Studio Level Art Director

Description

Founded by Warren Spector, Junction Point Studios (JPS) joined Disney Interactive Studios (DIS) in September of 2007 and is quickly growing. While DIS is part of the larger Walt Disney Company, we still have the autonomy of a smaller developer/publisher without many of the risks and restrictions associated with start-ups.
Comprised of experienced game developers from places like Origin, Looking Glass, Electronic Arts, Sony, Sony Online, Digital Anvil, NC Soft, Rare and many more, we believe long-term success can best be achieved by delivering games of the highest quality – in game play and presentation, notably on time and budget. While hard work and commitment to quality is important, quality of life is equally important and our goal is to create an environment that fosters a superior work/life balance.

We are currently looking for a Studio Art Director. If you’re interested in joining the DIS Junction Point family, please submit your resume to DISJunctionPointRecruiting@disney.com.

The Studio Art Director works closely with the Studio Leadership team and other Directors to help create and maintain the highest quality artistic vision for all studio projects. This key leadership position is responsible for ensuring that all internal projects meet the highest standards of visual development, balancing technical requirements with conceptual work, maintaining and ensuring a high level of quality and consistency in the art for the project and constantly providing guidance, supervision and support to the project Art and Visual Directors

Primary Responsibilities
• Evaluate, reestablish and manage Junction Point’s visual creative process
• Work with Project Art and Visual Development Directors to develop and implement the art style and concepts for games.
• Collaborate with corporate art department to elicit feedback and keep external partners informed as to art style development in the studio.
• Ensure project Art Directors are keeping the Art team up to date with cutting edge art techniques and processes to produce high quality work within the most efficient timeline.
• Conduct regular art critiques with project Visual Development Directors, giving them clear and consistent direction on all aspects of the games visual style.
• Facilitate communication between Art team and all other departments to ensure that the project’s art vision can be executed.
• Conduct yearly performance appraisals of art management team
• Coordinate training, coaching and development opportunities for the art team.