Remote Art Director — Lead Visual Direction & Design

Blue Zoo Production; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 45 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Blue Zoo Production in London is seeking a highly skilled Art Director to lead the art department, asset teams, and lighting/comp teams. You will translate the director’s vision into concrete designs, review artwork in detail, and provide concise feedback to ensure the production brief is met.

You will work closely with the Production Manager to manage budgets and timelines, while mentoring the design team and maintaining team morale.

Qualifications

• Must have excellent aesthetic judgement and imagination to produce original high-quality designs.
• Excellent communication to translate the director's vision to the team.
• Strong organizational and management skills to lead a department and meet deadlines.
• Proven leadership with ability to keep a team on schedule.
• Knowledge of animation pipelines and cross-department collaboration.
• Ability to brief and provide constructive feedback to production teams.

Responsabilités

• Facilitating the requirements for story and the Directors’ vision for characters, sets and props that establish and maintain the show’s unique visual style throughout the animation pipeline.
• Brief and give feedback to the production team to achieve the right visual tone, mood, colour palette, etc.
• Develop and communicate a clear design vision for characters, locations, props, backgrounds, lighting, and colour.
• Liaise with the Production Manager and coordinators to allocate resources within the art department and solve problems.
• Manage the art department of designers and provide direction to pre-production and lighting/compositing teams.
• Oversee workflow to ensure deadlines are met and coordinate with other departments.
• Liaise and communicate with the client team.
• Mentor and support the design team and cultivate positive team morale.
• Provide feedback and direction to the 2D team for episodic props and environments.
• Liaise between departments to ensure design considerations for rigging/animation from the start.
• If a CG supervisor is involved, guide and answer questions to solve production challenges.

Connaissances

Aesthetic judgment

Artistic skills

Communication

Leadership

Team management

Animation pipelines

Design vision

Budget & timelines

Problem solving

Outils

Cintiq

Photoshop

Other design software

Description du poste

Blue Zoo Production in London is seeking a highly skilled Art Director to lead the art department, asset teams, and lighting/comp teams. You will translate the director’s vision into concrete designs, review artwork in detail, and provide concise feedback to ensure the production brief is met.

You will work closely with the Production Manager to manage budgets and timelines, while mentoring the design team and maintaining team morale.