Lead Outsourcing Supervisor, World of Warcraft
Are you an artist that looks to give feedback and maintain the vision established within the world of Azeroth? We are looking for you!
The ideal candidate can either be 3D character or 3D environment focused. Ideally, you will be able to float between either discipline. Your focus is to collaborate with a team of Artists to build a mix of 3D assets using both commercially available tools widely used in the art industry and proprietary tools unique to Blizzard for World of Warcraft. You are an exceptional modeler and texture painter rolled into one. As gate keeper of the iconic art style within World of Warcraft, you are responsible for helping the team to shape the final 3D models in-game while maintaining the art style consistency that the team has established over the years.
DAY TO DAY TASKS
Drive outsource development by scheduling and tracking incoming/outgoing assets.
Manage communications and provide feedback to artists and help maintain a strong creative relationship between external and internal Art teams.
Own the quality control over all incoming art assets, providing detailed feedback and approvals in order to deliver quality assets to the development team.
Create benchmark assets in any combination of the following 3D assets:
Environmental assets including architecture, natural elements, trees, rocks, props, to name a few.
Creatures, weapons, mounts, among other assets.
Create 3D assets that fit within the World of Warcraft style.
Communicate with Art Directors, Art Leads, Production, Design, and other departments.
YOUR BACKGROUND
5+ years of experience in game development creating character/environment art
Experience in creating characters, props, weapons, architecture, or other assets.
An exceptional understanding of art principals as they apply to 3D video game art creation.
Excellent at setting a vision.
Ability to explore a wide variety of ideas that push the World of Warcraft style
Great follow through and takes initiative to solve problems.
Software experience such as 3ds Max and Maya.
Experience working with outsourcing
Business level fluency in both English and Chinese.
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