Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- Games
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you define the visual identity of a photorealistic game, lead a creative team, and develop visual assets and graphics requirements for an immersive gaming experience.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- We're seeking an Art Lead who can define and guide the visual identity of a deeply immersive, photorealistic world.
- You will lead a multidisciplinary team of artists and collaborate with engineering and design to create a world that is beautiful, believable, and alive — from rugged terrain and weathered buildings to expressive characters and atmospheric lighting.
- Own and evolve the game's hyper-realistic visual direction.
- Lead, mentor, and support a cross-functional art team (environment, character, tech art, animation).
- Guide and review the creation of assets, lighting, and world-building with a consistent eye for realism.
- Establish and maintain scalable, efficient workflows and pipelines.
- Collaborate closely with design and engineering to ensure visual quality supports gameplay.
- Überwachen Sie sowohl die interne als auch die externe Asset-Produktion und -Qualität.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Starke künstlerische Grundlagen in Anatomie, Beleuchtung, Komposition und Materialien.
- Solid understanding (not expert-level) of our toolset: Unreal Engine 5, ZBrush, Blender, and Marvelous Designer.
- Ability to balance hands-on creative direction with team coordination and production awareness.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines.
- Ability to work onsite in Munich, Germany.
- Gültige EU-Arbeitserlaubnis.
Experience
- 3+ Jahre Erfahrung in der AAA-Spielentwicklung.
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What we offer
- The opportunity to work on an ambitious AAA title.
- A dynamic, fast-moving work environment.
- Competitive salary and benefits, including relocation assistance.
- A central Munich location.
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About Your Employer
welevel GmbH
welevel GmbH is an independent game studio based in Munich, specializing in the development of video games. With a team of over 20 people, the company is working on an innovative survival city builder project using cutting-edge technologies like Unreal Engine 5. As a growing startup in the gaming sector, welevel aims to shape the future of RPG and survival games.
Description
- Company Type
- Startup
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Industry
- Other Sectors
Art Lead
- Location
- Munich
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
