6+ Art Jobs in India

• Job Title - Senior Mobile Game Designer - Hybridcasual
• Reports Into - Head of Design
• Location - Hybrid / Bangalore

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with over over 1 Billion downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Ninja Warrior
• Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 
• Kwalee Artificial Intelligence (K.A.I) - win prizes for proposing useful AI initiatives

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As our Senior Game Designer you have a talent to create fun, exciting game experiences for our players. You’ll be designing hybridcasual games, managing and overseeing hybridcasual projects and coaching of the design team 

Your Team Mates

Our team is a diverse group of designers from all around the world; some working in the office, some remote. As a core department to the company, we're given a large degree of freedom and creative responsibility over every game we make.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• Planning, managing and overseeing of hybridcasual game projects
• Motivate, inspire and mentor a small team of designers, encouraging a culture of constant learning
• Support your team members on solving complex design, technical and implementation issues
• Evolving and adapting game designs based on play testing, feedback and live metrics.
• Driving long term player engagement by understanding mobile players needs and motivations.

Your Hard Skills

• Track record of working either on successful hybridcasual games or alternatively has worked on both casual and hypercasual games
• Knowledge of mobile free-to-play game monetisation techniques.
• Ability to work creatively in a demanding team environment.
• Experience managing a team
• Strong creative ideas and imagination, able to entertain players with challenges, humour, surprises and fun.

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

• Strong experience in e-learning and instructional design.
• Ability to design, develop and build blended learning experiences
• Review storyboards and final product build.
• Familiar with full CDLC, including Analysis, Storyboarding, Review, theories.
• Should be able to communicate effectively in visual, oral, and written form and deliver engaging e-learning content
• Client interaction/ management.
• Will be involved in Cross-functional activities to get the task done. 
• Candidates from only Edu-tech or Education industry to apply for the role.
• Excellent Written and Verbal Communication is a must.
• Permanent WFH Opportunity. 

Title: Art Producer/Senior Art Producer

Main responsibilities:

• Manage the art production of incredibly compelling, high-quality smartphone games.
• Plan and oversee the 2D, 3D, UI, and Technical Art planning using project planning tools like Google or MS Excel sheet.
• Follow the delivery plan and coordinate with art, art leads, design, product, and engineering for deliveries.
• Initiate and track all production processes through art stand up meetings, scrum, or similar approach.
• Ensure timely delivery of art milestones while safeguarding the quality of artwork in accordance with the pre-defined art production schedule.
• Work with art leads and art directors to evaluate and sign-up new outsourcing art and sound vendors.
• Work with vendors to finalize the vendor delivery plan and co-ordinate with vendors for timely deliveries.
• Work with project stakeholders to get their feedback on assets delivered by the vendors, communicate back to the vendors, and get the updated asset deliveries.
• Contribute to improving the quality of our games, the productivity of our art teams, and the efficiency of our art processes.

 Profile / Requirements

• 5-15 years of overall experience in managing Art Production. Min 3 years of relevant experience.
• Candidate must have worked on and have shipped at least 1 game on Play Store or App Store (preferred).
• Must haveexperience in games developed in the Unity game engine.
• Must have experience of working with frontend Unity developers and technical artists, product managers, and game designers.
• Experience in tools like Jira, Slack, Asana, Trello, Monday, Google docs, and Google sheets.
• Experience with asset management tools like AlienBrain or any similar software.
• Extremely strong project management skills and good at planning in all situations.
• Excellent knowledge of game art production pipelines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, combining leadership and diplomacy.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.