Studio Game Artist Lead

Art Department Manager

Company: Gameloft Hanoi
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Work Model: Hybrid (max 3 days WFH)

What You Will Be Working On

Key Goal:
Manage and grow the art department across multiple projects, each with distinct identities and requirements. This involves defining team training and development strategies, evaluating performance, establishing a common vision and quality standards, and participating in recruitment.

Daily Responsibilities:

1. People Management:

• Identify individual strengths and weaknesses to assign resources effectively to projects.
• Prepare training and knowledge-sharing plans within the department.
• Conduct artist performance evaluations and objective settings.
• Manage the recruitment of new artist resources.

2. Process Improvements:

• Harmonize studio processes, allowing for project-specific pipeline flexibility while facilitating faster onboarding and understanding of Gameloft-specific rules.
• Update studio-wide documentation (PRD, career paths, onboarding, etc.).
• Support individual projects in optimizing 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 artists on visual quality (LOD, coloring, polishing, composition) and technical quality (perspective, tangency, PSD layering).

Who You Would Be Working With:

• Collaborate closely with: Studio Manager, Production Manager.
• Lead and mentor: Studio Artist Team.

What You Need to Succeed:

Qualifications:

• 5+ years in game art production with solid leadership experience across multiple projects and a track record of 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 English skills.

Who You Are:

• Consistently involved with teams and willing to put in the necessary effort to complete tasks on time.
• Flexible thinking and receptive to feedback for improvement.
• Ownership: Self-directed and well-organized.
• Teamwork: Cooperative and supportive of team members.
• Genuine interest in playing video games across multiple platforms.

What's In It For You:

Benefits:

• Hybrid working model (5 days per week, max 3 days WFH).
• Comprehensive well-being support (leave schemes, medical check-ups, wellness gifts, etc.).
• Attractive salary package with full pay during probation.
• 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, etc.
• 100% coverage of mandatory insurance and extra healthcare insurance.
• Various training packages, including internal training, sponsorship, and e-learning (iLearn, Udemy, O’Reilly).
• Opportunities to collaborate and train with Gameloft worldwide experts.
• Relocation support for international candidates.
• Other benefits from a leading employer in Vietnam.

Life at Gameloft:

• Multicultural environment with 6+ nationalities.
• Open-space office, cafeteria, ping-pong table, foosball table.
• Gaming area with multiple devices (PS, Nintendo Switch, etc.).
• Wide range of internal events and sports clubs to foster connection and work-life balance.

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

Application Process:
(1) Screening call
(2) Interview(s)
(3) Offer

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