art director vacatures in Amsterdam

RBL Labs is a well funded startup which aims to become a leading blockchain game development studio. We are a team of veterans of game development and blockchain industry. We value flexibility, ability to contribute and get heard. We believe that games are a kind of art and that NFT gaming can also change world for better as we bring play-to-earn model to life.

Check out our website: locgame.io

We are looking for an entrepreneurial Art and Design guru who is like a Shiva God with 6 hands can lead implementation of all art/design/UI/creative aspects that includes collectible cards, website, marketplace and mobile game.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the graphic design and style of the company - logo, banners, content and merchandise - you are passionate to make it shine as a representation of our identity and brand;
• Be responsible for the front-end/visual side of LOCGame website;
• Be responsible for the visual/graphic/UI of LOCG marketplace;
• Work closely with the CEO to support the strategy of Rbl Labs and LOCGame;
• Determine the visual style of a collectible card game
• Lead the team of in-house 2D/3D artists, animators, VFX and UI artists
• Maintain needed quality level of all visual assets including animation and VFX
• Manage the outsourcing art teams to maintain needed quality level of all assets and in line with the needed art style
• Manage the creation of art assets for media and website of the project to keep them in line with the art style of the project
• Assets creation for a collectible card game (concept art, characters art, card illustrations, UI)

Requirements:

• Be hands-on with graphic design, visual assets and art production tools (Photoshop, Illustrator and others);
• Knowledge of principals of creation of UX/UI for websites
• Being familiar with NFT marketplaces as a user;
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in Game Art.
• Experience of managing the art team which consisted of 2D/3D artists, animators, VFX and UI artists.
• Mastery in identifying existing visual styles and the ability to implement them.
• Great sense for quality and acute attention to detail.
• Experience with creation of 2D/3D animation that is enough to be able to set up the creation pipeline and control the quality of animation and VFX.
• Experience with creation of UI for games
• Deep knowledge and understanding of pipelines of visual assets creation for different kinds of platforms.
• Experience in working together with programmers, game designers, UX specialists on finding design and implementation solutions.
• Previous experience with task organizing tools such as Jira, Trello, You Track or equivalents.
• Experience working with projects developed with Unity or Unreal Engine. - Experience in usage of Version Control Systems (Git, Mercurial or other)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to take and deliver constructive feedback.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English - Passionate about games, crypto and blockchain.
• Must include a portfolio of work demonstrating your breadth of skill and project contributions.

Nice to have:

• Experience with creation of 2D skeletal animation in Unity, Spine, Dragon Bones or equivalent).
• Experience with creation of UX for games and marketplaces;
• Experience with creation of UI animation;
• Experience with creation of assets for VFX in games;
• Experience with creation of VFX animation.

Working at Rbl Labs expect to play a key role within a high growth blockchain NFT gaming studio with a passion to success and a mission to build number 1 NFT card game on the market.