Lead Artist (Games) Job at Los Angeles Times in El Segundo

About the Role

Lead Artist serves as the creative and managerial cornerstone of the game development process, overseeing the visual direction, quality, and consistency of all artistic elements. This role combines hands‑on artistry with team leadership, guiding a multidisciplinary art team—including concept, environment, character, UI, and animation artists—through all phases of production.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the artistic vision and execution for game projects, ensuring alignment with creative direction, gameplay goals, and technical constraints.
• Lead, mentor, and support a multidisciplinary art team—including concept, environment, character, and UI artists—through all phases of development.
• Define art quality benchmarks, coordinate cross‑discipline reviews, and partner with engineering to ensure performance optimization.
• Establish and maintain art pipelines, workflows, and quality standards to ensure consistency and efficiency across projects.
• Collaborate with producers, designers, and engineers to balance creative ambition with production timelines and technical feasibility.
• Review and critique art assets to ensure they meet aesthetic, performance, and branding requirements for both pre‑production and live environments.
• Partner with leadership to plan resources, allocate assignments, and forecast staffing needs for current and future projects.
• Provide clear feedback, career development guidance, and performance coaching to foster team growth and retention.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to ensure visual fidelity, optimization, and consistent user experience across multiple platforms.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of industry trends, tools, and technologies to continuously improve visual quality and production efficiency.
• Ensure all art deliverables are completed on time and meet quality expectations for both internal milestones and public releases.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Equal Opportunity Employment

The L.A. Times Studios, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We actively work to create an inclusive environment where all of our employees can thrive.

The pay scale the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of the posting is $155,000 to $165,000. Compensation will be determined based on the above factors and the requirements of the position.

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