Studio: 343 Industries
Job Opening: Studio Art Director
Location: Redmond, Washington, United States
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Provide coaching, mentorship, art feedback and training to all 343 artists as the leader of the studio art team.
- Collaborate with 343’s Studio Design Director, Executive Producers, and other key stakeholders to define the creative and artistic vision for Halo’s future game experiences.
- Be a consistent source of clarity, positive energy, and inspiration for the art team and broader studio.
- Define art best practices and cultivate a healthy art culture that is inclusive, collaborative, player focused, and consistent in quality.
- Partner with Production teams to develop art leaders for each product team, structuring each product’s art team to meet the needs of current and future projects.
- Work with art leads to create inspiring visuals and creative designs from inception through delivery of final illustrations,
- Help define visual style guides and creative briefs to aid other artists, ensuring visual quality, style, and detail throughout the games.
- Collaborate with the Studio Director of Technology and other leaders on technical decision making, tech platform/pipeline needs, and other R&D efforts for the studio.
- Inform brand standards, artistic guidelines, marketing material, key art, trailers, and other Halo collateral.
- Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external partners.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications or related art field AND 8+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment
- OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years people management experience (e.g., serving as a Lead Designer, Design Manager, Creative Director, etc.).
- 12+ years experience using related software and packages (e.g., Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop/Adobe suite, Mental Ray, Substance Designer/Painter/Zbrush, SideFX Houdini, After Effects, Unity, Softimage).
- 8+ years people management experience (e.g., serving as a Lead Designer, Design Manager, Creative Director, etc.)
- Experience shipping 2+ multiple AAA gaming projects
