The Art Director is uniquely qualified to understand the big picture of game development. He drives the creation of art and ensure that a unified vision is maintained and that artists have clear benchmarks for asset production. The Art Director gathers metrics, challenges and sets standards & guidelines, understands data and work flow, thinks strategically, and defines and directs the development process.

Responsibilities:

• Define, hold and drive the projects artistic vision in line with the overall creative direction for the game, oversee quality management
• Oversee and manage risks and problems within art discipline
• Develop efficient and productive art pipelines and establish metrics that ensure artistic goals are met within technical performance targets
• Track the advancement of the work to be done by his team to ensure the quality and timeliness of the deliverables
• Involve in people management in case of evaluating professional skills of internal/external candidates. Responsible for hiring decision making in cases for hiring art specialists
• Mentor Associate Art Directors and Senior Artists. Offers regular guidance and direction.
• Conduct Art knowledge sharing sessions or training classes to raise the quality bar within the studio.

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in game art production environment
• A thorough understanding of art outsourcing pipelines, capacities and technical constraints related to different game engines
• Ability to provide constructive feedback, ability to communicate a vision
• Good artistic judgement
• Ability to maintain good relations with colleagues, good interpersonal and communication skills, ability to influence
• Stress and change management skills
• Upper-intermediate English.

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