Art Director

Responsibilities:

• Manage a remote, outsourced art team by providing task descriptions, art prompts, and feedback
• Collaborate with a high-level, creative worldbuilding team, alongside experienced game designers and educators
• Establish/maintain the visual style and asset functionality
• Collaborate with the design team to create new game locations, characters, and props that support the design and learning goals for new content
• Oversee and maintain the CodeCombat Worlds' unique visual style from the blue sky concept to in-game implementation
• Tell inclusive, visual stories that appeal to diverse audiences
• Field occasional in-game art asset requests for our 2D web game platforms that differ in look and feel (CodeCombat & Ozaria)
• Collaborate with engineering and game design to troubleshoot art asset UI/UX problems and pipeline bugs
• Help build future art teams for the company

Requirements:

• Success guiding an art team and collaborating with engineering and game design on long-term projects
• Strong communication and writing skills, documentation skills, and ability to collaborate across time zones
• Experience shipping and maintaining live 3D games
• Experience using 3D modeling tools like Blender and 2D editing tools like Photoshop
• Self-directed with strong organizational skills
• Experience managing and giving feedback to outsourced teams and contractors
• Ability to translate story prompts and learning goals into game environments and characters
• Ability to guide UI/UX design to establish a consistent look and feel across the entire in-game experience
• Self-starter with a strong desire to take the initiative to improve the product
• Responsible, motivated, and flexible

Salary:  $40 – $66 per hour