Twin Drums is looking for an Art Director (Remote)

Twin Drums is a remote-first indie game studio with employees based in Europe, Africa & North America. We are growing our team and are looking for an Art Director to work with us on The Wagadu Chronicles, an African-inspired indie MMO built from the ground up for role-playing.

We have created an inclusive and flexible workspace and as a default offer remote work with a part-time (4-day week) structure. We offer a freelancer salary of €5000 gross per month for 32h across 4 days per week or full employment in Germany. All our employees are also part of our Virtual Shares program.

Your Role

• Direct the visual development of the first African inspired online RPG
• Collaborate closely with other department leads to scope art deliverables for new features, and to define and execute production pipelines
• Hands on: create assets that establish the stylistic and quality benchmarks for the rest of the art team
• Produce documentation that outlines the pipeline steps and provides art style guidelines
• Plan and organise the tasks of the art team, coordinating with the work and timelines of other departments (shared responsibility with the Art Leads)
• Oversee and review the work of the art team (environments, characters and creatures, props, lighting, and VFX), provide feedback, and ensure quality and adherence to style guides are met
• Identify and execute workflow improvements within the production pipeline
• You will mentor and help grow a team of artists

Requirements

• Professional experience as a 2D or 3D Game Artist
• Ability to produce paintovers and concepts
• Experience creating stylized/hand-painted textures
• Experience working in Unity or other game engine, and understanding of its lighting and post-process effects
• Not more than 7h offset to our core time zone (CET, Berlin, Germany)

Nice to have

• Previous experience as a Lead Artist or Art Director
• Interest in African and Diasporic culture/history/mythology
• Passion for games, especially MMORPG, and role-playing

How to apply

If you are interested in applying for this role, please send us a short email with a link to your portfolio and a few words on your background and why you are interested in working with us using the subject “Art Director” by Feb 17th the latest.

We encourage applications particularly from women/non-binary, people with disabilities, people of colour, and other groups that are underrepresented throughout the game industry. We see you and you are more than welcome here at Twin Drums!