Sr Worldbuilding Art Director WOTC

Our adventuring party at Dungeons & Dragons®, the world's greatest role-playing game, is looking for a ground- breaking Senior Art Director to join our award-winning team. A creative individual who will guide, elevate, and champion our studio's vision of D&D through dynamic art worldbuilding, commissioning, and strategic, hands-on conceptual development.

Are you a curious, highly engaged, and experienced visual creative who is immersed in fantasy art? Are you interested in working within an established brand/IP while constantly looking to grow the brand's audience and visual expression? If so, please apply today!

This role is a hybrid role requiring three days a week in our Renton, WA office.

What You'll Do:

• Lead in-house and external illustrators in crafting concept art assets.
• Commission key artwork, sourcing freelance illustrators for each piece, offering ongoing direction on individual pieces, and encouraging strong connections with those collaborators.
• Work alongside Creative Team partners to develop, define and communicate the visual creative foundation of future D&D worlds. Act as the art subject matter expert, leading the visual development of characters, environments and details needed to successfully support future card set releases.
• Present and pitch creative concepts in brainstorms, meetings, and stand-up critiques, serving as a flexible authority on visual direction for both internal and external partners.
• Participate in brainstorms on future D&D creative expressions and workflow/process improvements in partnership with department leaders.
• Present updates to leadership, showcasing work and contextualizing it within our larger visual strategy.

What You'll Bring :

• 4+ yrs experience in commercial art illustration and/or commissioning Art Director roles
• A portfolio demonstrating strong creative vision
• You keep current with fantasy illustration market/talent and have an interest in discovering varied, up-and-coming artists
• Effective communication and organizational abilities, keen attention to detail, and ease with both offering and accepting feedback
• Ability to demonstrate ownership over commissioned work and concept art, and to synthesize game mechanics, brand knowledge, and creative goals into clear and concise direction
• A proactive "yes, and" approach to concepting, feedback, and mentorship. You are a strong visual storyteller and collaborator at heart, using loose sketching, paint-overs, and other artist-focused methodologies to communicate direction.
• The ability to prioritize and multi-task in a multidimensional, fast-paced environment that revolves around multiple product development calendars.
• Adept in Adobe Photoshop, proficient in Illustrator, InDesign and MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

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