Art Lead
Do you want to make a big difference at a small studio?
Paradox is on an ambitious journey to explore and expand on Grand Strategy Games, a genre we invented and want to take to new heights. To do this, we are looking for an Art Lead in Malmö to be the guardian of all things beautiful.
About the role:
You will collaborate with other artists, programmers, game designers, and QA, creating and expanding on one of our world-class Grand Strategy games. Your team will be small and autonomous where each member has a big impact on upcoming releases.
As Lead Artist your primary responsibility will be to guide the artists on a project in order to maintain the vision and quality set by the Art Director. You will work closely with other discipline leads, Game Designers, coders, UX, and Marketing to ensure velocity and project success.
You will assist in project planning and ensure a smooth transition through the various project phases, as well as provide, rationale and sanity-checking time estimates to make sure we scope realistically.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in the games industry as an Art Director, Lead Artist or in a similar but most importantly; 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 art styles.
- Demonstrated ability in both 2D and 3D
- Articulate in contextualizing decisions, communicating ideas as well as giving and receiving feedback.
- Knowledge of technical constraints, optimization, and implementation
- Experience and interest in PDS Grand strategy games are considered a big plus!
Due to vacation periods, your application will be processed in August!
Some of our benefits include:
If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.
At Paradox Interactive we celebrate difference and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. We therefore encourage you, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
- Department
- Paradox Thalassic
- Locations
- Malmö, Sweden
Malmö, Sweden
Working at Paradox
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Work
Small teams and accessible managers means that your contributions are important to us You are close to the final product, our community and our fans - we encourage you to interact with our community and players directly through social media, our forum, and via streams Work/Life balance is important to us so our plans do not rely on crunch (this does not mean we never work overtime but overtime is relatively uncommon) -
Social
Company-wide Social Hour every Friday with snacks & beverages Yearly company parties Ping-Pong table/Pool Table, Warhammer table, and lots and lots of board games Spoiler-free break room environment for at least a week after major movie/show launch -
Development
Leadership courses available for all employees We continuously send employees to conferences and development opportunities such as GDC and GamesCom Lunch n´ Learn sessions held by employees: topics range from everything between “Doing business in China” to “Surviving the zombie apocalypse” -
Compensation
Competitive monthly salary and salary revision once per year Participation in our company wide profit share program 5+1 weeks of paid vacation per year For international hires, we will provide relocation assistance (Visa application, Initial Home Finding, Settling in Service, and your flight)
Our Culture
In November 2016, we gathered the entire company for a four day conference in Malta. The focus of the conference was to discuss company direction, discuss our internal goals, and also put into words the company culture we are so keen to keep as we continue to grow. Together, we decided that the following cultural pillars are what makes up the foundation of Paradox:
- DEDICATED
- PASSIONATE
- GET SHIT DONE
- OPEN-MINDED
- NERDY
About Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is a leading global publisher of PC-based strategy games. World-renowned for its strategy catalog, the company holds a particularly strong presence in the United States and Europe. We have offices in Stockholm and Umeå, Sweden. We work with renowned distributors world wide and are present on all major digital download portals. We share a passion for gaming and gamers and our goal is to provide deep and challenging games with hours of gameplay to our growing 2 000 000 + member community.
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