VFX Artist
Companion Group
Unity
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Define and own the visual direction of the game with studio leadership across all art departments
- Lead a team of leads: 2D Art Lead, 3D Art Lead, Lead Animator, and Lead Environment Artist
- Collaborate with the Creative Director and narrative/design leadership to ensure the art direction supports and elevates the broader vision
- Partner with production to plan resourcing, scheduling, and prioritization of deliverables
- Review major asset groups and features to ensure quality and consistency of visual style
- Develop and document art guidelines and pipelines to support scalability and iteration
- Identify staffing needs, participate in hiring, and mentor emerging leaders within the art team
- Encourage healthy team culture, clear communication, and creative ownership among team members
- Help ensure that the game’s visuals are both beautiful and performant
- Collaborate with MTX, UI, VFX, Animation, Technical Art, and Level Design to ensure art cohesion across gameplay, narrative, and monetization features
- Participate in milestone reviews, giving clear, actionable feedback on art execution
- Contribute hands-on when necessary to unblock teams or prototype new artistic directions
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as an Art Director or equivalent senior leadership role in game development
- Professional experience managing other managers, including art leads or discipline heads
- Demonstrated ability to drive a unified artistic vision across multiple disciplines: 2D, 3D, character, and environment
- Strong eye for visual quality with a portfolio that reflects a deep understanding of artistic fundamentals and game development constraints
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, especially in a remote team environment
- Deep familiarity with game art pipelines, technical art integration, and collaboration across departments (design, engineering, etc.)
- Experience with high-fidelity asset creation and optimization for real-time rendering
- Ability to lead and mentor department leads (2D Art Lead, 3D Art Lead, Lead Animator, Lead Environment Artist)
- Experience planning resourcing, scheduling, and prioritization of deliverables with production
- Willingness to participate in hiring and mentor emerging leaders
- Ability to provide clear, actionable feedback during milestone reviews
- Ability to contribute hands-on to unblock teams or prototype art directions
- Preferred: Familiarity with modern game engines and art workflows
- Preferred: Hands-on knowledge of Blender, Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, and Substance Suite
- Preferred: Passion for top-down action RPGs and understanding of genre-specific visual needs
- Preferred: Experience shipping multiplayer online or co-op games
- Be able to be fully available during Eleventh Hour Games' core hours (10:00AM - 4:00PM Central Time)
- Have a remote work setup capable of fulfilling the needs of this role
- Experience working in a fully remote studio environment
