Art Director Video Games

Art Director Responsibilities:

• Creates, develops and maintains an innovative artistic vision for the game 
• Oversees the visual development of the game to completion
• Communicates the visual design and development of the project to all stakeholders 
• Creates and maintains art documents including: Art Design, Art Specifications, Style Guides, Art Asset documents and others
• Coordinates and manages the activities of the art team to ensure timely completion and delivery of tasks
• Leads regular art team meetings to review and maximize all art assets
• Review of competitive products from an artistic perspective
• Responsible for the art direction for a variety of projects from 2D Mobile to 3D next generation titles
• Determines art resources required to complete the project on time and to a high quality
• Exhibits leadership, motivation and direction to ensure timely delivery of high quality art assets
• Mentors, motivates and supports each artist to produce the highest quality work
• Conducts annual reviews of direct reports  
• Develops strategies for the professional development of all art team members
• Responsible for developing a world class art team

Qualifications:

• Must have shipped at least two AAA title as an Art Director or three or more AAA titles as a Lead Artist in the video game industry or in the feature film industry
• Expert knowledge in all aspects of art production including lighting, 2D & 3D, concept design, related software packages, etc..
• Knowledge and appreciation of a wide variety of game genres
• Leadership and management skills
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills. 
• Ability to communicate effectively with all project members, senior management and external stakeholders  
• Demonstrable experience managing large art teams and schedules
• Self motivated, positive problem solving, multi tasking skills

SKILLS 

• Excellent communicator 
• Able to multi-task, directing multiple projects across multiple genres 
• Strong critical thinking skills 
• Excellent leadership, time-management and delegation skills 
• Solid knowledge of the game art and development process 
• Strong documentation skills 
• Expert familiarity with MS Office tools i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Minimum of 4 years working in the digital media industry as an Art Director or Lead Artist at either the developer or publisher level 
• Shipped at least 3 AAA released projects (mobile, console, PC/Mac) 
• University degree, college diploma or equivalent experience 
• Demonstrated successful ownership of the artistic vision and implementation from concept to completion 
• Experience programming or scripting is a plus 

RELATIONSHIPS: 

• Reports to: Producer and CEO 

• Manages: A highly professional and diverse art team

COMPENSATION: 

• Competitive salary, benefits, revenue/royalty sharing and stock option package available for the right candidate 

HOW TO APPLY: 

Email your CV/Resume in confidence to: careers@koolhausgames.com

• RTO: We are no longer working remotely as we’ve found this to be counter productive to the creative process