Your role in the Kingdom:

King is looking for an exceptionally skilled Art Director to join our family in Barcelona, Stockholm or London! As Art Director for our Live Games, you will be a champion for art, working within a passionate team to create magical moments for millions of people.

As a confident art leader, who coaches your team towards excellence, you will have a thorough knowledge of what good art looks like and can drive your vision forward. As the spokesperson for Art you will also have a close collaboration with producers, game designers, developers, business performance, player insight and of course brand. With an innovative spirit, you will contribute beyond the assigned tasks and actively seek new opportunities to add value to your game and to King.

Responsibilities include:

Refine, communicate and champion the games' visual style ensuring it's aligned with the target demographic and product goals
Ensure a consistent art style across all areas of the product at all times
Set the expectation of the highest levels of quality for all areas of art and UI art
Make sure that all art is delivered to the game in accordance to the technical requirements of the project
Promote a safe environment for open critique and feedback within the team
Embed coaching, mentoring and knowledge sharing into the daily team activities
Partner with Producers and/or Scrum Masters to define and prioritise tasks
Support the creative and professional development of the Artists
Facilitate a red carpet experience when introducing new Artists into the team
Assist with the Artist performance review process and work closely with the Studio Art Director to support a healthy and productive art department

Skills to Create Thrills:

You will be an established Artist and Art Director with demonstrable experience in the fundamental artistic and art-leadership principles. You will also bring:

• Great skills and experience in Art Direction with the ability to define, communicate and champion an Artistic vision
• Proven ability to define and champion appealing casual UI Art Direction
• Demonstrable experience in high quality visual decision-making and problem solving
• Experienced in creating Moodboards, Art and UI style guides, Brand guidelines & other necessary documentation
• A full understanding of all areas of game art and proven track record of successfully leading a team to deliver high quality art & animations in line with project style and goals
• Experience as people manager and an understanding of the mix of competencies you need in your team to excel and drive great performance
• Experience and passion for coaching, developing and leading artists
• Strong communication and organizational skills, you feel at home with project planning
• An advanced level of proficiency with industry standard 2d

Bonus Points

• Experience in developing software within an Agile environment
• Proficiency with in industry standard 3D software

 

Making the world playful
When it comes to interactive mobile entertainment, we're pretty proud to be number one. We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions everyday through games like Candy Crush Saga and Farm Heroes Saga. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players - and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes
Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people that share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. No matter where you’re from, it’s all about what we can achieve together when creating truly magical moments for all our players. That’s why we hire all sorts of talent - because a great saga needs all sorts of heroes.

Make your mark
We're fuelled by a determination to be better tomorrow than we are today. It's an exciting time to join King. As we dream bigger, you'll play an important role in redefining the world of games. Through our creativity and innovation, we'll make the world playful and delight billions of people across the world.

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