Scopely
Art Lead, New Game (AAA RPG)
US - United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$164k-$240kDetected 15 days ago
UnityLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving
About the role
- For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below.
Responsibilities
- Partner with our external development studio to guide and coordinate art quality across characters, environments, VFX, UI, and more to achieve AAA-quality output
- Help establish and maintain efficient art workflows, feedback loops, and quality standards across time zones
- Perform paintovers, visual callouts, and written feedback to elevate the art to a AAA-quality bar
- Identify visual risks early and proactively course-correct to maintain style, readability, and polish
- Work closely with Tech Art, Design, and Production to ensure:
- Review art submissions and playtest builds to provide concise, actionable feedback that is clear, respectful, and actionable
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure art supports gameplay and performance needs
- Partner with our IP holder to establish visual guidelines, approvals, and feedback
Requirements
- Experience working with established IPs and navigating approval pipelines
- Apply strong understanding of:
- 7+ years of professional game art experience, with at least 2+ years in a lead or senior role
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially for giving clear, constructive feedback
Nice to have
- Experience working with teams in China or across multiple time zones
- Familiarity with Unity pipelines and tooling
- Passion for low-fantasy / grounded worlds
- Mandarin proficiency
- Please include a portfolio or PDF/links to examples of your work in the application.
- Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely's position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue.
- For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.
Skills
- Concept art
- Final in-game execution
- Feedback & Communication
- Translate high-level creative direction into concrete, production-ready visual guidance for our Shanghai studio
- IP Holder Collaboration
- Clearly interpret and relay art feedback to the development team, helping them understand intent and constraints
- Experience working on AAA action RPGs or fantasy titles or high-end action RPGs on mobile or PC
- 3D Game Development Expertise and deep understanding of real-time game development
- Strong visual fundamentals (composition, color, lighting, anatomy, material definition)
- Comfortable doing hands-on paintovers and async visual problem-solving
Compensation
- For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is provided below.
Benefits
- Translate creative vision into clear, actionable direction for external teams
Company info
- Scopely is looking for an Art Lead to join our Slate Development Group in the US on a hybrid or remote basis (Hybrid in Culver City)!
- At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players.
- We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.
- We are developing a AAA action RPG based on a world-renowned IP, and we're looking for a Principal Artist who combines strong artistic authority, deep worldbuilding sensibility, and hands-on 3D game development expertise.
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