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Art Director
3 years ago
Our mission is to create a revolutionary virtual and augmented reality marketplace for industry and science, integrating the most powerful information available.
realworld one is a technology company that develops state-of-the-art virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software solutions for the life sciences, analytical and diagnostics, pharmaceutical, chemical and processing industries. Our customers include several major, well-known companies such as Carl Zeiss, Qiagen, Tecan, GEA, KSB and Festo, among many others.
We possess strong scientific and industry expertise and have developed a systematic approach to implementing VR and AR within the areas of training, sales, marketing and service. We are privately funded and are among the largest VR and AR software companies that focus on industry solutions.
As a spin-off of IKA, a leading manufacturer of laboratory and processing equipment, we have cultivated a vibrant company culture with an international team of over 200 employees based in Germany, the US, China and India. We place great value on fostering a creative, performance-driven and employee-centered work environment for everyone – whether your specialty is working with clients, developing cutting-edge technology or crunching numbers!
In order to grow our team in Bangalore (India), we are now looking for a motivated
Art Director (m/f/d)
Your responsibilities:
- Manage our global art team across all active projects and marketing endeavors
- Ensure that all final production art meets the expected design and quality standards
- Delineate standards for quality and organizational efficiency for the art department, and identify opportunities for improvement within the creative workflow
- Provide both the internal art team and all external artists with efficient, timely and hands-on feedback during production to keep the project visuals on-target and to ensure the highest quality
- Manage scheduling and resource allocation for all art projects
- Dedicate oneself to providing the best overall VR/AR experience, while balancing this objective with our experience requirements, budgetary constraints and platform performance
- Contribute to the hiring and interviewing process for new artists joining multiple projects, as well as to the outsourcing of work to other disciplines when appropriate
- Visual Development: Collaborate with your art teams and project leadership through conversations, concept art, iteration and prototyping to cultivate and define a clear visual target that best serves the design goals and the core aspects of the application, while also adhering to the project’s budget and schedule.
Your profile:
- Highly reliable with the utmost attention to detail
- Empathetic and charismatic leader, mentor and coach with excellent communication skills
- Design experience in the areas of entertainment and/or games
- Relevant and impressive portfolio that demonstrates your skillset and experience
- Extensive understanding of the art production pipelines for maximizing efficiency and quality
- Ability to create, maintain and enforce the style guide, along with other intricate standards and procedures
- Expert-level familiarity with Autodesk Maya and/or 3ds Max, Adobe CC, UE4, Substance Painter, etc.
- Proven ability to lead a team of artists across multiple specializations, such as environment, characters, user-interface, visual effects and concept
- High proficiency in areas such as lighting, rendering and texturing
- Expertise with PBR-based pipelines, software and assets
- Capacity to communicate clearly and adapt to the needs of the contact person for every project
- Ability to multi-task and work under strict deadlines
- Excellent communication skills in English; additional German skills are a plus
Our offer to you:
- An opportunity to work for a market leading, successful tech company with a broad international customer base from several verticals including the life sciences, pharmaceutical, chemical and processing industries
- The experience of creating highly valuable and innovative technology, while contributing to the long term growth of a successful tech company
- Potential to earn a competitive salary in accordance with your market area
- Be a part of an international team with highly qualified and dedicated colleagues from over 30 nationalities
- Live in Bangalore, the center of India’s high-tech industry with the highest quality of life, pleasant weather, vibrant culture and many public parks around the city
- Additional benefits, such as team events, milestone company lunches, subsidised breakfast and lunch plan, subsidised medical insurance, gratuity, and a great office location in the heart of Bangalore!
Do you want to help revolutionize the virtual world and be a part of one of the most extraordinary tech companies in Germany?
If you do, apply now and join the realworld one team! We look forward to hearing from you!
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