Art Director

Description

THIS JOB CAN BE ON SITE OR REMOTE.

We are a fully distributed, international game development studio, currently seeking an extremely talented and experienced Art Director to join our growing team!  Our current title takes place in a bright, fun, stylized world, full of silly animals, characterized vehicles, vividly delightful environments of various biomes, and a sleek yet inviting modern UI.  If you’d enjoy working in and helping to guide and create such a place, read on!  

The Team

Our team is comprised of some of the most talented international contributors in the world who combine their efforts to make extraordinary games in an organised, well-managed environment. The team is collaborative, friendly and share a passion for delivering polished games which we can all be proud of. We are busy creating some amazing stuff and plan to release titles on multiple platforms in addition to mobile, including desktop, console and VR!

Our Art Director

There is no way to fully quantify art, or the artist.  A few qualities, however, will be essential to success in this role:

• Commitment to excellence, setting new standards of visual perfection

• Ability to step into a project in-progress, to identify and prioritize areas of the game most needing directorial attention

• Experience working with distributed teams and remote collaborators

• Ability to organize and lead a team of multidisciplinary artists

• Hands-on experience with current art production tools, process, and pipelines

The Role

We are a small, tight-knit team, with many shared responsibilities and a spirit of pitching in wherever we can.  As our Art Director, it will be your core responsibility to...

• Lead the visual development of the project, from the high level down to fine detail

• Maintain daily supervision over Artists and their work; hold regular Dailies sessions to provide consistent and regular feedback to Artists

• Ensure that the artistic style is consistent across all disciplines

• Communicate daily with team leads and management to ensure that all needs and concerns of the Art Department are known and being addressed

• Maintain and communicate a strong knowledge of innovative game production technologies and the capabilities / limitations of these technologies as they relate to project goals

• Evaluate outsourcing partners, contractors, and direct hires as necessary

A Good Fit?

If you can see yourself in this role, and imagine a successful and bright future ahead, then we’d love to hear from you.