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Art Guild Leader
2 years ago
Amber Studio is the leading game development service agency. With over 900 staff worldwide, Amber expands to Asia with the brand new Amber Taiwan Studio (虎魄).
Join our exciting and dynamic family of artisans and help establish Amber's position in Taiwan's vibrant games industry.
The Art Guild Leader will guide and inspire Amber Taiwan's artists to a world class level and contribute to the long-term strategy and development of Amber Art Guild worldwide.
Responsibilities:
- Drive overall art recruitment plan and oversee talent acquisitions
- Tailor each artist's career development plan and help them reach their full potential
- Motivate art team members and keep everyone focused on tasks at hand
- Scale the art team continuously and groom future art leaders
- Ensure art team delivers to quality consistently and efficiently
- Provide the best solution for allocating team members that match their strengths to studios/projects
- Identify and drive training programs to boost artistic and technical skills across the board
- Participate in project pitches with art resource estimation, schedule, and art cost estimation
- Take responsibility of art team budget
- Evaluate art team members and compensation periodically
- If needed, act as project Art Director
Requirements:
- Art portfolio demonstrating both artistic and technical skills
- Experience in building / leading / managing a successful art team
- Superior communication skills in Mandarin
- English proficiency
- Ability to motivate others and maintain a positive, professional attitude
- Art education degree or similar
- 5+ years of relevant experience in the game industry or other visual creative industries
- Passionate gamer
Pluses:
- Software proficiency in PhotoShop, 3ds Max, Maya, ZBrush, and/or Substance 3D
- Technical experience such as game art optimization, shader, UV, LOD, etc.
- Experience working with VFX and Technical Artists
- Experience working closely with game engineers
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