Art Director

Lighthouse Games; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Lighthouse Games, an emerging studio in Royal Leamington Spa, is seeking an Art Director to lead the artistic vision for an exciting new open-world game. This is a unique opportunity to cultivate creativity in a collaborative environment, working alongside industry veterans to create a best-in-class experience.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday, plus 1 day for your birthday

Studio Shutdown between Christmas and New Year

Bonus Scheme

Private Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience leading art direction of AAA titles.
• Broad knowledge on current content creation tools and practices.
• Passion for playing games!

Responsibilities

• Champion and drive the artistic vision for an entire project.
• Set and maintain visual benchmarks and standards.
• Collaborate and problem solve with the wider development team.

Skills

Leadership

Art Direction

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Creativity

Tools

Unreal Engine

Content Creation Tools

Job description

Lighthouse Games is AAA studio in Leamington Spa. We are defined by our pedigree of talent, and serious ambition to build a new best-in-class game. When you join us at Lighthouse, you will be able to create the best work of your career, in an environment that feels truly collaborative. You will learn from the best, and work along side the future greats of the gaming industry.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new, yet experienced studio working on a new open world game. As Art Director you are responsible for establishing the artistic vision of the project, working with the art team to define a holistic visual experience. As the Vision holder, you ensure effective communication of visual ambition to the whole team, collaborating with the discipline leads to ensure quality throughout the project. Through this collaboration you help provide concise feedback, mentorship and support to help them to achieve their potential.

Acting as a creative thinker and working with the Technical Art team, you help each discipline to solve the visual challenges with a combination of technical processes and elegant artistic choices. You're not alone in this adventure, you will work closely with experienced industry peers from Design, Technical Art and Engineering, who continually support each other in a company culture where collaboration is at the heart of what we do.

Key Duties Include

• Champion and drive the artistic vision for an entire project to the highest possible standard
• Art Direct all art sub-disciplines such as Environment, Animation and UI
• Set and maintain visual benchmarks and standards
• Collaborate and problem solve with the wider development team to achieve common goals
• To be a visible and vocal leader

• Demonstrable experience leading art direction of AAA titles
• Knowledge of modern game landscape, tropes, features and limitations
• Broad knowledge on current content creation tools and practices
• Passion for playing games!

Desirable

• Experience of working on open-world projects
• Shipped AAA games
• Fluency with Unreal Engine
• Professional work spanning titles/genres

• 25 Days Holiday, plus 1 day for your birthday
• Studio Shutdown between Christmas and New Year
• Bonus Scheme
• Private Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare