Art Director

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Salto Games Ltd Full time
About Salto Games Ltd

We're a new mobile game studio founded by two industry veterans who have held leadership positions at renowned companies, including Hutch, Square-Enix, Socialpoint, and Gameloft. Our mission is to create games that bridge the gap between casual and midcore, for players who love gaming but don't necessarily label themselves as gamers.

We're looking for a talented Senior/Lead Artist to join our team and help us craft the visual style of our games. As a key member of our art team, you'll be responsible for delivering high-quality assets, creating and maintaining a clear artistic vision, and guiding our outsource partners to ensure a cohesive art style across all game and marketing assets.

Responsibilities
  1. Deliver high-quality assets for our first game in your area of expertise - whether it's concept art, illustration, 3D modelling, UI design, VFX, or other areas.
  2. Create and maintain a clear artistic vision for the game.
  3. Direct our outsource partners to ensure a cohesive art style across all game and marketing assets.
  4. Help to define effective art pipelines and processes.
  5. Cross-team collaboration with the Technical Director to ensure that Salto tooling is delivering value for the artists, optimizing development and improving quality.
  6. Drive the creative marketing effort on the game. Collaborate with the Performance Marketing team, research industry trends, understand what's working, and iterate creatives quickly.
  7. Identify risks to artistic delivery at Salto. Actively seek solutions to uphold and develop the quality, consistency, and timeliness of artistic output.
  8. Help with hiring for the team as it grows, including identifying strategic hires and skills gaps, creating role descriptions, interviewing, and onboarding.
  9. Mentor the Art team at Salto. Ensure team members feel empowered at work through a process of empathetic, reflective management and motivation.
Requirements
  1. Ability to define and work within a range of art styles.
  2. An excellent communicator with the ability to provide clear art direction, feedback, and mentoring tailored to the skill level of team members across all Art disciplines.
  3. A deep understanding of how game art/visual design supports gameplay, UX, narrative, and brand positioning/marketing.
  4. Experience with 3D, texturing, and lighting.
  5. High competency with the required 3D and 2D software such as Maya, Blender, Adobe suite.
  6. Experience in marketing & the testing of art styles.
  7. Able to implement UI, 3D, VFX assets directly in Unity.
LocationInitially fully remote, moving to a hybrid work model after roughly 6 months - 3 days a week (Monday, Thursday & Friday) in person in our studio in London, with the remaining 2 days available to work from home.Benefits
  1. Contributory Pension
  2. Tax-advantaged share options
  3. 31 days holiday (including bank holidays)
  4. Additional company-wide holiday recharge time over the Christmas period
  5. Free drinks and snacks in the office
  6. Socials and events
Salto Games Ltd is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and supportive work environment. We believe the magic of games stems from the diverse voices that craft them, serving both our teams and the wide array of players we represent. We adhere to a strict non-discrimination policy regarding age, disability, sex, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, marital/civil partnership status, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation. If you have any uncertainties about fitting in, or reservations about a career in the games industry, please do reach out.

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