Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Lead Dungeon Artist to help drive the art creation of architecture, cities, dungeons, raids, and PvP arenas within the World of Warcraft. We have been fostering epic experiences for over 15 years, and your goal is to help expand the world and build new dungeons, architecture, and structures. We want you to work closely with the Art Director and other art leadership to help drive the style forward.
Our ideal candidate has extensive experience with hand painted art styles and environment/architecture/world on one or more AAA games, and has demonstrated leadership capability
Leadership duties
Create environment or architecture models and other benchmark assets
Be the voice of the dungeon environment art team
Provide guidance during creative discussions with design and art leadership
Make decisions that keep production moving forward
Partner with production to ensure schedules and plans meet business needs
Partner with art management to ensure team is healthy and strong
Day to day tasks
Provide direction for the dungeon art team. This includes over-painting screen captures, manipulating 3D models and painting textures
Work closely with the Art Directors to help achieve a consistent vision
Partner with Art Managers to maintain heath of the team
Self-driven, passionate, creative problem solver, and a great team first attitude
Ability to identify, mentor and grow talent
Communicate with production, design, and other departments
Your background
Extensive experience creating 3D architecture for film or video games with some leadership experience
A thorough understanding of 3D art software
Has played and understands the visual style of World of Warcraft
Able to collaborate closely with others and be an inclusive decision-maker
Self-driven, passionate, creative problem solver, and a great team first attitude
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