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Art Lead (Third-person action shooter)
Location
Canada
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
$98K - $125K / year
Seniority
Lead
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Art Lead (Third-person action shooter)
Blackbird Interactive
Role Description Blackbird Interactive is seeking a passionate Art Lead to join our team on an upcoming third-person action shooter. Do you have a broad range of creative and technical experience building worlds and levels in Unreal Engine 5? Are you skilled at creating art under a strong technical brief? If so, we’d love to hear from you! At BBI, you’ll join a fast-moving team developing a third-person action game. We support remote and hybrid working arrangements across Canada. At BBI, you’ll find a flexible, forward-thinking environment where creative voices are valued and nurtured. Please include a link to your portfolio with your CV. Responsibilities - Maintain an Art Vision established by the external partner whilst driving new content and features. - Control character-driven technical pipelines, as well as content for environment assets and kits. - Collaborate with production to ensure the product stays on time and on budget to the highest quality. - Create and drive visual targets that set the vision & quality bar for art in-engine. - Delegate and direct responsibilities where needed, and proactively seek out and present solutions to problems. - Give clear and consistent communication (and feedback) to the development team and external partners throughout production. Sell the Art Direction to all invested parties. - Collaborate with the Game leadership team to deliver a world-class addition to a popular indie franchise, and work with production to ensure the product stays on time and on budget. - Help mentor and grow artists to improve in their thinking, process, and craft. Inspire the art team to deliver consistent quality across all art disciplines. - Collaborate with studio art leadership to grow and maintain an inspiring art culture, and participate in hiring and maintaining the best talent in the industry. - Drive all disciplines within the Art Department, including stylisation and optimisation approaches for VFX and Tech Art. Qualifications - 5+ years of extensive games industry art experience. - 2+ years preferred as an Art Lead (or Director). - Experience with both Console and PC releases. - Unreal 4 or 5 experience. - Demonstrable ability to drive art pipelines and achieve results. - Expresses passion and strong skills in both 2D and 3D art. - Communicate an eagerness for playing current popular games and understanding the art direction decisions. Requirements - $98,000 - $125,000 a year.
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