Art Director at Dijo Communications Limited

Dijo Communications Limited is an award-winning branding and communications agency, set center stage in Lagos, Nigeria. We blend intelligent creativity with a sincere collaborative approach, consistently delivering powerful results for our clients.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Art Director

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

  • Own, articulate, and evangelize visual direction for all games.
  • Direct multiple art disciplines to achieve awesome results.
  • Create concept paintings, models, textures and other benchmark assets that inspire others.
  • Work closely with game design to ensure art supports a gameplay-first player experience.
  • Foster and maintain effective relationships inside and outside the art department.
  • Partner with management to ensure team is healthy and strong.
  • Lead, inspire and mentor artists and art leads.
  • Supervise design staff, Review and approve designs.

Qualifications / Experience and Required Skills

  • Years of experience: 2 – 5 years
  • Education: Degree in Visual Arts, specialization in Gaphic Design
  • Demonstrable mastery of illustration, animation, graphic design – with versatility, including: backgrounds, characters and UI elements
  • Solid experience in the entertainment and/or video game / interactive markets
  • Solid understanding/philosophy of game development and the realities of production from a tech, and design standpoint
  • Successful track record in developing, mentoring and managing multidisciplinary art teams
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrated ability to make compromises while maintaining art quality
  • Experience multitasking on multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines with a strong attention to detail and target quality
  • Expert understanding of art direction and storytelling.

Application Closing Date
2nd May, 2019.

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