Concept Art Director

Business Unit/Département commercial

TiMi Studio Group is an award-winning game development and operations team that strives to improve global players’ entertainment quality. TiMi is part of Tencent Games and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China with offices in Los Angeles, Montreal, Seattle, Shanghai and Chengdu. It strives to create high quality, high fidelity, highly creative games across a wide variety of genres and multiple platforms.

TiMi Studio Group est une équipe primée de développement et d’exploitation de jeux. Elle s’efforce d’améliorer la qualité de divertissement des joueurs mondiaux. TiMi fait partie de la division Tencent Games et siège à Shenzhen, Chine avec des bureaux à Los Angeles, Montréal, Seattle, Shanghai et Chengdu. TiMi s’efforce de créer des jeux de haute qualité, très créatifs avec une grande fidélité sur une grande variété de genres et de plateformes.

What the Role Entails/Ce que le rôle comprend

This role is part of the Art and Design Center and serves the broader business needs of TiMi Studio Group. It plays a key role in shaping and elevating art direction, strengthening concept art design, and supporting multiple projects at a strategic level.
The position works closely with various game teams and IP initiatives, contributing to mid-term and long-term visual planning by aligning artistic vision, narrative intent, and business objectives. It also explores artistic possibilities for large-scale IPs across cross-media collaborations, while supporting early-stage visual exploration for R&D projects at Timi Studios level.

1. Business & Art Direction Alignment
•Support the refinement and elevation of overall art direction and concept design based on TiMi’s current and future business needs
•Provide high-level artistic input to help guide decisions on visual positioning, differentiation, and long-term development
2. Cross-Project Art Collaboration
•Work closely with Art Leads and Narrative Leads across multiple projects to understand core creative needs
•Offer art direction and concept support aligned with each project’s current stage and mid- to long-term commercial goals
3. Concept Design & Raising the artistic bar
•Lead or contribute to key concept phases, driving higher standards in visual quality and creative depth
•Provide strong artistic direction in areas such as worldbuilding, visual language, and style consistency
4. Cross-Media Art Exploration for Major IPs
•Explore artistic opportunities for major IPs across in-game and external cross-media collaborations
•Support visual consistency, scalability, and innovation in IP development
5. Art Support for R&D Projects
•Provide early-stage art concept exploration and visual direction for TiMi R&D initiatives
•Help validate forward-looking visual approaches and support new project incubation

Who We Look For/Qui cherchons-nous

1. Solid art and concept design background, with extensive experience in games or related creative industries
2. Strong understanding of art styles, visual language, and worldbuilding, with the ability to guide art direction from a high-level perspective.
3. Proven artistic judgment and concept design skills, capable of effectively raising the artistic bar at critical project stages.
4. Experience collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including art, narrative, and production, and navigating multiple creative constraints
5. Ability to quickly understand project needs and mid-term to long-term business objectives, translating them into clear and actionable art direction
6. Strong insight into major IP development, with an understanding of visual scalability and consistency across different media formats.
7. Experience in early-stage or pre-research projects, comfortable with exploration, ambiguity, and direction validation
8. Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to clearly articulate artistic vision and influence stakeholders across teams
9. Self-motivated, proactive, and able to drive initiatives in environments with high autonomy and evolving scope

Why Join Us?/Pourquoi nous rejoindre?

Join forces with one of the most successful studios in the world, as TiMi expands its efforts to create games that improve global players’ entertainment quality. The award-winning studio has proven itself capable of creating high quality, high fidelity, highly creative games and is looking for ambitious talent to grow its reach to global players!

Joignez-vous à l’un des studios les plus performants au monde, alors que TiMi étend ses efforts pour créer des jeux qui améliorent la qualité de divertissement des joueurs mondiaux. Le studio primé a prouvé qu’il est capable de créer des jeux de haute qualité, très créatifs avec une grande fidélité et recherche des talents ambitieux pour élargir sa portée avec les joueurs mondiaux!

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent/Postes ouverts à tous chez Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

En tant qu’employeur qui souscrit au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi, nous croyons fermement que la multiplicité des voix nourrit notre innovation et nous permet de mieux servir nos utilisateurs et la collectivité. Nous favorisons un milieu dans lequel tous les employés se sentent soutenus et inspirés dans l’atteinte de leurs objectifs personnels et des objectifs communs.