Art Director - Oculus Publishing

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • $175,000 PA - $236,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Art Director for Oculus Publishing, you will work with external game developers to enhance the visual quality of titles and promotional materials. You will contribute to milestone reviews, greenlight decisions, and define visual best practices. Collaboration with other leads of the Oculus Publishing group is key to delivering a successful slate of games. The role focuses on guiding the art direction of XR game titles and providing feedback to improve the creative ideas of partners. The responsibilities include driving high visual quality, contributing to reviews, making greenlight decisions, defining best practices, and delivering successful games.

Must have:

10+ years of experience in video game development
Shipped at least three game titles in an art role
Shipped at least one game title in an Art Director role

Good to have:

Shipped at least one XR title as lead of the art discipline
Shipped multiple titles leading the art discipline for teams of 20+
Experience evaluating milestone deliveries in art design
Experience presenting at Greenlight gate meetings
Experience contributing to art direction in a consulting role

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Job Details

As a key member of the Oculus Publishing team in Reality Labs, you will work closely with external development partners to inform the in-game and marketing art direction of a handful of large XR game titles, and contribute feedback and recommendations on the visual design of several dozen smaller titles. Reporting to the Director of Oculus Publishing, you will positively inflect external titles primarily through influence built through close partnership with key teams, expertly enhancing the creative ideas of our partners with feedback and data. You should welcome the tradeoff of not leading the visual design of your own single title, but rather being a critical stakeholder on several key titles and contributing to the growth of external teams that are leading the XR industry.

Art Director - Oculus Publishing Responsibilities

Work with external game developers to drive high visual quality for titles and promotional materials

Contribute to milestone and business reviews for in development titles

Contribute to greenlight decision making on a pipeline of funded content

Collaborate with developer support teams to define visual best practices for XR games

Deliver a successful slate of games in partnership with other leads of the Oculus Publishing group

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of experience in video game development

Shipped at least three game titles in an art role

Shipped at least one game title in an Art Director or equivalent role (leading the art pillar) for a 20+ person development team

High level of expertise in character and environment art, and history of working with UI, VFX, lighting, post-production elements, and marketing visuals such as logos, key art, and trailers

Knowledge of best practices in using Games User Research and other data driven approaches to inform both in-game and Marketing Art decisions

Familiarity with the VR content ecosystem

Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Shipped at least one XR title as lead of the art discipline

Shipped multiple titles leading the art discipline for development teams of at least 20 people

Experience evaluating milestone deliveries in art design

Experience presenting at Greenlight gate meetings and providing recommendations on whether to proceed from Pre-Production to Production

Proven experience contributing to art direction in a consulting role, a Publishing Art Director role, or intra-studio feedback structures, including but not limited to environment and character art feedback with 2D paint-overs

Demonstrated expertise in Technical Art discipline is a plus

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