Game Art Lead - Fully Remote

SOFTGAMES is seeking an experienced Lead Game Artist to join our fully remote team and lead the artistic vision for our live multi-platform hit, SOLITAIRE HOME STORY (“SOHO”). Since its launch in 2021, SOHO has captivated players worldwide, achieving exponential revenue growth and expanding its platform presence.

As Lead Game Artist, you will lead a small, diverse team of skilled artists and work together with the Producer, Designers, and Developers to ensure the highest visual quality of all art assets, including UI, isometric world assets, characters, animations, and core gameplay elements. 

Due to the small size of the art team, you will have plenty of time to work hands-on in the project as well, taking care of all UI tasks. You will also collaborate with our technical artist and help the team to implement new technologies and AI-workflows to boost productivity.

**Qualified applicants will be expected to complete a graphics assignment.

Your Role:

• Define the Artistic Vision: Create and maintain style guides, briefs, and other documentation to communicate and evolve the visual style of the game.

• Hands-On UI Artist: As part of a small art team, you will work hands-on and take care of all the UI tasks.

• Set Quality Standards: Establish benchmarks, workflows, pipelines, and quality goals for all art content.

• Team Communicator: Be a strong communicator who is adept at resolving conflicts and thrives in a diverse, multi-cultural, remote work environment.

• Resource Management: Organize workloads and allocate resources in collaboration with the Producer.

• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Align on project goals and milestones with the Producer, Designers, and Developers.

• Team Leadership: Mentor and manage a team of artists through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development plans.

• Supervise Artistic Work: Provide clear, actionable feedback for all art assets, including UI, isometric world assets, characters, animations, and core gameplay elements, ensuring alignment with the game’s style and quality.

• Outsourcing Coordination: Manage communication with outsourcing partners, reviewing and approving their work.

• Foster Team Culture: Promote an open, collaborative team environment that encourages diversity, creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration.

• Technical Alignment: Serve as the key liaison between the art team and developers to ensure assets meet technical requirements and are properly implemented.

• AI-Workflows: Integrate AI tools as part of the art pipeline.

Your Profile:

• 5+ years of experience in the games industry as a lead artist

• Proven experience with casual puzzle games and free-to-play mobile games

• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite

• Deep understanding of the artistic workflow in all areas of production, including UI, environments, characters, animations, and core gameplay.

• Passionate about creating, evolving, and executing an artistic vision

• Skilled in planning, organization, and workflow optimization

• An excellent eye for detail and what world-leading mobile games look like

• Exceptional communication in English.
  

Bonus Skills (Not Required):

• Able to occasionally take on art tasks other than UI, such as character art, environment art, concept art, backgrounds etc.

• Experience with Spine 2D.

Benefits

Softgames is offering a great package including:

• Remote first - We have a flexible working setup. Either fully remote wherever you are or on-site in our modern office in central Berlin - You decide.

• Flexible working hours - Structure your working hours to your needs. No crunch, no overtime!

• Generous vacation regulation no matter where you are!

• Home office allowance - Working from home but something is missing? We offer a budget to make your home office as productive as possible.

• Further Training - Everyone at SOFTGAMES is offered training opportunities to strengthen their skills or learn something new!

• Studio - We’re a remote-first company but also offer a super modern office with state-of-the-art tech, based in the center of Berlin.

• Equipment - Choose between a MacBook Pro or Lenovo Laptop.

• Meal allowances - A monthly budget is additionally granted to be spent for your lunches.

• Wellness Benefits - Access to Virtual Yoga, Meditation, and more to stay healthy!

• Monthly extra grant for home office electricity + internet costs.

• Swag - Enjoy our stylish Hoodies, Bags, Mugs, etc.

• Offsite Retreats - Twice a year the entire company gets together to learn, share ideas, focus on the future, and celebrate our successes. Our events in general are epic but our off-site Retreat is one of a kind.

• Team events - We have virtual Game Nights, Pub Quizzes, Team lunches and much more

At SOFTGAMES, we value a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone's ideas are heard and valued. Join our dynamic team and be part of the exciting world of mobile gaming. Apply now and let your expertise shine!

SOFTGAMES is the leading instant gaming company. We develop casual, truly social games that can be played instantly across all devices. Our hypersocial blockbuster game “Bubble Shooter Pro” became a global top grossing game on Facebook and is played by millions of people around the world every day. We partner closely with Facebook, Samsung and more to craft the next generation of instant games that billions of people can play together. SOFTGAMES is a remote first company and the home of around 100 people from all over the world. We believe in proactive, independent teams with the freedom to take initiative, challenge the status quo, and with the mission to build everlasting casual games for every platform.

At SOFTGAMES, we believe that different perspectives and background in our teams contribute to the quality of our work. We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion / worldview, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity.

Have we caught your interest? Then we look forward to your detailed application together with your salary expectations and earliest possible start date.