Art Director

**About the position**:
As an **Art Director (f/m/d)**, you will be the driving force behind everything visual in SEED, maintaining and expanding our existing art style as the game itself grows and matures. You will help break down the magic of SEED’s style into concrete guidelines and recipes that will allow the team to create the world of Avesta and all that our Players will shape it with.

**What you will do**:

- Provide artistic leadership and lead the art department to drive the overall vision of the project. This will include concept art, 3D assets, VFX, animation and UI
- Oversee the aesthetic unity of all visual parts
- Contribute to the art pipeline definition and develop milestones for the art team
- Supervise and manage outsourced artists, providing them with input, reference, and feedback
- Collaborate with creative leadership and other team leads to identify and solve problems, influencing the direction of the project to support the artistic, game design, and technical goals
- Lead the visuals on marketing and PR to ensure visual coherence across all branding, marketing material, and social media assets

**Who we think will be a great fit**:

- At least two projects as an art director (shipped or otherwise).
- A strong Portfolio of artistic accomplishments, particularly showcasing a high standard for mínimalistic and stylised art
- Broad knowledge of all art disciplines including: concept art, character design, animation, environment design, VFX, UI, lighting, shading and rendering
- A thorough understanding of art pipelines, the capacities and technical constraints related to the Unity engine, and different game genres
- Strong communication/listening, interpersonal, and organisational skills
- Passionate to make and play games, with knowledge of current titles, genres, and industry trends

**Essential**:

- **Portfolio**:

- **2 successful PC/Console game projects**

**- Demonstrable experience that shows a similar project - ease in a similar style**
- **Connect with the current art direction, to support and grow it**:

- **Art director before. Proven experience as a leader**:

- **Strong 3D skillset, producing content; Knowledge of 3D softwares such as Maya and/or Blender**:

- **Presentation skill**

**Bonus**:

- Berlin based
- Leadership qualities, but not essential
- Bringing new perspective
- Different backgrounds are welcome but a sense for video Games needed - enthusiast as a minimum
- Experience developing an MMO, RTS, or Simulation game

**Benefits**:

- An opportunity to work on a groundbreaking project from its inception with a lot of room for professional and personal development
- Competitive salary and 27 days of paid vacation
- Remote work from Europe or hybrid/onsite work from Berlin
- Monthly public transport travel reimbursement
- Monthly company co-contributions to private pensions
- Reimbursement for physical health activities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental health support
- Flexible office hours (with core hours)
- Our own cafeteria serving free lunches daily - once we are back at the office
- Monthly team events and activities
- A dog-friendly office, adjustable standing desks, ergonomic chairs and mobile aircon units for hot summers
- Healthy snacks and drinks in the office

At Klang, we create products that inspire people to deepen their understanding of the emergent nature of society and collectively envision a better future.

At the heart of Klang is SEED an accessible, persistent world in which players share a history and shape a future. We provide an environment for a broad audience to belong and develop relationships in a society simulation inspired by life itself.

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