Open Jobs:
We’re looking for a seasoned hands-on Art Director that can help contribute to original IP at a growing new studio within the NetEase Games family.
Qualified candidates will come from a concept art background and have a deep history doing previz work for games in addition to managing and leading artists.
If you are looking for a new opportunity that leverages all your experiences as an AD in games, we encourage you to apply.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with the core game design team to iterate on concepts and help develop the visual language of a new game
- Serve as a core member of the creative leadership of the studio
- Be able to generate concept illustration for the purposes of developing and iterating on initial game concepts, in addition to helping create and define worlds/environments across a variety of genres
- Provide feedback to each artist on the team through the use of concept art, reference art, 3D mockups, and paint-overs to ensure a consistent visual style across the game at the highest level of quality
- Mentor, manage and help a high team of high performing artists do the best work of their careers
- Establish processes for the game art production and participate in the broader game art industry as a functional leader at the company
Requirements:
- Proficiency in working across a variety of stylized art styles
- Previous experience as an Art Director with several noteable shipped titles
- A strong portfolio of 2D concept work showcasing environment, character, and event concepts
- Prior career experience as a profession concept artist in games
- Experience managing and developing artists in a game production environment
- An online portfolio of recent work to share
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Role Overview:
The Creative Director will work for a new first party studio in charge of developing New IPs. Your main responsibility will be to successfully establish a new studio and secure its games by providing a creative direction for its products that are not only seen as innovative by players but also “Must Plays” by the wider industry . You must make key creative decisions with the development team while nurturing the industries best talent.
Role Responsibilities:
General:
- Represent and nurture our studio in your area
- Establish the studio/project strategy in your area
- Help recruit a best in class, results driven team
- Work collaboratively with other directors, leads and developers to support project and studio strategies
- Own our games creative vision and carry forward our studio’s culture/ideology
- Become the role model through your knowledge, inspiration, and behaviour for all who work around you
Specifics:
- Provide a loud & clear Creative Direction that leaves little room for misinterpretation while inspiring and engaging your teams
- Application of current and historical cultural media references (movies, TV, literature, games, pop culture , music etc.)
- Application of various industry/further afield business models that can support your ideas
- Unite Narrative, Cinematic, Universe Building, Game Mechanics, Graphics, Audio and Technical with your creative recipe
- Inspired, never forced, selling of your ideas to others on its creative merit.
Role Requirements
- Experience as Creative Director for two years or more
- 8 years + of game development experience on Game Consoles
- General understanding of all creative and technical elements used for developing a game
- Expert in identifying what is markable, fun and must have for players
- Avid gamer who keeps abreast of current trends
- Ability to self-organize and organize others autonomously
- Ability to cooperate and construct positive relationships with other directors, leads, and staff.
- Ability to communicate digestible ideas to others with simplicity, creativity, and logic
- Ability to prepare, present and document material for others
- Ability to hands on review and give low level feedback on the game to the team
- Strong presentation and sales skills
- Experience in marketing creative ideas a plus
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