Mooncolony: Art Director

5 Minutes ago • 5 Years +

Art

Job Description

Mooncolony is seeking a world-class Art Director to manage and guide an elite team of concept artists and illustrators. This key role involves liaising with clients, project management, and art teams to ensure top-quality artwork, meet deadlines, and uphold industry standards. The ideal candidate is an exceptional artist and manager, providing hands-on feedback and contributing to internal projects.

Good To Have:

Experience as an Art Director within an art outsourcing team is a plus.

Must Have:

Managing and guiding a highly skilled team of concept artists and illustrators.
Giving hands-on artistic feedback and doing paintovers if necessary.
Acting as a gatekeeper for providing the highest quality art within the industry.
Being in direct communication with partners/clients, making sure required quality standards are met and deadlines are hit.
Being in constant communication with Project Managers and Lead Artists, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest quality standards and within deadlines.
Liaising with the Studio Director to make sure that the studio goals are met.
Provide Art Direction for internal projects and IPs.
Making sure that the projects are delivered with highest attention to detail.
A world-class artist, designer, and mentor.
Ability to give feedback on characters, environments, creatures, props, and composition.
Amazing drawing and digital painting skills.
5+ years experience in the entertainment industry as an Art Director or Lead Artist.
Experience in managing small to medium size art teams.
Vast experience in giving artistic feedback and doing paint overs.
Proficiency in using Adobe Creative Suite.
Experience in using 3D packages such as Blender, Modo, ZBrush.
Experience in using cloud project management softwares such as Basecamp, Slack, Google Workplace.

Perks:

Highly competitive salary
Yearly performance bonus
Client referral bonus (£1000 for each signed client)
Employer contributory pension plan. (%8 - %5 Employee - %3 Employer)
Educational material and expenses
21 days paid holiday per year ( +1 Day for each year of service).
Flexible working. Choice of working from home or office
Free snacks and quality coffee (work from the office)
No bureaucracy. This is a small, tight-knit team (Transparency)
Private Health Insurance (Vitality)
Any additional employee benefits that the company may provide in the future
Sponsorship and Visa assistance can be provided for successful international applicants.

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Responsibilities

Managing and guiding a highly skilled team of concept artists and illustrators.
Giving hands-on artistic feedback and doing paintovers if necessary.
Acting as a gatekeeper for providing the highest quality art within the industry.
Being in direct communication with our partners/clients, making sure the required quality standards are met and the deadlines are hit.
Being in constant communication with Project Managers and Lead Artists, making sure that the projects are delivered to the highest quality standards and within deadlines.
Liasing with the Studio Director to make sure that the studio goals are met.
Provide Art Direction for internal projects and IP’s.
Making sure that the projects are delivered with highest attention to detail.

Skills & Requirements

A world class artist, designer and mentor.
A great all-rounder. Can give feedback on characters, environments, creatures, props, composition, etc.
Amazing drawing and digital painting skills.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
5+ years experience in the entertainment industry as an Art Director or Lead Artist.
Experience in managing small to medium size art teams.
Vast experience in giving artistic feedback and doing paint overs.
Immaculate attention to detail is a must.
Proficiency in using Adobe Creative Suite.
Experience in using 3D packages such as Blender, Modo, ZBrush, etc.
Experience in using cloud project management softwares such as Basecamp, Slack, Google Workplace, etc.
Experience as an Art Director within an art outsourcing team is a plus.