Studio: Amazon Games
Job Opening: Art Director
Location: Seattle, WA, US
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Provide creative vision and guidance on elements that shape the overall style of games and gameplay across characters, environments, items, equipment, or gear – as well as campaign creative for related marketing materials
- Be part of a multi-disciplinary brain that works primarily with external developers to guide Amazon’s thinking
- Translate stakeholder feedback into clear visual directions for external agencies and developing partners
- Help raise and set new standards for the highest-quality execution of in-game art for our games at key moments of their development cycles
- Be able to take the high strategic view as well as dive deep and execute great game art to lead by example
- Provide direction on concept art to be adapted and thoughtfully carried across OOH, Social & Digital in a 360-campaign approach
- Evaluate challenges to effectively communicate and/or escalate guidelines, accountability, and resolution progress to partners and leadership
- Leverage data-driven customer insights and deep knowledge of formats and placements to make creative decisions
- Remain up to date with products and services across the game industry, and also within Amazon, Twitch, and Amazon Game Studios.
Qualifications & Skills:
- 10+ years of Games or Interactive Entertainment industry experience, launching games for wide audiences, casual and core
- Expertise in game development toolsets and pipelines
- Experience working with third-party developers to build great content
- Experience creating and documenting high-quality visual guidelines and development strategies
- Has shipped games across a variety of platforms on time and on budget
- A portfolio that demonstrates process and capabilities in crafting compelling game visuals
- Experience communicating with customers, technical teams, and management to collect requirements and describe products
- Experience presenting to all levels – from senior to executive
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- Experience creating end-to-end game experiences from the concept stage to shipping
- Experience working with third-party IPs
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders
- Experience working with digital asset management tools and leading process improvements
- Experience building games in a wide variety of genres, for a variety of platforms, including PC and console.
