Lead Artist

2 weeks ago


Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Ubisoft Full time

Company Description

Opened in October 2011, Ubisoft Abu Dhabi is one of the first major video game studios based in the UAE capital and is focusing on developing and bringing to market successful mobile games for a worldwide audience.

This position is based in the vibrant expat city of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi is a multi-cultural city and a 1-hour drive from Dubai. Abu Dhabi offers a vibrant social and forward-thinking cultural lifestyle. It has an array of experiences and events including pristine beaches, Formula 1, Theme Parks, Louvre Museum, a vibrant nightlife and year-round sunshine. Abu Dhabi has also ranked number 1 for the past 4 years in a row as the safest city in the world (Numbeo), providing a great home and standard of living.

Ubisoft Abu Dhabi successfully released two hidden-object / investigation free-to-play mobile titles: CSI: Hidden Crimes and NCIS: Hidden Crimes. With the acquisition in February 2017 of the massive multiplayer free-to-play game Growtopia, the studio works on the title’s live operations. The team keeps focusing its efforts on creating further content for its live games and strengthening its player’s engagement in addition to work on other unannounced projects.

**Job Description**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Ensure the graphic elements follow the set style and maintain consistency throughout the whole project
- Conduct effective visual research and reference gathering
- Creation of game assets to a high standard in line with current technology capabilities
- Assist in production/development meetings
- Review and validation of assets

**Key Requirements**:

- Experience in creation of high and low poly modelling of in-game assets
- Level lighting and population creation
- Understanding of optimization for mobile platforms
- Ability to hand paint texture maps, if required
- Working knowledge in Character and Environment creation
- Must have proven experience of line management of a small team

**Key Skills**:

- Working knowledge of Unity
- 3ds Max, Photoshop and Zbrush
- Confident working in a small team
- Ability to prioritise work-flow and deliver on time
- Familiarity with SCRUM / Agile practices

**Preferred Skills**:

- Character Modelling and Texturing
- High end lighting/rendering for presentation and marketing images
- Technical Art
- Experience with managing the outsourcing of art assets

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum 5 years industry experience working on mobile projects and art direction
- A Bachelor’s degree preferably in technology would be preferred or any other training or equivalent.


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