Art Director

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Founded in 2002, Infinity Ward is the original studio behind the Call of Duty® franchise. The titles developed by Infinity Ward have won more than 200 ''Game of the Year'' awards and 100 ''Editor's Choice'' awards, among many other industry accolades. Some of our previous titles include: Call of Duty®: Ghosts, Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare and most recently, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare.

A critically acclaimed studio, Infinity Ward is proud to have one of the most passionate and talented development teams in the industry. We love to have as much fun as the games we create, and it shows in our relaxed, yet diligent, workplace environment. We believe that making the best games relies on having the best people, so we like to look after ours. We enjoy having fun with top-notch events that everyone gets involved with.

Infinity Ward is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at https://www.infinityward.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/InfinityWard/, and @InfinityWard on Twitter.
Objectives & Responsibilities:
• Work with Infinity Wards Studio Art Director to manage, maintain, and support the visual style that is established for the project.
• Support and work with the Studio Art Lead to manage the overall look of the game.
• Ensure all content achieves the high standards set by Infinity Ward. Take lead in producing high quality artwork including weapon, character and environment assets, setting creative and technical standards and determining the best tools and techniques to use.
• Supervise the team's throughput from a creative and technical point of view. Ensure that the work gets done according to budget and schedule, alongside the game's production team, anticipating problems and planning for any contingencies.
• Gameplay is king. Ensure that the artwork supports gameplay while always working towards the highest achievable visual quality.
• Work closely with the programming team to make sure that all art and animation assets produced are imported into the game engine smoothly.
• Undertake and supervise the production of material which illustrates the visual atmosphere and graphical design for the game.
• Assist the Studio Art Lead to conduct research and test out different modelling, texturing, animation, rendering and lighting techniques and tools appropriate to the games technology.
• Assist the Studio Art Lead to manage vendors and overseeing outsourced art production.

Requirement：
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Senior 3D Artist and Lead Artist role in games industry, with profound experience and knowledge of creating character, weapon and environment assets.
• Great technical skill, master art design tools and software including Maya, 3D Max, Z-brush, Photoshop, etc.
• Experience and professional skill in special effect, animation and rendering is a plus.
• Understand all the roles within the art department and also of any outsourced contractors.
• Have good understanding of the technology used in game design and development, its capabilities and limitations.
• Passionate about games and have well understanding of what makes a game visually appealing and fun to play.
• Is able to build good working relationships with other departments.
• Have excellent communication skills, including tact and diplomacy.

Competencies:
• Familiarity with FPS games.
• Wide-ranging knowledge of the games industry, genres, and markets.
• Extensive experience with 3D art, authoring packages and best practices.
• Solid communication and problem solving abilities.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gmwwem-18-189-180-76-42 in your application.