Front End Artist at Activision
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Join an awesome team that loves to make great games and have fun. The combined experience of this Radical team includes Simpsons Hit & Run, Crash Tag Team Racing, Crash of the Titans, Crash: Mind over Mutant and Scarface: The World is Yours. This team is committed to open communication, a fun environment, and high quality, innovative games. If this sounds up your alley, we want to hear from you.
Basic Function:
Create front end / user interface that captures design and art direction.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Works with senior artist to understand functionality and art direction specifications
- Ensures that work supports overall game design and art direction
- Organizes user interface in an intuitive way; may assist less experience artists as necessary
- Demonstrates understanding of branding requirements and supports through work
- Works with programmers to implement the front end and create solutions for obstacles
- Understands the budgetary requirements and works within scope
- Works with QA to ensure compliance with TRC
- Receives feedback and modifies work based on direction
- Ensures consistency in art style and quality of own work
- Understands memory and frame-rate budgets and works within those constraints
- Uses in-house tools as appropriate; provides feedback to improve the tools
- Follow schedules and meets deadlines
- Proactively recognizes potential problems and works with Senior Artist to limit risk
- Troubleshoots and seeks solutions; may assist less experienced artists with troubleshooting
- Participates in scrum meetings and presents own work as appropriate