Description
Would you be interested in working with Triple A studios like Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studio (God of War Franchise), Japan Studios, Guerrilla, Sucker Punch and many more? If so, the Visual Arts Services Group is where you want to be!
The Visual Arts Services Group is a full-production studio located in San Diego that specializes in Animation, Motion Capture, Cinematics, Art and Scanning. We are currently looking for a Manager of Art Development who will be responsible for business development, outsourcing, bidding, scheduling, and milestone accountability in a wide variety of art disciplines such as: visual development/concept art, high-end 3d characters, environments, lighting/shaders, visual effects, and cinematics.
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Responsibilities:
Staffing
- Responsible for building a talented and efficient team
that produces the highest quality art at competitive costs.
- Works with recruiter and Art Director to interview,
evaluate, acquire, and retain top talent. Must be able to mentor artists
of multiple disciplines. Defines recruiting goals for HR to maintain a
balanced team.
- Develop and retain top-talent within the industry to
insure that the studio maintains the highest possible standards for art in
its games.
Production
- Support the creative vision of the client and, in turn,
the internal art director, to insure that the efforts of the artists are
technically and artistically consistent with that vision.
- Work closely with the external clients, internal
artists, and outsourcing partners to keep quality and style consistent
while staying on schedule and budget.
- Lead and mentor internal artists, technical artists,
and outsourcing partners to reach aesthetic and technical goals.
- Create documentation, communicate requirements, and
provide feedback to internal artists and outsourcing partners.
- Work with art’s project manager and art director to
create responsible and competitive bids and schedule.
Management/Strategy
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Responsible in
developing overall strategy for the Art Department in conjunction with the
Studio Art Director, Operations & Service Development, and Production
teams. Successfully execute initiatives that would improve/maintain Art
Department's efficiency; reduce talents' idle time through leadership in art business,
service and talent development.
- Constantly and proactively seek to improve the
production processes, tools and pipelines for multiple art disciplines.
- Work with Operations & Service Development
Department to assist in cost optimization for outsourcing and R&D
initiatives.
- Maintain a visible presence in the computer graphics
and game industries, representing Worldwide Studios interests with a high
degree of professionalism.
- Represent multiple art disciplines in department
strategic planning, scheduling, and budgeting. Provide guidance to Art
Director to insure that the needs of art disciplines are being met
- The candidate must be an organized and attentive
leader, strategic, and thoughtful in all interactions with the internal
and external teams and partners
Qualification:
- Must have the necessary experience, skills, and
knowledge to manage a team of artists and technical artists from three or
more core disciplines: High fidelity 3d character development,
environments, lighting & shaders, visual effects, or in-game &
pre-rendered cinematics. Knowledge of the terminology and processes
associated with these departments is a must.
- Excellent understanding of how art disciplines function
within a game studio art pipeline and how to organize and supervise artists
to accomplish their assignments.
- Excellent understanding of how engineering and
technical artist function in the organization and how to interface with
them.
- Possess strong technical knowledge and experience in 3D
computer graphics production.
- Extremely organized in the areas of 3D art asset
development workflow, and in the advent of future developments, must
possess the knowledge of how best to implement those improvements.
- Must have an expert understanding of production and be
able to schedule, communicate and monitor tasks.
- Must have at least 10 years of experience in game or
film production and lead/supervised medium to large sized team (25+
people)
- At least 3 shipped AAA 3D games as a Lead, Supervisor
or Manager
- The ideal candidate will be proficient in all aspects
of high-quality art supervision and management in the video game
industry.
- Bachelor of art, degree in business, or equivalent
industry experience and training
Required Skills/Tools:
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Strong technical
understanding of 3D in-game art development process, limitations and
dependencies.
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Significant Scheduling,
Budgeting, and Outsourcing experience.
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Excellent verbal,
visual, and written communication skills. Must have a balanced skillset between
business development/strategy, technical knowledge, and people management.
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Must create polished
presentations and proposals to effectively communicate art services to all
parts of Sony World Wide Studios.
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Must work with Studio
Art Director and Operations & Service Development to identify new areas of
business.
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Work with Operations
& Service Development Department to create internal business plans for new
art services and pipelines.
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Work with Operations
& Service Development Department to create materials to justify spending on
R&D projects to keep the art group competitive.
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Ability to effectively
bridge any communication gaps between art and engineering
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Continuously improving
Art's technical and human competencies so the team can manage and deliver