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Art Director, Hearthstone

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Art Director, Hearthstone

Pull up a chair and join us by the hearth! The Hearthstone team is looking for an exceptional art director to help us unify and motivate the artistic vision and development of Hearthstone. As a director, you will be the inspiring catalyst and force multiplier for the art team. As an artist, you will help unify the aesthetic of the game, cards, and modes… all the unique details that make Hearthstone fun, charming, and filled with delightful surprises.

Are you the type to inspire others as a leader and as an artist? Do you have experience helping define and communicate a clear vision in a highly collaborative environment? Do you thrive when managing and mentoring creatives? Can you be a true partner to the engineering, production, design, and audio teams? If you’re ready to work alongside an experienced team whose culture is all about supportive and collaborative game development, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Welcome and encourage feedback, team discussions, and foster an environment of safe and productive iteration.
• A proven ability to visually tackle problems in collaboration with the broader game team, including other artists, art leads, and design leads.
• Proven experience directing and supporting artists across a variety of art disciplines.
• Partner with Production to ensure schedules and plans meet business and project needs.
• Partner with Art Managers during review cycles to help deliver feedback and help to build the talent of the team.
• Create paintovers and contribute to the creation of style guides to provide feedback and help guide a talented team of experienced artists
• Partner with other leaders in other disciplines to ensure the whole team is healthy and strong.
• Collaborate with other art directors across the company in defining and continuing to develop Blizzard's unique visual style.

Your Background

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience crafting video game art.
• A minimum of 5 years in a leadership role and proven abilities in leadership to drive the creative direction of a game.
• At least 5 years' experience working in AAA games.
• You shine in collaborative work culture and truly enjoy working with others.
• You take initiative to solve problems and have excellent follow-through.
• Extensive experience in guiding and supporting a unique and cohesive visual style
• Proven track record of documenting and delivering clear and consistent visual feedback that elevates the art team’s work.
• A desire to work closely with game design to make sure the game's art elevates the player experience.
• Experience working with multiple external vendors to develop new product opportunities and strategies to deliver content at scale.
• Experience working with external groups such as Marketing, Product Development, and others to help guide and deliver materials in support of a franchise.
• An ability and desire to explore a wide variety of ideas to inspire Blizzard’s art style.

Pluses

• Extensive experience with hand-painted aesthetics or relevant work similar to the charming, colorfully illustrated world of Hearthstone
• Experience in Unity or relevant experience in the mobile game space
• Experience playing Hearthstone or other digital card games

Blizzard offers a fun, creative, and technically challenging environment with excellent compensation and a full range of benefits.

COVID-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model and we’re continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position. We understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.

Activision Blizzard is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.