The Director-Level Role of the Individual Contributor Category of Environment Art.
As Principal, my role responsibilities include
- Actively staying up-to-date with industry standard best practices being used in AAA games development through regular R&D of the newest relevant tech that can refine the efficiency of development pipeline across the studio
- Serve as the core point of knowledge for practical and technical execution for environment art for the entire studio
- A key contributor for establishing core project workflow and infrastructure setups
- Provides regular tutorials/guides through video or documentation formats for best practices learned through R&D investigations and overall resources to help the growth of the environment art team for Certain Affinity
- Providing mentorship to the environment artists at the studio and help build the collective experience of the artists across the studio through technical and theoretical guidance
- To lead project art review meetings for the environment art team
- Actively search for new talent that could be a potential for for the studio and project
- Leads execution and exploration for the project to support the Art Director's vision for AAA projects going on at Certain Affinity.
Assisting the Art Director on exploration and execution of development for AAA projects going on at Certain Affinity.
To explore and execute best practices for most up-to-date technology for better understanding and implementation into the product while retaining a good enough understanding to redirect all helpful learning back into the team.
To mentor, manage and build a team of more junior artists while leading feedback sessions and helping them better build their skills and knowledge of their craft.
Creating digital content for a AAA console game title for games on the blockchain.