Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio, is a Helsinki-based studio dedicated to crafting fans-first interactive experiences that combine the stories from popular movies and shows with engaging game mechanics. Our values, Caring, Courage, and Curiosity, drive our commitment to our players and each other, with a focus on fun gameplay free from the constraints of free-to-play.

　　We celebrate diversity, with dozens of nationalities and a third of our team identifying as women or non-binary. We don't seek culture fit, but rather the unique contributions each individual brings to enrich our culture. If you're passionate about creating innovative mobile games in a diverse, supportive environment, we're eager to hear from you!

　　The Role

　　Art Lead

　　As an Art Lead at Next Games, you’ll work within a team of highly talented and motivated artists, to create visually outstanding games on Netflix.

　　You should be a highly skilled artist, with an exceptional art portfolio, extensive experience in mobile gaming and strong leadership skills. You thrive in creating high-quality visual design, and you lead, mentor, and manage other artists. You seek to find functional and highly-polished workflows and pipelines to ensure a smooth art production cycle with a focus on cross-discipline collaboration

　　Responsibilities:

　　Owning the art in a game team and creating strong visual identity for a game project by creating high-quality concept art, prototypes, and final game art assets throughout various stages of game development.

　　Highly creative person with deep understanding of world-building, branding, and visual communication

　　Independent and efficient in managing and organizing their workload

　　Proactively improving the workflows and setting a high standard of artistic game development

　　Creating and maintaining Art Bibles and Art Documentation.

　　Working closely with the Art Director in both creating strong visual styles as well as fostering the company culture within the Art Discipline team

　　Overseeing the work of up to 5 artists and mentoring other artists

　　Strong, proactive communication skills, within discipline and cross discipline

　　Proactive self direction with maintaining up-to-date knowledge of software and pipeline

　　Self motivated and directed, with a can do attitude

　　Tools:

　　Adobe Suite / Illustrative software

　　Unity or other similar game engine

　　Strong concepting skills

　　Strong 2D and or 3D asset creation skills

　　Can adapt easily and proactively to different software and tasks

　　Nice to have:

　　Experience in working with tools such as Figma or similar prototyping tools

　　Jira, confluence and other project management tools