SENIOR ART LEAD ART DIRECTOR (DIGITAL SUN)
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🧠 Senior
💰 Negotiable
⏰ Full-time
🌎 Remote / 👔 Office (Valencia, Spain 🇪🇸)
🦄 Description
Digital Sun is a standout indie studio with three successful titles and ambitious new projects in development. We are looking for an experienced Art Lead or Art Director to help shape the visual identity of our next games and lead a talented multidisciplinary art team.
This is a hybrid position based in Valencia, Spain. The role combines high-level artistic direction with hands-on 3D and in-engine work, ensuring a cohesive and high-quality visual vision across all aspects of the game.
🚀 Responsibilities
• Define and maintain the visual direction of the games in collaboration with game directors and discipline leads
• Guide and mentor the art team across 2D, 3D, animation, VFX, and UI
• Create key art assets and establish visual benchmarks with hands-on 3D and in-engine work
• Plan and prioritize the art team workload, balancing creativity with production constraints
• Ensure visual consistency across characters, environments, lighting, UI, and VFX
• Collaborate with production and tech teams to ensure scalability and technical feasibility
• Provide clear feedback and support to help artists grow professionally
📚 Required Skills
• 3 plus years of experience in the game industry with at least 1 to 2 years in a lead or direction role
• Strong Unreal Engine experience with solid in-engine art integration and optimization knowledge
• Good understanding of 3D art pipelines from asset creation to in-game implementation
• Experience overseeing multiple art disciplines within a game team
• Experience working in multidisciplinary collaborative environments
• Strong communication skills with both artists and non-artists
👍 Nice to Have
• Hands-on experience creating 3D assets including environments, props, lighting, or shaders
• Proven experience shipping high-quality games with cohesive artistic direction
• Experience with lighting, shaders, VFX, or technical art
• Familiarity with agile production environments
• Experience contributing to projects from early incubation through post-production
🍪 What we offer
• Hybrid format with one remote day per week
• 35-hour work week with flexible schedule
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Supportive and creative studio environment
• Opportunity to work on high-quality innovative games
• Complimentary breakfast at the office
• Private health insurance subsidy
• Mental health support
• Free English and Spanish language classes
• Optional transportation and dining benefits
• Regular team events and social gatherings
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