Art Director
Location: Hybrid Role onsite in Los Angeles, CA (Tues/Wed/Thurs onsite and open to more days in office as business needs)
Pay Rate: $35-$40/hr
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision and more
Responsibilities:
- Lead art direction across multiple games and digital content in our client's portfolio
- Ensure games are visually beautiful, functional, performant, and “on-brand” for the IP
- Act as the visual visionary who makes sure the finished game fulfills team, studio, and company goals.
- Present project concepts and vision to department leadership
- Manage the day-to-day process, providing hands-on feedback and concept ideation
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to facilitate well-planned and executed features
- Develop strong relationships and partnerships with key business groups across the company including Production, Product Marketing, Franchise Management, Technology and Publishing
- Initiate research and implementation of new techniques and processes to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of art production
Qualifications:
- 7+ years experience leading 2D and 3D art on game and interactive production teams, including shipped product—ideally from pre-production through launch and live ops
- Shipped multiple titles from established IP in a high-level art role
- Specific hands-on experience with mobile game UI/UX and technical art challenges
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Receptive to critique and feedback
- Solid project management skills and excellent knowledge of various project management methodologies and practices
- Strong process knowledge, attention to detail, organizational skills and timely follow-up
- Experience managing, coaching, and mentoring artists
- Good cross-disciplinary communications experience between engineering, production, design, and art
- Must have strong market knowledge and work with the team on innovation and tool development
Desired Qualifications:
- A degree from a four-year college, with a preference for an advanced degree
- Existing ability to work hands-on implementing art in-game concept prototypes.
Planet Technology
https://www.projectcasting.com/job/38960-art-director
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