Director, 3D Art
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Job Location:
San Mateo, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This is a leadership role for a 3D Art Director defining and elevating the visual future of our platform. This position is responsible for setting the artistic vision standards and guidelines for how millions of users and creators play create and connect immersively.
You will be the steward of the platforms core 3D aesthetic balancing the need for world-class fidelity with accessibility scale and performance for a global diverse community. Your influence will shape not only internal projects but also the tools and resources available to our entire ecosystem of creators and will manifest in our external marketing.
You Will:
- Define the overarching 3D art vision and principles for the platform ensuring a cohesive inspiring and technically robust aesthetic across all internal content marketing assets and core platform features.
- Translate high-level product and business objectives into long-term 3D art strategies and roadmap initiatives guiding the platforms visual evolution years into the future.
- Drive 3D art direction oversight providing decisive strategic direction for major art initiatives ensuring alignment with the company vision and mentor and direct other 3D artists who manage specific domain execution (e.g. avatar item art environment art).
- Drive innovation by staying ahead of trends in real-time rendering material pipelines geometric modeling and Generative AI tools advocating for new technologies that will empower our 3D art team and our creator community.
- Collaborate with product design and creative leadership to ensure the artistic direction enhances the user and creator experience and maintains a high bar for inspiring emotional and visual storytelling.
- Collaborate with technical art and engineering leadership to establish world-class efficient 3D art pipelines that support scale and complexity while maintaining high performance across all surfaces.
- Provide clear decisive and constructive artistic feedback to internal teams and external partners maintaining an uncompromising standard of craft and polish.
- Lead mentor and grow a world-class team of 3D Artists fostering a culture of creative risk-taking accountability and professional growth.
- Manage project schedules resources and vendor relationships to ensure the 3D art team delivers on ambitious goals within scope on time and within budget.
You Have:
- 10 years of professional experience in 3D Art and creative leadership within a world-class interactive media entertainment or gaming studio/platform.
- Expertise in all core aspects of 3D art production: modeling (hard surface and organic) texturing/shading (PBR workflows) rigging lighting and real-time rendering.
- A world-class portfolio showcasing the ability to define manage and deliver an inspiring cohesive high-quality visual style at massive scale across multiple projects.
- Proficiency with industry-standard 3D software (e.g. Maya Blender ZBrush Substance Suite) and experience working within major game engine/platform environments.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex creative and technical concepts to both artists and non-creative stakeholders.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Apple Keynote
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Photography
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Digital design
- Maya
- Web Design
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Indesign
About Company
Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!
