on some of the most exciting projects, with the most incredible companies in the world - just take a look at our website
Role TypeCompany Overview

PlaySide is the largest independent games studio in Australia. Founded in 2011, we're a team with big ideas and the skills to deliver with our incredible team. In our history, we have released over 50+ titles across Mobile, PC, VR, AR, and now moving into console. We take so much pride in each and every project we create. Playside is a place of endless opportunity, where we focus on keeping the fun in game development. We offer an amazingly professional, playful and supportive working environment. If you thrive on challenges and want to work on a diverse range of projects for a forward-thinking company, we want to hear from you.

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