Art Director

We are seeking na experienced Art Director to acts as a catalyst for inspiration and a force multiplier, boosting productivity and improvement throughout the art team and projects.

Being a part of Kokku means being able to work with comittment to excelence. As a result, we put our talents and efforts on making games better. In addition, only at Kokku you will have the opportunity to work with great IPs and major studios like Activision, Guerrilla Games, Netflix, Warner Brothers and Treyarch, to name a few.

At Kokku we have a team of experts, working on every stage of game production. We strongly believe in pushing boundaries and creating remarkable experiences.

Department
Art

Location
Recife, PE - Brasil

**The benefits about joining Kokku**:

- Competitive financial reward;
- Health Insurance;
- A transparent and inclusion-oriented culture;
- Relocation bonus,
- Meal ticket;
- Transport benefits and more.

**As an Art Director you will**:

- Be the spokesperson of the product vision within the team, through inspiring leadership, always seeking to improve artistic quality.
- Proficient in directing different artistic styles in a wide spectrum of projects, including AAA, Realistic, Stylized, Metaverse, among others.
- Ensure consistency and quality during deliveries while maintaining creative cohesion between customer needs and Kokku’s strategy.
- Act has an ambassador and facilitator between the client and the production team to ensure a complete understanding of the product quality expectation.
- Leads the direction to maximed the quality while respecting constraints and tech specification.
- Provide detailed feedback to the team, spanning multiple art disciplines, including 2D, 3D, Lighting, VFX and Concept Art.
- Establish best practices, methods, and work pipelines. Promote and identify training when necessary.
- Foster positivity and team spirit to build a strong, united and cohesive team.
- Work together with the production of Kokku and external partners to ensure the expected quality within the agreed time frame.
- Identify new talents, participate in Kokku’s recruitment and expansion planning.
- Create art/style guides, illustrations, documents, etc. to promote visual quality standards clearly.
- Maintain direct communication with art teams, customers, and partners through online and face-to-face meetings.

**We expect you to have**:

- Experience as Art Director, Lead Artist or Senior Artist with a proven track record of supervising a team in video games of similar digital art domain (Animation, advertisement, marketing)
- An excellent knowledge in artistic development and design for the AAA gaming market or similar.
- A good understanding of various artistic disciplines, including concept, modeling, environments, characters, lighting, VFX and UI/UX
- Advanced creative, artistic, communication and directive skills.
- Knowledge in various silos and artistic modalities in the production of digital games.
- In-depth knowledge in art software for design and illustration (Photoshop and Illustrator), VFX (After Effects), game development (Unity and Unreal) and creation of 3D models (ZBrush, Maya and/or Blender);
- Knowledge of team management.
- Deep knowledge in modern arts tools and techniques.
- Experience leading multiple projects simultaneously and giving feedback quickly and flexibly with online and face-to-face teams.
- Portfolio that demonstrates a high quality of work.
- Knowledge in agile methodologies.
- Fluent English is a must.