Art Director – Concept Art

Parallax Creative is a fast-growing entertainment production agency based in Los Angeles. Collectively, our team draws from diverse industry experience across film ideation, production and marketing. We are looking for a bright go-getter to help us achieve our company goals.

We are looking for a talented, motivated and experienced Art Director to oversee our team of concept artists and provide clear, concise direction to ensure all assets are produced at the highest quality that delivers the artistic vision to our clients. 

This is a full-time position for our Los Angeles office. Employees are in-person Monday and Thursday at our Los Angeles office. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are work from home.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the CEO to provide directional feedback and support to concept art team.
• Meet with clients (directors, production designers, etc.) to get launched on new projects and receive feedback on submitted work.
• Provide clear, concise, consistent and timely visual direction, guidance and feedback to artists.
• Conceptualize designs to best represent the project’s intent that supports the overall art direction.
• Manage internal and freelance concept artists from around the world to best execute the client’s creative vision.
• Own and supervise the high-quality delivery of assigned projects.
• Identify and implement best practices, workflows and pipelines that push the quality bar for concept art.
• Support, guide and inspire the art team to deliver overall goals and projects on time.
• Mentor and help artists grow artistically and professionally.

Requirements:

• Must submit link to most recent portfolio to be considered for this position.
• 5+ years in a lead artist or director position for a video game, film production or other creative media.
• Excellent ability to establish, effectively communicate, and maintain artistic vision for several projects at once.
• Strong ideation skills that demonstrate a firm grasp and understanding of the needs of visual arts in an interactive medium.
• Previous experience providing AAA quality concept art.
• Ability to work with industry standard 2D graphics applications (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.).
• Ability to leverage 3D applications (e.g. Blender, Maya, 3DS Max, ZBrush, etc.).
• Preferred: Experience working in game engines (e.g. UNREAL, Unity, and other propriety or commercial engines), design tool-sets and production pipelines is a plus.

Parallax Studios