Art Director - North Star Games - Washington DC Area (USA)
North Star Games Art Director
The Art Director is the owner of all things visual here at North Star Games Digital. You will be responsible for bringing the visual style of Evolution the board game to the digital version, ensuring it has a level of visual quality at the absolute top of the digital board game industry.
About North Star Games:
North Star Games was founded in 2003 by Dominic Crapuchettes. We make Party Games and Strategy Games that are simple to learn but give endless hours of exciting replay value. Our games include the award-winning hits Wits & Wagers (over 1 million sold!) and Say Anything. We recently launched Evolution, our first strategy game, to great critical acclaim. We are profitable and have secured additional funding to bring our games to Mobile platforms and the PC, beginning with Evolution. We have started our digital division and are now looking for a talented Art Director to join us!
Responsibilities:
Required Experiences:
Bonus Qualifications:
Relocation to the Washington DC metro area is required.
To apply please send resume, cv, and links to your portfolio to scott@northstargames.com
The Art Director is the owner of all things visual here at North Star Games Digital. You will be responsible for bringing the visual style of Evolution the board game to the digital version, ensuring it has a level of visual quality at the absolute top of the digital board game industry.
About North Star Games:
North Star Games was founded in 2003 by Dominic Crapuchettes. We make Party Games and Strategy Games that are simple to learn but give endless hours of exciting replay value. Our games include the award-winning hits Wits & Wagers (over 1 million sold!) and Say Anything. We recently launched Evolution, our first strategy game, to great critical acclaim. We are profitable and have secured additional funding to bring our games to Mobile platforms and the PC, beginning with Evolution. We have started our digital division and are now looking for a talented Art Director to join us!
Responsibilities:
- Bring the style of Evolution to the digital version, ensuring it is consistent with the style of the physical board game while matching the best-in-class visual feel for the targeted platform.
- Create style guides and other artifacts to communicate visual vision to key stakeholders and junior/contract resources. Work with the Digital and Cardboard teams to create best in class digital board game experiences.
- Work with various contract resources to provide detailed tasking and ensure the quality of deliverable content.
- Understand technical limitations and constraints of the Unity Engine and target platforms.
Required Experiences:
- Responsible for the final art quality on a professional mobile project.
- Experience leading teams and managing artists.
- 5 or more years of professional working experience in 3D Studio Max and/or Maya, Adobe Creative Suite & ZBrush or Mudbox or similar tools.
- Should have 1+ years professional experience with the Unity3D engine or similar engine
- Published games on iOS and/or Android.
- The ability to create and adapt to various game art styles as well as the ability to work on low poly 3D game assets.
- Experience with UV and Texturing including texture maps.
- A strong work ethic and desire to work in a fast-paced, fun, demanding environment.
- Demonstrated meticulous attention to detail and quality.
- Experience with skeletal animation.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Illustration Experience: The ability to produce visually appealing 2D assets
- 2+ years UI / UX experience laying out intuitive user interfaces and design interactive elements.
- Published a game on Steam or other downloadable PC platform.
- Bachelors degree in Illustration, Fine Art, Digital Art, or other related field.
Relocation to the Washington DC metro area is required.
To apply please send resume, cv, and links to your portfolio to scott@northstargames.com