Art Director
Description
The City of Angels is now the city of the undead.
And so we need you to lead our art team as they create the sun soaked
backdrop to a full scale zombie apocalypse set across the iconic Californian
city for the next instalment in the world renowned Dead Island franchise.
This is a
fantastic opportunity for you to further your career by leading the art
direction on a ground-breaking title for current and future platforms at a
genuinely progressive and forward thinking studio.
Do you have proven experience in
leading world class art teams to deliver AAA console focused titles? If so,
then we have your next challenge waiting…
Who Should
Apply?
No two Dambusters are created the
same, and so we have a tight-knit crew from all backgrounds and walks of life
working as a part of our in-house art department.
We value Inclusivity and
Diversity within the workplace and so we recently took the pledge towards Raising the
Game.
If you feel that you have the
skills, knowledge and experience required to lead our art team, then we definitely
want to hear from you, but here are some of the things that we always like to
see.
What You Need
to Help Us Bring the Dead to Life
- At least one published AAA quality title
in an art leadership role.
- Experience in leading and developing high
performance, cross discipline art departments.
- Inspirational team leadership skills.
- A continued desire to raise the quality
bar.
- Excellent communication skills and the
ability to work well within a large team and with other senior level
stakeholders.
- A willingness to continue to learn and
improve your own skills; and also help other team members to do the same.
- Adaptable and versatile, with a can-do
attitude.
- A genuine passion for games
What’s In It for you?
Aside from the opportunity to lead the art direction for the highly
anticipated, next instalment in the AAA Dead Island franchise, we are a studio
that offers a host of benefits and perks.
- An industry competitive salary.
- A creative and collaborative work environment
with genuine opportunities to progress within the studio.
- Cutting edge development environment with
access to the latest technologies.
- Funded learning and development opportunities.
- An experienced, passionate and diverse team.
- A vibrant, modern and well-serviced city
centre location.
- Gym membership scheme.
- Free financial advice.
- Workplace pension scheme.
- Annual pay reviews.
- Employee referral bonus scheme.
- Group life assurance policy.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Relocation assistance.
And a whole host of other soft benefits that help
make Dambuster Studios such a great place to work:
- Flexible start and end times to the working
day.
- Support and encouragement to participate in
outreach opportunities.
- Twice yearly studio funded team building
events.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Weekly events such as breakfast Monday, coffee
Wednesday and pastry Friday.
- Annual Christmas party and family focused
summer BBQ.
- Free fruit & soft drinks.
- Peer nominated SuperStar of the month award.
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