3D Character Art Lead

Are you a creative and dedicated games artist with experience in leading teams? Are you interested in helping Paradox Development Studio to take Crusader Kings 3 art to the next level? Then you may be the one we’re looking for!
About the role
As 3D Character Art Lead your primary responsibility will be to guide the character artists on our projects, in order to maintain the vision and quality set by the Art Director (with your input) during pre-production. You will work closely with the Project leadership team, 3D Character artists, and other project disciplines to ensure smooth communications with the Art team as well as being the main contact for our outsourcing partners.
You will be working with the Producer and the Art Manager to assist in project planning and ensure a smooth transition through the various project phases, as well as providing rationale and thought-out time estimates for art assets production. We have dedicated Art Managers, so you won’t have personnel responsibility, but you will have continuous one-on-ones with project team members to keep up to date on developments, enable growth for the team members, and make sure the projects have a good peer-to-peer review environment. You will also be the main responsible in cooperation with the production team to plan, brief, follow up and feedback for assets and artworks we outsource from our 3rd party partners.


Responsibilities
Responsible for maintaining the art style of the game set by the Art Director
Make sure art produced is on quality and consistent by approving and keeping track of the artwork made in the art team
Work with production team to make and sanity-check time estimates for art
Conveying expectations in terms of quality and content to the graphics team and to freelancers / external studios
Making sure the project has a good Peer Review environment
1:1 meetings with artist on the project team to mentor them in their artistic growth
Know and understand the features of the projects
Setup, feedback and communicate with External Development partners
Help with the recruitment process of 3D artists
Be knowledgeable of current and future 3D industry trends and what is expected from them in AAA and AA game space
Develop and establish 3D pipelines, set best practices for the team



Requirements
6+ years of experience in games industry as a 3D Character Artist/Lead Artist/Outsourcing Artist
In-depth understanding of the art production process, from concept to final in game assets
Ability to create, adapt, and iterate, within a variety of artistic styles.
Articulate in contextualizing decisions, communicating ideas and giving and receiving feedback in English
Demonstrated ability in character art and 3D in general
Knowledge of technical constraints, optimization and implementation
Experience with art outsourcing and working with external partners

Nice to haves:
Experience as an Art Lead
Experience in scripting
Enjoy being part of a cool team environment, and supporting other artists by paying attention to creativity and motivation.

The right candidate is passionate about strategy games and about maintaining historical accuracy, which is very central to many of our IPs. At Paradox we take pride in providing opportunities for our artists to work on varying projects and titles, and to develop and learn new skills. Therefore we also actively look for people who are interested in expanding their talents. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced open work-environment, you’re going to like it here.