Work @ First Beat Media

We are looking to bring aboard motivated individuals who have the same desires and goals we have. All positions will be paid positions and allow the flexibility of working from your home.


Jobs Description

Art director / Lead artist - Facebook Social Game

Responsibilities:

- Graphics design and art production for the company's games

- The creation of consistent, high-quality art work for the whole game and related area
- Manage art team to meet project deadlines and milestones 
- Regularly reviews, provides feedback and approves all art content 
- Identify and anticipate artistic problems and communicate solutions to the project manager 
- Identify problems that can be addressed visually and provide solutions
- Create and assist with management of project schedules and resource planning
- Demonstrate a high level of creativity and originality in treatments of licensed IP and licensor style guides without violating license issues, or create style guides if none exist
- Responsible for mentoring, training, career direction and performance evaluations for the Art team

Requirements:

 
- Capable of identifying and recommending needs for art-specific tools to enhance or control visual aspects of game
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; must be able to communicate difficult and creative concepts in a clear and concise manner; capable of writing design documentation defining needs
- Advanced understanding of several 2D software packages (Adobe Flash CS4 and Adobe InDesign preferred)
- Strong understanding of how the art pipeline works and how to create/modify and monitor it
- Follow the vision and provide clear direction for artists while maintaining a high level of quality and consistency
- Contribute original ideas towards all aspects of game art and production
- A deep understanding of the various technical disciplines that go into game art including: concept design, graphic design, animation, environment modeling, character modeling, texturing, lighting and rigging is a plus

 

Date Posted: October 2. 2011

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