Art Director
The Art Director will guide the development of a strong artistic team developing games for the global market.
This is a senior management position working with other senior personnel and executives.
The Art Director reports to the Lead Game Designer.
Primary Responsibilities
- Work with the project manager, design leads and programming leads as well as the art team to guide the vision and artistic direction of the game
- Build and maintain the art schedule with the project manager
- Manage and mentor a team of internal and external artists to produce superior quality work
- Design, implement and maintain the art pipeline for both internal and external teams
- Develop art style and reference guides for use by internal and external teams to maintain a consistant theme
- Frequently interface with the concept art team to ensure consistency between concept and game character assets.
- Help to develop and maintain a healthy and positive company culture
- Contribute to asset creation as necessary in addition to management responsibilities
- Provide clear, consistent, and constructive feedback to subordinate artists and senior management
- Demonstrate, communicate, and exemplify clear expectations for quality of work, productivity, communication, and professionalism to the art team.
Experience
- 5+ years professional game development experience
- At least 1 published title
- Experience with concepting, animation, modeling, texturing, lighting, and other game related art duties
- Management experience leading a team of artists
- Familiarity with industry standard tools and software
- Experience in working with diverse art teams and art integration
Education
- A Bachelors Degree in Art or equivalent
Applicants with website portfolios and resumes should submit the URL for their website to
jobs@waywardsouls.net
with "Art Director" as the subject line. Please do not send large attachments.