Blackbird Interactive is seeking a passionate
Art Director 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!
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 and help develop the Art Vision whilst driving new content and features.
>- Collaborate with production to ensure 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 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.
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Requirements- 5+ years of extensive games industry art experience.
>- 2+ years preferred as an Art Director.
>- Experience with both Console and PC releases
>- Unreal 4 or 5 experience
>- 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.
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$130,000 - $150,000 a year
