Job Description
As a Lead Artist, you will be responsible for leading the visual direction of a new hybrid-casual project, managing a team, refining art processes, and bringing innovative ideas to life. You'll work on projects, develop visual components, build and manage the art department team, participate in process integration to improve efficiency, and interact closely with the product team. This role requires someone who can create artwork and understands the game designer's and player's perspective.
Must Have:
- 3+ years as a Lead Artist in game companies
- Experience developing hybrid/hypercasual projects
- Ability and willingness to work with your hands
- Understanding of 2D and 3D graphic production
- Active use of neural networks in the pipeline
- Experience working with Unity and other game engines
- Up-to-date portfolio
Perks:
- Remote/hybrid options in Lithuania, Georgia or Montenegro
- English lessons with an instructor
- Paid trips to professional conferences
- Partial reimbursement for education
- Support for position/role/project changes
- Official employment
- Health insurance
- Partial reimbursement for gym membership
We are Belka Games. Our company is one of the 20 highest-grossing game developers in Europe according to data.ai, and our audience recently surpassed an important milestone of 110 million players.
We're looking for a Lead Artist to join our R&D team and take the lead on the visual direction of a new hybrid-casual project. You'll manage a skilled team, refine art processes, and bring fresh, innovative ideas to life.
What you'll be doing:
- Working on projects in the hybrid-casual genre
- Developing and supporting the visual component of the project
- Building and managing the art department team (2-4 people)
- Participating in the integration of processes aimed at improving the efficiency of the project's art department
- Interacting closely with the project's product team
What we need from you:
- At least 3 years of work as a Lead Artist in game companies
- Experience developing hybrid/hypercasual projects
- Ability and willingness to work with your hands
- Understanding of all aspects of 2D and 3D graphic production and the subsequent development phases
- Active use of neural networks in the pipeline
- Experience working with Unity and other game engines
- Ability to look at artwork from both a game designer's and a player's perspective
- Up-to-date portfolio
What you'll like about us:
- Remote/hybrid options: you can work at our comfortable offices or remotely in Lithuania, Georgia or Montenegro
- Professional growth: we offer English lessons with an instructor, pay for trips to professional conferences, and partially reimburse employees for education
- Flexibility: sometimes you just want to try something new. We get it, so we'll support you if you decide you want to switch to a new position, role, or project
- Teamwork: we value the expertise of every member of our team, so we really listen to each other
- Data-driven decision-making: all our product-related decisions are ultimately based on metrics, not subjective feelings
- Plus all the standard stuff: official employment, health insurance, and partial reimbursement for your gym membership
The recruitment process will consist of two phases: an interview with our Recruiter and a technical interview.
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