Responsible for mentorship, evaluations, conflict resolution and recognition of the staff to maintain highly motivated and engaged employees.
Create highest caliber of original art, original illustrations, and/or original animations, and expect highest caliber of art quality from studio illustrators in regard to character design, color theory, layout, text treatment, and animation ability.
Leverage AI tools to enhance Artistic workflows, including generating concepts, and creating artworks. Collaborate with entire Art Team to integrate AI-driven solutions, ensuring alignment with LNW/ Elk's Brand.
Display expert proficiency in Photoshop, After Effects, and Esoteric Spine .
Continually sharpen artistic abilities through company training, independent learning, and learning from other team members.
Communicating between engineers, designer s and any non-technical artists to package assets in the most efficient manner for quality products for the target platform.
Have the judgment to determine which art issues are critical to our success
Lead your team by defining visual and art standards
Find opportunities of improvement, or challenges within the creative process
Evaluate multiple concepts and solutions for various projects and determine which ideas are worth pursuing
Work with the Production to manage projections and assignments of all art projects
Research, explore, and communicate best practices in art and discern which competitive ideas are most effective; lead the development of goals, standards, processes and feedback mechanisms
Develop and provide continuous quality improvement on processes for planning, execution, approval and reporting
Work closely with the Executive Producer, Producers, and Game Designer, producing high-quality art in an iterative process.
Take responsibility for the timely completion of art assets for assigned studio games and products.
Create, document, and communicate all project schedules to the studio and management with minimal mistakes.
Show efficiency in self- managing time with a high degree of accountability and minimal instruction.
Requirements
Required Experience: At least 5-7 years previous experience as a Sr. Artist or two years of experience as a Lead Artist in a production environment with a focus on creating original illustrations and animations.
Education: Bachelor of Arts in art/animation or related field or similar relevant experience
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Understand how to design art for various themes and platforms.
Gaming experience in Online and /or Social gaming space
Proficient in understanding Adobe Photoshop, Spine and After Effects.
Knowledge of Art Leadership
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Benefits
Vision insurance
Additional Information
iGaming:
If it's iGaming, we know a thing or two. At Light & Wonder, It's all about the games, and our digital team leads the global iGaming market, providing jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world's most successful online gaming providers.
Position Summary
Light & Wonder is the global leader in cross-platform games and entertainment. The company brings together 5,000 employees from six continents to connect content between land-based and digital channels with unmatched technology and distribution. Guided by a culture that values daring teamwork and creativity, Light & Wonder builds new worlds of play, developing game experiences loved by players around the globe. We create our own award-winning games and also partner with premium licensees such as Netflix, Warner Bros and others to bring franchises like Squid Game, Willy Wonka and The Wizard of Oz to life in online gaming products. The company's Infinity platform powers the largest digital-gaming network in the industry. Light & Wonder is committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices.
Based in our new Sofia office, we are looking for an Art Lead that sets themselves apart from the rest. As the Art Lead , you will lead our art team, the creative direction, and development process. Responsible for the timely creation of all highest quality art within the studio and accountable for the training and growth of all graphic designers, artists, illustrators and animators within the Games team. Well-versed with scheduling of art asset creation, the documentation and delivery of art assets to the Engineering team and communicating schedules to management. Capable of guiding the artistic design of a project from concept to completion as well as responsible for the overall artist direction of a game.
Some day-to-day tasks would be ensuring that our team is creating high quality materials while driving the development of your team and projects. You will be instrumental in our game's visual strategy, and roadmap for the future. You will work alongside our Executive Producer to ensure the creative strategy and vision meet our standards and continue to make our games the best games on the market.
Lnw · Sofia, Bulgaria