{"id":115927,"date":"2020-07-27T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/367112"},"modified":"2020-07-27T23:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T23:08:00","slug":"get-a-job-join-impulse-gear-as-a-art-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/27\/get-a-job-join-impulse-gear-as-a-art-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a job: Join Impulse Gear as a Art Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry!<\/p>\n<p>Here is just one of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/jobs\/\">many, many positions<\/a>&nbsp;being advertised right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: San Francisco, California<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Impulse Gear is an award-winning, independent game studio in San Francisco, CA.&nbsp; We released our first game, Farpoint, in May of 2017 to worldwide acclaim.&nbsp; Founded in 2013, our studio is comprised of exceptional and veteran game development talent from the AAA VR, console, PC and mobile game industries.&nbsp; Our core team has over 50 years of game development experience working on some of the largest and most successful titles in game history.&nbsp; &nbsp;We are looking for game developers who want to solve unique and interesting challenges and have the ability to make a significant impact on future projects.&nbsp; We value fast iteration and people who take initiative and love to learn! &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to our story trailer for Farpoint &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ya93yvqv\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ya93yvqv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Impulse Gear is looking for an experienced Art Director with a thorough understanding of video game development and production pipelines. The ideal candidate would have experience leading a team and collaborating with senior leadership in directing an art department.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsibilities and Requisites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Creates the artistic vision of the game and provides direction to realize that vision including:<\/p>\n<p>* evangelizing the vision<\/p>\n<p>* providing feedback and art critique<\/p>\n<p>* defining visual targets and style guides<\/p>\n<p>* collaborating with leadership to drive all artwork<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Able to produce artwork in multiple styles via expert knowledge of visual language and themes including the 2D presentation of the game, front-end and in-game interfaces, and paintovers<\/p>\n<p><strong>People<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Evaluates, hires, and manages all art disciplines and third parties Develops leadership and empowers the team by sharing ownership and autonomy Uses experience to help with scoping and risk management on projects<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oversees the production of art tools, production pipelines, content creation Has the technical knowledge required to realize the artistic vision Identifies new tools and evaluates competing products for suitability\/cost\/use\/etc. Has a thorough and broad technical understanding of assets and best practices<\/p>\n<p>Impulse Gear is a leading VR game development studio, solving unique problems and bringing new creative ideas to our industry.&nbsp; We offer competitive compensation packages, with stock options, along with top end health coverage and other benefits.&nbsp; We are located in the heart of San Francisco, close to BART and many restaurants.&nbsp; We have a fun collaborative team, and are committed to ensuring our employees success.<\/p>\n<p>Impulse Gear is committed to an inclusive and diverse employee base, and is an equal opportunity employer.<\/p>\n<p>Interested?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.gamasutra.com\/job\/art-director-san-francisco-california-34484\">Apply now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re just starting out, looking for something new, or just seeing what&#8217;s out there, the Gamasutra Job Board is the place where game developers move ahead in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Gamasutra&#8217;s Job Board is the most diverse, most active, and most established board of its kind in the video game industry, serving companies of all sizes, from indie to triple-A.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a new job?&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/jobs.gamasutra.com\/search\">Get started here<\/a>. Are you a recruiter looking for talent?&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/employer.gamasutra.com\/employerx\/\">Post jobs here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry! Here is just one of the&nbsp;many, many positions&nbsp;being advertised right now. Location: San Francisco, California Impulse Gear is an award-winning, independent game studio in San Francisco, CA.&nbsp; We released our first game, Farpoint, in May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}