Lead Artist

3 Months ago • 8 Years + • Concept Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Lead Artist at Next Games, you'll lead a team of artists in creating visually stunning games for Netflix. Responsibilities include owning the art direction for a top-priority game, creating high-quality concept art and assets, managing workloads, improving workflows, and mentoring other artists. You will collaborate closely with the Art Director, maintaining art bibles and documentation. The ideal candidate possesses strong 2D/3D skills, experience with Unity or similar game engines, and a deep understanding of visual communication and world-building. Proactive communication and self-direction are essential.
Must have:
  • Experience with Adobe Suite & Unity
  • Strong concepting & 2D/3D skills
  • Leadership & mentorship abilities
  • High-quality visual design creation
  • Workflow optimization & documentation
Good to have:
  • Figma or similar prototyping tools
  • Jira/Confluence experience
Perks:
  • Competitive pay
  • Unlimited holidays
  • Hobby clubs
  • Welcoming and inclusive environment

Job Details

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Who We Are

Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio, is a Helsinki-based studio dedicated to crafting fans-first interactive experiences that combine the stories from popular movies and shows with engaging game mechanics. Our values, Caring, Courage, and Curiosity, drive our commitment to our players and each other, with a focus on fun gameplay free from the constraints of free-to-play. 

The Role

As an Art Lead at Next Games, you’ll work within a team of highly talented and motivated artists to create visually outstanding games on Netflix.

You should be a highly skilled artist, with an exceptional art portfolio, extensive experience in mobile gaming, and strong leadership skills. You thrive in creating high-quality visual design, and you lead, mentor, and manage other artists. You seek to find functional and highly polished workflows and pipelines to ensure a smooth art production cycle with a focus on cross-discipline collaboration
 

Responsibilities

  • Owning the art in our top priority game and leading the artists in the same project

  • Creating a strong visual identity for a game project by creating high-quality concept art, prototypes, and final game art assets throughout various stages of game development. 

  • Actively looking for ways to design and create new high-quality visuals for games and you want to raise the bar of outstanding Game Art

  • Managing your workload effectively and independently 

  • Proactively improving the workflows and setting a high standard of artistic game development

  • Creating and maintaining Art Bibles and Art Documentation.

  • Working closely with the Art Director in both creating strong visual styles as well as fostering the company culture within the Art Discipline team

  • Overseeing the work of up to 5 artists and mentoring other artists 

Skills and Experience

  • Experience working with Adobe Suite / Illustrative software

  • Experience working with with Unity or other similar game engine

  • Strong concepting skills

  • Strong 2D and or 3D asset creation skills

  • Highly creative person with deep understanding of world-building, branding, and visual communication

  • You can adapt easily and proactively to different software and tasks

  • Strong, proactive communication skills, within discipline and cross-discipline

  • Proactive self-direction with maintaining up-to-date knowledge of software and pipeline

  • Self-motivated and directed, with a can-do attitude

Nice to have

  • Experience working with tools such as Figma or similar prototyping tools

  • Jira, Confluence, and other project management tools experience is a plus

The Team

You’ll be joining a new game team based in Helsinki. The team is small and agile and consists of a diverse group of industry professionals.

We're eager to hear from you if you're passionate about creating innovative mobile games in a fun, supportive environment! 

Does this opportunity sound like your next adventure? Then apply today!

Why Next Games?

As a studio, Next Games offers competitive pay, unlimited holidays, hobby clubs, and so much more. With over 30 nationalities, multiple genders, and people from all kinds of backgrounds within our studio, we pride ourselves in being a welcoming and inclusive place to work and grow. Our working language is English. 

is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

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