We are looking for a Lead 3D Artist to join our passionate team in Helsinki or Berlin. You should be proactive and have a strong motivation to lead your team of artists to create captivating and visually stunning games that engage players worldwide.

As the Lead 3D Artist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the visual direction of our games and driving the artistic excellence of our projects.

You should have a strong understanding of creating environment 3D assets from versatile modular environment sets to unique hero assets. You’ll be working closely within a team of experienced game developers and have a significant impact on the final technical performance and quality of all 3D environment assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of talented 3D artists, providing guidance, feedback, and mentorship to foster their professional growth and optimise their creative output
• Collaborate closely with Art Directors, Game Designers, and Technical Artists to define and execute the visual style and quality standards for our mobile games
• Create and oversee the production of high-quality 3D assets, including characters, environments, props, and special effects, ensuring they meet the artistic vision and technical requirements of the projects
• Create high-quality environment 3D assets according to our game’s requirements and vision while working closely with the Concept Artist to ensure the quality of the deliverables
• Communicate and collaborate with other teams to align and to plan and schedule 3D-asset productions
• Implement assets into Unreal Engine 5 and communicate with artists, designers and programmers
• Maintain a flexible iterative approach and research and share knowledge of 3D asset techniques and game development work practices
• Offer feedback, support team morale and facilitate free and open creative communication
• Manage outsourced teams of 3D artists by briefing and guiding them and reviewing their work
• Experiment and research alongside Technical department and Art direction enabling better world-building and visual choices

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in 3D environment art for game development
• Previous managerial or team leadership experience
• Strong expertise creating environment 3D asset props and versatile modular environment asset sets
• Strong artistic understanding of shape, composition and colour, excited to work within a stylised art style
• Portfolio examples of beautiful environment assets you have made that show your understanding of form, composition and colour
• Strong proficiency in 3D and 2D content creation tools of your choice
• Strong technical understanding of game engines and awareness of the performance and optimization and good problem solving ability in 3D asset related technical issues
• Experience in analysing and maintaining performance and visual fidelity of the environments

Desirable Skills

• Unreal Engine 5 experience
• Experience in mobile game development
• Traditional art skills and passion for art in general
• Deeper interest in architecture and nature as a visual inspiration

Why join us?

Although we’re a new company, we’re committed to making this a great place to work, so this is only the beginning of our benefits:

• Annual bonus
• Paid lunches
• Budget towards commuting costs
• Gym or sporting subscription to spend as you wish
• Home internet or mobile data plan provided
• Educational budget: for language learning, self-training, attending conferences, buying games and books etc
• Financial and practical assistance with relocation through our relocation partner and a relocation budget
• Twice yearly off-sites, this year we held one in Berlin and one in Helsinki
• PBG - Pizza, beer and games on the last Friday of every month
• 30 days holiday plus additional days from Christmas and New Year
• Discounts on PlayStation products and games

We're an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.