N-iX Games is a team of 100+ professionals that delivers top-quality games and VR solutions to various game and media enterprises and startups. Our clients include Paradox Interactive, Wargaming.net, Supermassive Games, Trese Brothers, Tempo Storm, and other established game businesses. We aim for AAA quality of work and offer competitive benefits to our employees.
As Lead Artist / Art Director of the R&D team, you will lead our creative endeavors, propose solutions to unusual requests, establish the pipelines, and ultimately ensure the quality of the art assets the team will deliver. This is an excellent opportunity for those who want to work in the field of the unknown, using the newest tools and techniques and contributing to projects that wouldn’t have been possible in the past.
Requirements:
- At least 4 years of experience as a 2D artist/Art Lead in Game Development
- Excellent knowledge of 2D art, some 3D art and techniques, and related software
- Deep knowledge of artistic anatomy
- Advanced soft skills, ability to communicate your ideas and sell them to the team, management and clients
- Ability to develop a comprehensive and competitive art style for games and maintain it throughout the project
- Ability to keep an eye on the latest popular trends in Game Art
- Upper-intermediate English level
- Ukrainian language Advanced or higher
- Understanding of 3D modeling / texturing processes, techniques & related software
- Knowledge of 2D or 3D Animation, its processes and techniques
- Some experience as an Art Director or Lead Artist in Game Development
- You have shipped games from start to finish in the past
Responsibilities:
- Developing the art vision of projects, leading the creation of a visual style, design, and overall look & feel of games
- Developing concept artwork, defining art style guidelines & processes
- Communicating with clients to identify opportunities for improvement to ensure that the product is of the highest quality
- Leading the art production of internal & external teams, providing detailed feedback to artists
- Participating in the estimation process of new games
- Ensuring that final production art is up to expected standards of design and polish
We offer:
- Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings
- Other location-specific benefits
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What We Do
N-iX is a global software solutions and engineering services company that helps world’s leading organizations turn challenges into lasting business value, operational efficiency, and revenue growth using advanced technology. Whether you need to build a custom solution, modernize your digital product or acquire extra tech expertise - we have the experience and capabilities to ensure your success.
With over 2,000 professionals in 25 countries across Europe and the Americas, N-iX offers expert solutions in cloud, data analytics, embedded software, IoT, AI, machine learning, and other tech domains. Being in business for over two decades, we have worked with dozens of industry-leading enterprises and Fortune 500 companies creating value across a wide variety of sectors, including finance, manufacturing, supply chain, retail, e-commerce, healthcare, and more. Our unique combination of business domain expertise and technical know-how enables us to effectively collaborate with ISVs, tech companies, and enterprises of all sizes. Thanks to the strong tech ecosystem and partnerships with AWS, GCP, Microsoft, SAP, OpenText, Snowflake, and others, we bring extra speed, scale and efficiency to more than 160 organizations across the globe. N-iX is recognized by numerous industry awards, such as CRN Solution Provider 500, Global Outsourcing 100 by IAOP, ISG Provider Lens™, Modern Application Development services providers by Forrester, etc