Gameloft Barcelona is looking for an Art Director
Gameloft Barcelona, the studio behind the mobile gaming hits Despicable Me: Minion Rush and Asphalt 9: Legends is looking for a Art Director to join the team.
About Gameloft
Leader
in the development and publishing of mobile games, Gameloft® has
established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000.
Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are
featured in the “Top 10 Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App
Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as
Asphalt®, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also
partners with major rights holders including Universal, Illumination
Entertainment, Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment,
Mattel® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100
countries and employs 4,600 people worldwide. Every month, 114 million
unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with
Gameloft Advertising Solutions, a leading B2B offering dedicated to
brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.
All trademarks referenced above are owned by their respective trademark owners.
About Gameloft Advertising Solutions
With
a monthly audience of more than 113 million unique players and an
inventory of 2.4 billion impressions, Gameloft Advertising Solutions
offers advertisers a unique level of visibility and engagement. To date,
Gameloft Advertising Solutions has delivered more than 3000 campaigns
for prestigious brands such as Air France, Coca-Cola®, Ford, FOX™,
Kellogg’s®, McDonalds, ©Netflix, Procter & Gamble, Samsung and
Unilever, in over 40 countries around the world (North America, Latin
America, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, etc.).
All trademarks referenced above are owned by their respective trademark owners.
Job Description
Under the responsibility of the Studio Manager, you will have to:
- Mentor, direct and supervise a dedicated art team in creating AAA 3D games
- Challenge innovation and establish standards through the visual identity you establish for your games
- Control and establish artistic guidelines for every aspect of art production: characters, vehicles, environments, props, cinematic directions special fx and post-processing
- Empower Team Leads and their teams to reach standard setting levels of quality
- Work with the Creative and Tech leads in finding the best way to blend visuals, technology and gameplay mechanics into one coherent AAA 3D gaming experience
- Own the product: collaborate with marketing and licensing teams to design and execute trailers, promotional campaigns.
Qualifications
- Highly motivated; with a deep passion for video games
- 3-5 years experience as Art Director
- Previous experience showcased by a published AAA title
- Ability to formulate strong visual identities for concepts
- Hands-on previous experience in any major 3D art field is a must (Environment, Character or Vehicle 3D modelling
- Proven experience in working with 3Dstudio Max (or Maya) and Zbrush
- A “lead by example” work philosophy
- Experienced, autonomous and versatile profile.
Additional Information
Why Join the World of Gameloft?
- Because you want to be part of an exceptional experience within a company that is constantly growing!
- Because you want to work with talented people who are industry pioneers!
- Because you want to be part of an international environment with daily contact with other countries & cultures!
- Or, just because you’re looking for a great place to work!
Benefits:
- Permanent contract, full-time job with excellent Social Benefits.
- 25 vacation days per year
- Private medical health insurance
- Flexible compensation with Ticket Restaurant Card
- Free language courses
- Free coffee and fruit every morning!
- Free afternoon on your birthday!
- Merit based salary progression system and a competitive initial salary package.
- Career-development opportunities.
- Excellent local working conditions (quality of offices, geographical location of office in the centre of Barcelona).
- ... and Thursday afterwork beers!
How to apply?
Interested applicants should send their CV in English with the reference "Art Director" to:
glbarcelona-jobs@gameloft.com
Or directly apply here:
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Gameloft/743999780382394-art-director?trid=162ef3c2-cdcc-47a9-8327-c69d95269302
We can’t wait to find our next great talent! Join the Game!
Want to know more? Please visit our Website: www.gameloft.com
Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted and your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months.