YOUR ROLE
We are looking for an Art Director for an AAA cinematic project. You will demonstrate leadership and creativity in bringing the project’s established vision to life, ensuring it meets or exceeds the expected quality standards - as defined by the studio - while adhering to production parameters. Your creative and quality-driven input is essential within the framework established by the client and the Creative Director. You will artistically and visually bring the client’s vision to life, under the supervision of the Creative Director and in collaboration with the VFX Supervisor. You will ensure that the overall artistic vision is maintained at key points in production, working closely with the CG Supervisor and the production team.
YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Completes and/or rationalizes the creative vision (Art): builds the artistic bible from the elements received from the client’s brief and/or the creative director;
- Supervises, guides and validates conceptual illustrations of characters and/or environments (references, moodboards, etc.); makes assignments and follows-up accordingly (Set/Props Designers/Character Designers team);
- Ensures, at key times determined with the VFX sup, that character and environment models, textures/shading, surfacing, lighting/compositing and 2D special effects match the graphic rules determined in the bible; supervises/performs paintovers if necessary;
- Works closely with the production manager and human resources regarding talent management, training needs, performance evaluations, downtime optimization to ensure that the departments he supervises develop, have the right teams with the right profiles to deliver projects on time and in quality.