Studio Game Artist Lead

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Hanoi, VNM
Hybrid
Senior level
Gaming
The Role
Manage and grow the art department, oversee artist performance, improve processes, harmonize studio operations, develop artistic direction, and provide feedback on art quality.
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Job Description

WHAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON

Key goal

Manage and grow the art department spread across several projects with different identities and requirements. By defining the team training and development strategy, evaluating performances, creating a common vision and quality standards across teams, and participating in the recruitment activities.

What it means on a daily basis

1. People management

  • Identify people’s abilities and weaknesses and assign the proper resources to the projects based on its needs and requirements
  • Prepare training and sharing plans within the department
  • Handle artists’ performance evaluations and objective settings
  • Handle new artist resources recruitment

2. Process improvements

  • Harmonize the processes in the studio, leaving flexibility to respect each project pipeline but helping faster onboarding and Gameloft-specific rules understanding
  • Update studio-wide documentations (PRD, career paths, onboarding...)
  • Support individual projects to optimize their art flow and pipelines
  • Represent the studio internally and externally as the primary Art contact for Gameloft Hanoi

3. Artistic vision

  • Conceptualize and execute creative ideas
  • Develop compelling visuals
  • Contribute to the overall artistic direction of the studio's projects
  • Provide clear and detailed feedback to all artists requiring it, both on visual quality (LOD, coloring, polishing, composition...) and technical quality (perspective, tangency, PSD layering...)

Who you would be working with

  • You will work closely with: Studio Manager, Production Manager
  • You will lead and mentor: Studio Artist Team

Your recruitment journey

(1) Screening call
(2) Interview(s)
(3) Offer

Our selection process is skill-based, focuses strictly on technical proficiency and key skills.

Qualifications

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

  • 5+ years in game art production with solid leadership experience across multiple projects and experience delivering high-quality visuals.
  • Well-rounded foundation in art composition, graphic design, and solid knowledge of 2D/3D pipelines and production workflows.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, and scale art teams, define artistic vision and quality standards, and align with game market trends.
  • Good communication and mentoring skills, with the ability to balance creative vision and technical constraints.
  • Good at English skills

WHO YOU ARE

  • Show consistent involvement with the teams and be willing to put in the necessary effort to complete the task on time.
  • Demonstrate flexibility of thinking and accept positive feedbacks from others for improvement.
  • Ownership: Be self-directed and well organized.
  • Teamwork: Cooperate with team members and willingly provide support.
  • Genuine interest in playing video games across multiple platforms.

Additional Information

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Benefits

  • A hybrid working model (5 working days per week – max 3 days WFH) ​
  • A range of well-being events and policies to support employees (leave scheme, medical check-up, wellness gift, wedding/condolences, etc.)
  • An attractive salary package with full salary during probation period​
  • Monthly lunch allowance and home office support​
  • Yearly salary review & bonuses​
  • Minimum 12 days of paid annual leave, plus 5 days of paid sick leave, Christmas leave, Birthday leave,... ​
  • 100% coverage of mandatory insurance and extra healthcare insurance. ​
  • Various training packages, including internal training, sponsorship training, and e-learning (iLearn, Udemy, O’Reilly, ...). ​
  • Opportunities to collaborate and train with Gameloft worldwide experts and develop yourselves. ​
  • Relocation support for international candidates joining from overseas.
  • Other benefits from one of the best employers in Vietnam.

Life at Gameloft

  • A multicultural environment with 6+ nationalities, where hundreds of world-renowned game titles were born.​
  • An open-space office, a cafeteria, a ping-pong table, and a foosball table.
  • A gaming area equipped with multiple devices (PS, Nintendo Switch, ...)
  • A wide range of internal events and sports clubs to boost connection and work-life balance.

Work Location: 3&4 Floor, Lilama 10 Building, 56 To Huu, Dai Mo Ward, Ha Noi, Vietnam.

How to proceed

Ready to get started? Click I'm interested/Apply and send us your updated CV and portfolio in English!

Please note:

To ensure a fair and compliant recruitment process under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please submit your application through the official job posting, preferably via Gameloft website, Gameloft or Gameloft Vietnam LinkedIn pages, or SmartRecruiters. Applications sent via email or LinkedIn messages will not be considered.

Due to the high volume of applications, only candidates whose profiles most closely match the role needs will be contacted by our recruiters. We sincerely appreciate your understanding and interest.

What's more?

Want to know more? Visit our websites:

  • Hanoi Studio website
  • LinkedIn page
  • Facebook page

Skills Required

  • 5+ years in game art production
  • Solid leadership experience across multiple projects
  • Well-rounded foundation in art composition and graphic design
  • Solid knowledge of 2D/3D pipelines and production workflows
  • Good communication and mentoring skills
  • Good English skills
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The Company
Montréal, Québec
4,821 Employees
Year Founded: 1999

What We Do

We are Gameloft and our greatest reward is seeing that 1.5 million new Gameloft games are downloaded every day. Our dream to offer mobile games to the entire planet through our products is about to become a reality. We owe our success to the talent and passion of our teams. It is because of their dedication to excellence and attention to detail that we can offer games of unparalleled quality to our millions of fans. Do we have strong franchises? Yes! Just take a look at Asphalt, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat or Dungeon Hunter. . We also have a great network of partners to help us deliver cool new games to your favorite device. Think Universal, Illumination Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel®, Ferrari® and many more.

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