Lead Concept Artist
- Responsibilities
- Lead the Concept Art team on a large franchise
- Work closely with the Concept Art Team and other stakeholders to create industry leading character concepts
- Keep a healthy and positive working environment
- Creating a unique and consistent style for a complete games world
- Communicate visual ideas across teams and departments
- Mentor and help team members to grow and excel within their roles
- Maintain the high quality bar expected from Crytek products
- Keep a good relationship and information flow between connected departments
- Ensure that all aspects of art production are completed on a timely basis to a high standard
- Define work processes together with the Art and Project Managers
- Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience
- Worked on and shipped at least 1 AAA game title
- Evidence of being a leader or role model, within their trade, at a team level and with the necessary management skills to run a team on a day-to-day basis
- Strong focus on Character designs and deep understanding of human / creature anatomy.
- Ability to create high quality concepts for environments, weapons and props
- Ability to create concept drawings based on written or verbal notes from the responsible superior / director
- Strong sense of design and composition and a good eye for detail, materials and scale
- High Quality portfolio of gamedev-relevant art
- Excellent knowledge of Photoshop
- Excellent communication skills
- Be proactive and self-motivated, work without direct supervision.
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