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Job Title	Art Director - High Profile Games
Job Category	Management
Experience/Skills Required	Director
Job Description	Art Director The art director works directly with the team to ensure a quality and consistency of style throughout the game, from title screen to end credits. They must be experienced in the creation of detailed style guides and be comfortable dealing with external licensors on a daily basis. A broad knowledge of artistic styles, video games and film is essential. The Art Director will work with the illustrators, modelers, textures and animators to achieve the objectives set forth by the Game Director in a timely and thorough manner. The Art Director will report to the Game Director. Responsibilities: •Work closely with the Creative Director on all aspects of the game’s look and mood •Set the game’s style from the art approach to lighting and user interface, then see it through to completion •Work with the audio team to establish a coherent and applicable use of sound effects and music score •Be the direct liaison with the external licensor’s and publisher’s art directors. •Help build and maintain artistic schedules to ensure cost effective, timely production •Keep up to speed with current industry trends and cutting edge games •Assist in pitching future titles for the company Requirements: •Bachelor degree or training from a specialized school •Between 3 and 5 years of experience in creation of characters / environments / artistic media and management of an artistic team •Interest for architecture, design, animation, cartoons and being up to date with artistic currents •Illustration or traditional animation skills •Good communicator and strong leadership •Knowledge of drawing software and of 3D technology applied to the video game industry (an asset) •Can easily adapt to the style that corresponds to a suggested project (for example, cartoon style, mature style, fantasy style, … •Sense for cinematography: Action rhythm, camera work, music and action fusion (an asset) Please contact Adrian Garrick on 0208 417 1004 or adrian@interactiveselection.com if you are interested in this position.
Location	Montreal, Canada, North America
Salary	Excellent
Date posted	06/11/2008
Recruiter	This job is advertised on behalf of Interactive Selection using their internal reference 12507.