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DISTIL Interactive currently has an opening for an Art Director.
Position Description: In this forward thinking company, the Director leads a creative team concepting, developing and delivering high quality game products to DISTIL customers. As the art lead, the Director establishes the visual style and guidelines, creates a realistic plan to achieve the end result, and manages the creation of the visual assets. Additionally, the Art Director produces art and assets for game products and corporate communications. This is achieved by using a mix of creative skills, commercial awareness, imaginative flair and knowledge of the latest technologies and computer software. Overall Responsibilities: The ideal candidate's credentials will include: - Provide leadership for the creation and execution of game art assets - Report to senior management on project plans and progress against plans - Work closely with other functional groups to rapidly execute a successful product development/launch - Participate in all phases of the development lifecycle as required - Brainstorm with other functional groups on new game products - Interact with subordinates, peers and/or managers in other work groups/teams and/or vendors - Establish maintain and enhance relationships with internal and external creative resources - Review trends in art and using the best design practicesEnsure that the most current tools are in use Knowledge and Skills: - 5+ years of industry experience - College education in Graphics/Animation program - Knowledgeable in Maya 2009 - Ability to define a style to meet customer requirements and articulate how to achieve that style to a team of artists - Demonstrated team and project leadership - Produce accurate and high quality work - Work to tight deadlines and understand material costs and time limits, all of which can impact on the final output - Competency in a Windows environment using Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, as well as MS PowerPoint and Word - Creative problem solver from initial concept to final output About DISTIL Interactive: DISTIL Interactive use Digital Games Based Learning to revolutionize how organizations train and certify their employees. DISTIL creates cost effective custom training environments that are self-directing, immersive, interactive and adaptive. This "learn-by-doing" approach goes beyond traditional knowledge transfer to skills transfer, and accelerates learning by creating risk-free environments where students gain real-time feedback on their performance. DISTIL Interactives learning team is specialized in helping learning designers and SME's adapt their content and objectives to the "digital games" environment and in building meaningful measurable outcomes into programs. In addition to custom projects, DISTIL also offers a portfolio of customizable learning environments in areas such as Environment and Quality Management, Occupational Health and Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Management Auditing Skills. Please mail cover letter and resume to jobs@distilinteractive.com. |
