Art Director - Studio Lead

Gameloft • Vietnam
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Lead and grow the art department across multiple projects, defining team training, performance evaluations, and quality standards. Manage artists, optimize art pipelines, and represent the studio as primary Art contact for Gameloft Hanoi. Requires 5+ years of game art production experience with proven leadership and strong English communication skills.

Key Highlights
Lead and grow art department across several projects
Define team training and development strategy
Represent studio as primary Art contact for Gameloft Hanoi
5+ years game art production with leadership experience
Key Responsibilities
Lead and grow the art department spread across several projects with different identities and requirements
Define the team training and development strategy
Evaluate performances and create common vision and quality standards across teams
Participate in recruitment activities
Identify people's strengths and weaknesses and assign proper resources to projects
Prepare training and sharing plans within the department
Handle artists' performance evaluations and objective settings
Handle new artist resources recruitment
Harmonize processes in the studio while respecting project pipelines
Update studio-wide documentations (PRD, career paths, onboarding)
Support individual projects to optimize their art flow and pipelines
Represent the studio internally and externally as primary Art contact for Gameloft Hanoi
Conceptualize and execute creative ideas
Develop compelling visuals
Contribute to overall artistic direction of studio's projects
Provide clear and detailed feedback to artists on visual quality (LOD, coloring, polishing, composition) and technical quality (perspective, tangency, PSD layering)
Work closely with Studio Manager and Production Manager
Lead and mentor Studio Artist Team
Technical Skills Required
art composition graphic design 2D/3D pipelines production workflows LOD coloring polishing composition perspective tangency PSD layering
Benefits & Perks
hybrid working model (5 working days per week – max 3 days WFH)
monthly lunch allowance
home office support
yearly salary review & bonuses
minimum 12 days paid annual leave
5 days paid sick leave
Christmas leave
Birthday leave
100% coverage of mandatory insurance
extra healthcare insurance
various training packages
opportunities to collaborate with Gameloft worldwide experts
relocation support for international candidates

Job Description


WHAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON

Main challenge

Lead and grow the art department spread across several projects with different identities and requirements. By defining the team training and development strategy, evaluating performances, creating a common vision and quality standards across teams, and participating in the recruitment activities.

What it means on a daily basis

1. People management

  • Identify people’s strengths and weaknesses and assign the proper resources to the projects based on its needs and requirements
  • Prepare training and sharing plans within the department
  • Handle artists’ performance evaluations and objective settings
  • Handle new artist resources recruitment

2. Process improvements
  • Harmonize the processes in the studio, leaving flexibility to respect each project pipeline but helping faster onboarding and Gameloft-specific rules understanding
  • Update studio-wide documentations (PRD, career paths, onboarding...)
  • Support individual projects to optimize their art flow and pipelines
  • Represent the studio internally and externally as the primary Art contact for Gameloft Hanoi

3. Artistic vision
  • Conceptualize and execute creative ideas
  • Develop compelling visuals
  • Contribute to the overall artistic direction of the studio's projects
  • Provide clear and detailed feedback to all artists requiring it, both on visual quality (LOD, coloring, polishing, composition...) and technical quality (perspective, tangency, PSD layering...)

Who you would be working with

  • You will work closely with: Studio Manager, Production Manager
  • You will lead and mentor: Studio Artist Team

Your recruitment journey

(1) Screening call

(2) Interview(s)

(3) Offer

Our selection process is skill-based, focuses strictly on technical proficiency and core competencies.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

  • 5+ years in game art production with proven leadership experience across multiple projects; track record in delivering high-quality visuals.
  • Strong foundation in art composition, graphic design, and solid knowledge of 2D/3D pipelines and production workflows.
  • Proven ability to lead, develop, and scale art teams, define artistic vision and quality standards, and align with game market trends.
  • Strong communication and mentoring skills, with the ability to balance creative vision and technical constraints.
  • Good at English skills

WHO YOU ARE
  • Show solid commitment to the teams and be willing to put in the necessary effort to complete the task on time.
  • Demonstrate flexibility of thinking and accept positive feedbacks from others for improvement.
  • Ownership: Be proactive, self-motivated, and well organized.
  • Teamwork: Cooperate with team members and willingly provide support.
  • Genuine interest in playing video games across multiple platforms.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU


  • A hybrid working model (5 working days per week – max 3 days WFH) ​
  • A range of well-being events and policies to support employees (leave scheme, medical check-up, wellness gift, wedding/condolences, etc.)
  • An attractive salary package with full salary during probation period​
  • Monthly lunch allowance and home office support​
  • Yearly salary review & bonuses​
  • Minimum 12 days of paid annual leave, plus 5 days of paid sick leave, Christmas leave, Birthday leave,... ​
  • 100% coverage of mandatory insurance and extra healthcare insurance. ​
  • Various training packages, including internal training, sponsorship training, and e-learning (iLearn, Udemy, O’Reilly, ...). ​
  • Opportunities to collaborate and train with Gameloft worldwide experts and develop yourselves. ​
  • Relocation support for international candidates joining from overseas.
  • Other benefits from one of the best employers in Vietnam.

Life at Gameloft
  • A multicultural environment with 6+ nationalities, where hundreds of world-renowned game titles were born.​
  • An open-space office, a cafeteria, a ping-pong table, and a foosball table.
  • A gaming area equipped with multiple devices (PS, Nintendo Switch, ...)
  • A wide range of internal events and sports clubs to boost connection and work-life balance.

Work Location: 3&4 Floor, Lilama 10 Building, 56 To Huu, Dai Mo Ward, Ha Noi, Vietnam.

How to proceed

Ready to get started? Click I'm interested/Apply and send us your updated CV and portfolio in English!

Please note:

To ensure a fair and compliant recruitment process under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please submit your application through the official job posting, preferably via Gameloft website, Gameloft or Gameloft Vietnam LinkedIn pages, or SmartRecruiters. Applications sent via email or LinkedIn messages will not be considered.

Due to the high volume of applications, only candidates whose profiles most closely match the role needs will be contacted by our recruiters. We sincerely appreciate your understanding and interest.

What's more?

Want to know more? Visit our websites:

  • Hanoi Studio website
  • LinkedIn page
  • Facebook page

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