Art Director

10 Months ago • 10 Years + • Technical Art • Concept Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Art Director needed for AAA game development, 10+ years experience, strong artistic skills, and team management expertise.
Must have:
  • AAA Game Dev
  • Art Direction
  • Team Management
  • Artistic Skills
Good to have:
  • Technical Art
  • Asset Pipeline
  • Visual Consistency
  • Gameplay Focus
Perks:
  • Private Medical
  • Flexible Hours

Job Details

Company Description

Techland is one of the biggest and best-known Polish game developers with studios in Wroclaw and Warsaw. For over 30 years, we've carried a tradition of providing gamers with unforgettable experiences. We're an international team of over 400 highly-skilled professionals driven by a passion for gaming, always striving for the best quality. 

We’re fueled by the support of our global community built on the foundation of successful AAA franchises such as Call of Juarez, Dead Island, or Dying Light. The gamers' trust in our games has resulted in our newest project, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, selling more than 5 million copies across all platforms within the first month after release. 

On top of continuously growing the world of Dying Light through a robust post-launch support plan for Dying Light 2 Stay Human, we're also working on an unannounced AAA Open World Action RPG set in a brand new fantasy universe; our biggest project to date. 

Techland's mission strictly determines every aspect of our work: we want to create unforgettable experiences.

Job Description

As an Art Director, you will be responsible for executing the overall artistic vision of Techland games and ensuring excellence in all aspects of in-game visual assets. 

Your daily tasks:

  • Creation of artistic visions for Techland games based on the Creatives Director's direction.
  • Communication of the vision to adequate teams.
  • Maintaining the vision throughout the whole development process.
  • Creation of the visual and stylistic direction for game content.
  • Monitoring all visual assets in terms of quality and visual consistency,
  • Guidance and support for artists and team leads.
  • Focus on game-oriented asset creation pipelines through close collaboration with Technical Art Director.
  • Managing the effective creation of visual assets, according to the applicable  methodology.
  • Caring for the development of a team of artists, and active participation in recruiting new employees to the art department.

 

    Qualifications

    You meet our expectations if you have:

    • Experience in creating games - at least 10 years of experience in the video game art field and min. 5 years of experience as a Lead Artist or Art Director.
    • Proven track record of AAA titles (at least 2).
    • Experience in the art team management.
    • Excellent artistic skills and knowledge (composition, light, colour, etc.).
    • Extensive knowledge of character, object, world, animation, and other asset creation, ability to direct assets creation to optimize them to support gameplay, style, and narrative principles.
    • Ability to communicate in a clear, professional, and positive manner with colleagues and third parties.
    • Very good command of English.

    Additional Information

    • A wide array of benefits: private medical care, life insurance, pro-health campaigns, psychological support, gifts for different occasions,
    • An outstanding work atmosphere in a highly-skilled team of professionals, with flexible working hours, no dress code, and full support of the dedicated HR Business Partner,
    • A constant stream of company newsletters, PR & project updates so you will always be in the know,
    • Many opportunities for personal development: a dedicated development budget for each employee, extra two paid days for training and CSR, stable career paths, extensive internal and external training, and financing of English and Polish language classes,
    • State-of-the-art offices filled with chillout zones, a fully equipped kitchen, a gym (Wrocław office), and a free car park (Wrocław/Warsaw office).

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    About The Company

    Techland is a long-established gaming industry success story. With more than 30 years in the market, we know how to keep delivering unforgettable experiences. Headquartered in Poland, our international team comprises over 500 professionals.

      

    Our long history has produced well-known and critically acclaimed games, such as The Call of Juarez and the genre-defining Dying Light. But, we’re not stopping there! 


    We want to continue to create compelling AAA titles around the cutting-edge gameplay that Techland is known for. Alongside exciting expansions to the world of Dying Light, work is also underway on our newest IP, an original fantasy title which will deliver intense action and exploration in a vast open world.


    We pride ourselves on our drive for quality, innovation and community engagement. Every game starts and ends with our players. We’re grateful for their support and will continue to deliver them the best gameplay experiences in the world.


    Join us on our adventures and let’s do something remarkable together!

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