Character Art Lead

We areseekinga highly skilled and experienced Character Art Lead to lead our character art team and help define the visual quality and direction of our characters. As Character Art Lead, you will be responsible for setting artistic and technical standards, making strategic decisions that shape the character art pipeline and production process, and ensuring the team consistently delivers high-quality work that supports the creative vision of the game.

You will partner closely with the Art Director, Production, Technical Art, Animation, and external development partners toestablishpriorities, solve complex challenges, and guide the team toward delivering exceptional character assets.

• Lead, mentor, and provide clear artistic direction and feedback to the character art team, fostering a high-performing and collaborative environment.
• Partner with the Art Director toestablishand maintain the visual language, quality bar, and artistic standards for characters.
• Make strategic decisions around character art workflows, pipelines, tools, and processes to improve quality, efficiency, and scalability.
• Establish priorities and helpdeterminetheappropriate allocation of character art resources across internal teams, outsourcing, and co-development partners.
• Work closely with Production and Directors to assess scope, prioritize work,identify risks, and make informed tradeoffs to keep character art production on track.
• Evaluate characterartat key stages of development and provide actionable feedback to ensure assets meet the project's artistic and technical standards.
• Collaborate with Animation, Technical Art, and Engineering toestablishcharacter asset requirements and ensure characters are successfully integrated into the game.
• Define andmaintaincharacter art documentation, workflows, and best practices to support consistency, onboarding, and team development.
• Identify opportunities to improve the character art pipeline and proactively address production challenges before theyimpactthe project.
• Stay current with evolving character art techniques, technology, and industry practices, and assess their potential value to the project.

• 7+ years of professional character art experience in the video game industry, including experience guiding or leading other artists.
• Proven experience setting artistic direction,establishing quality standards, and making strategic decisions for a character art team.
• Experience creating character pipelines from the ground up.
• Proven experience in pre-production as well as shipping titles.
• Familiarity establishing artistic and technical workflows to tackle all the complexities of a AAA character art pipeline.
• Proven track recordof delivering high-quality character assets for AAA game titles.
• Strong understanding of character modeling, sculpting, texturing, anatomy, form, proportion, and silhouette.
• Significant experience with Maya,ZBrush, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine.
• Strong understanding of modern P  character art workflows and the technical requirements of creating production-ready character assets.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate complex artistic and technical challenges,determinepriorities, and make effective decisions within the constraints of a largegameproduction.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively acrossinternaland external development teams.
• Experience mentoring artists and helping develop team capabilities, workflows, and standards.
• Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Game Art, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Previous experience as a Character Art Lead, Character Art Director, or similar senior leadership role on a major game title.
• Experience managing or…