Job Description

As an Art Director, you will work with leadership to provide artistic direction across numerous work streams. You will collaborate with product designers, technical artists, artists, and engineers to understand what capabilities are on the technological horizon and demonstrate what is possible through well-crafted visuals and functional demos to shippable experiences.

Art Director Responsibilities:

• Oversee the complete creative process of one or more projects, combining technical and artistic skills. This includes developing proposals, presenting pitches, creating innovative ideas, building prototypes, and implementing, either alone or as part of a team.
• Produce and provide top-notch optimized materials such as 3D models, concept art, and motion-related assets for real-time environments and can design, prototype, and build larger visual systems, individually and with a broader team.
• Oversee the entire creative process setting the creative vision for the project and ensuring that the outcome meets specific quality standards and objectives and is executed successfully.
• Confidently communicate project direction and strategy to internal partners while providing expert guidance on technical constraints and innovative concepts.
• Anticipate problems that may put a project at risk and implement alternative creative solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Proven artistic sensibilities. Can make beautiful work and guide others in doing so.
• Has experience in designing, prototyping, and constructing visual/motion systems, both independently and as part of a team.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Can guide internal partners through creative concepting.
• Experience providing direction and vision to internal XFN partners and stakeholders.
• Expertise with 3D tools such as Blender, Maya, Houdini, Unity, Unreal, Spark AR, etc.
• Resilience under pressure and against deadlines.
• Experience creating AR/VR, mobile apps, and interactive installations.
• Familiarity with Spark AR and Unity.
• Extensive experience interacting and pitching to high-level executives.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in AAA games, VFX, film or other comparable industries.
• May have experience with procedural artwork generation.
• Technically sophisticated. Can work closely with researchers and engineers while acting as a liaison between project stakeholders.

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