Senior/Lead Game Artist

I. KEY JOB DUTIES

Game Artist (80%):

• Design visuals, colors, layouts, and characters for the game.
• Design user interfaces (UI) and ensure game consistency.
• Collaborate closely with team members, ensuring project timelines are met and optimizing quality within deadlines.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, themes, and new artistic styles.
• Provide visual direction for the product to meet market demands.
• Create game concepts, sketches, and other visual assets.
• Contribute innovative ideas to enhance product development.
• Organize, arrange, and manage the image library for the team.
• Optimize images, sizes, and dimensions to enhance visual quality and performance.
• Support the exporting of images/animations for the Unity engine.

Game Animator & VFX (20%):

• Research and design visual effects to optimize user experience.
• Utilize tools like Spine/After Effects (AE) to create effects for the game and assist with exporting effects into the Unity engine.
• Optimize existing visual effects to enhance product performance, such as FPS and game size.

II. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT / SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES

KNOWLEDGE:

• Strong knowledge and passion for game development.
• Strong technical foundation in visual design and user experience (UX).
• In-depth understanding of design principles, visuals, color theory, and user psychology.
• Knowledge of design language: materials, color, space, lighting, depth, movement, etc.
• Solid understanding of concept art and environment design.
• Knowledge of 2D animation effects.
• UX knowledge and certifications are advantageous.
• Understanding of various game genres and trends is a plus.

SKILL:

• Strong art technical skills; experience with 3D and 2D animation
• Ability to define and guide the team’s art style direction, and to evaluate and give feedback on team members’ artworks
• AI adoption mindset: able to apply generative AI tools and maintain a positive, forward-thinking perspective on AI integration in the creative process
• Strong people management and soft skills
• Demonstrated leadership capability
• Proficient in English, equivalent to TOEIC 700 or higher
• At least 5 years of experience as a Game Artist.

ABILITIES:

• Keen artistic eye and attention to detail.
• Pioneering spirit with creative and unique thinking.
• Ability to receive constructive criticism and implement amendments based on feedback.
• Experience working under pressure and consistently meeting deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with team members.
• Willingness to share ideas and knowledge.
• Growth mindset: Can-do attitude, eagerness to learn, and persistence in the face of setbacks.
• Ability to adapt to various art genres, themes, and styles.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• A strong interest in Puzzle and Casual games art is a plus.
• A love of playing mobile games and sensitivity to the user experience is a plus.
• Strong Emotional Intelligence is a significant plus.

III. WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE

• Professional, creative working environment and talented teams, equal-opportunities & agile culture
• Great facility to work. You will have a MacBook and extra high definition screens
• Electrical standing desk for most comfortable seat
• Annual leave 12 days / sick leave 2 days / remote work 12 days / anniversary leave 1 day
• Paternity Leave policy offers more than 10 days of Paid leave, not including days-off.
• Remaining Annual leave will be transferred to the next working year
• Premium health insurance package for you and your relatives
• Annual health check-up at premium clinic
• Interesting workout activities: gym/fitness, yoga, kick-boxing, football after work
• Annual bonus and project bonus
• Reward program for engaged activities and volunteering
• Annual company trip & quarter team bonding activities
• Happy hours and awesome parties
• Development opportunity: sponsorship for training courses
• With regular discussions, you will have a lot of opportunities to learn from experts in their fields
• International opportunity to expose and grow
• At least one abroad travels every year. We often send our elites to international conferences like GDC, WWDC, Google I/O... to update the latest technology
• Additional allowance & gifts for birthdays, giving-birth, weddings, illness, Mid-Autumn Festival, Lunar New Year, 1/1, 1/5, 1/6…
• Pantry booster with food & beverages, game station & entertainment: PS4,...

IV. FURTHER INFORMATION