Visual Lead Responsibilities
A Visual Lead is a project specific Art Director. You'll be at the helm of the creation of directing an immersive, captivating, meaningful world players will fall in love with. You'll be fundamental to a game’s development: a member of the core team, the connection between the creative vision and the artists, the voice of the art team, and a brand ambassador.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Work with the producer and core leadership to define the vision of a game.
- Diligently oversee the art subteams to communicate and enforce guidelines and quality standards under one cohesive visual vision
- Establish art bibles and guidelines for production
- Direct and personally oversee lighting and color choices and color grading to ensure that the games look and read well
- Guide lead artists to develop the artistic tone (set the ambiance; explore locations, key moments, emotional contrasts, characters, etc.), and help to plan and establish visual priorities.
- Understand and interpret what visually makes the key rewards and game moments impactful within our comp titles, and to interpret that to our game.
- Create the art direction bible of a game (put together mood boards, references, and descriptions).
- Coordinate and oversee the art team throughout production.
- Find a balance between artistic aspects and technical constraints.
- Provide leadership and constructive feedback to achieve quality.
- Collaborate with interdependent teams in all stages of development.
Qualifications
- Fundamental knowledge with the following pipelines
- 2D art production (concept, spritesheets)
- 3D art production (modeling, texturing, sculpting, and animation)
- Visual Effects (VFX)
- Lighting and Rendering (lighting setup and post-processing effects)
- UI/UX design
- Good problem-solving skills
- Establish streamlined workflows and asset pipelines specifically for the upcoming milestone
- Clear communication skills
- Strong time and organizational management skills
- Strong sense of creativity to enhance the quality of assets while meeting performance requirements
- Flexibility and adaptability