Tencent Boston - Art Director

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Tencent Boston is an exciting new start-up with a focus on creating top quality on-line games. To achieve this goal we are looking for outstanding individuals with passion, talent and a team focused mindset. We are located in the Boston area and offer competitive salaries, superb benefits and profit sharing. This is your chance to get in on the ground floor of a great new development studio with the goal of being one of the best studios on the east coast.


Job Description

The Art Director reports to the President of the company. This is a senior management position working with other senior personnel and executives. The Art Director will guide the development of a strong artistic team developing games for the Asian and eventually global market.


Experience

• A Bachelors in Fine Arts from an accredited school
• At least seven years experience in the game industry
• At least three published games credited as an artist
• At least one published game credited in a lead role
• Experience in many of the skill sets of artistic game development, including concept creation, modeling, texturing, particle effects and animation.
• Management experience leading a team of artists
• Familiarity with industry standard tools and software
• Experience in working with outsourced art teams and art integration

Preferred Experience

• Experience working on MMOs is a valuable asset
• Experience in presentation is an asset
• Avid gamer is an asset

Required Skills and Abilities

• Ability to articulate clearly a creative vision through concept art, conversation and documentation, and to implement that vision through a team of artists
• Ability to plan, document and maintain an art schedule, budget and staffing plan from preproduction to post-launch for a team of artists
• Ability to balance a project’s creative and visual requirements with schedule, budget and staffing limitations
• Ability to identify interdepartmental issues and conflicts early and help to resolve them (such as design and technical decisions which will affect the art workflow or quality, and vice versa)
• Strong communication skills
• Strong decision-making and conflict resolution skills
• Patience and a strong sense of humor

Primary Responsibilities

• Work with the producer, design leads and programming leads as well as the art team to guide the vision and artistic direction of the game
• Build and maintain the art schedule
• Recruit, manage and mentor a team of internal and external artists to produce outstanding work
• Design, implement and maintain the art pipeline for both internal and external teams
• Develop art style and reference guides for use by internal and external teams
• Help to develop and maintain a healthy and positive company culture in a new startup
• Help define game requirements and find artistic solutions to them
• Be prepared to contribute to asset creation as necessary in addition to management responsibilities
• Provide clear and consistent feedback and critiques to subordinate artists, as well as other senior management

Portfolios

Portfolios available through a website or DVD will be welcomed. Please include the URL for your website on your resume. Resumes and electronic portfolios may be submitted to: jobs@tencentboston.com. DVDs and resume should be sent to Tencent Boston, 2 Clock Tower Place Suite 630, Maynard MA 01754.

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