2D Artist

Job Overview As a 2D Art Lead , you will oversee the strategic direction, operational execution, and continuous evolution of our 2D art department. Working closely with Art Directors, Executive Producers, 2D and cross-functional Discipline Leads, you will ensure our art pipelines are robust, innovative, and capable of consistently delivering AAA-quality assets. This role requires an innovative mind capable of driving change management, optimizing processes, and integrating cutting-edge technologies and approaches into our workflows. As a 2D Art Manager, you will be managing and empowering 2D Artists at all levels, aligning diverse stakeholders, and ensuring the seamless execution of the artistic vision. If you have a passion for blending high-level creative direction with modern production methodologies, and can guide a team smoothly through technological shifts while maintaining a healthy, motivated environment, this role is for you. Reports to Art Department Manager What will you do? Lead & Develop: Manage, mentor, and grow a high-performing 2D art team (including Supervisors and Experts), focusing on their long-term career development, performance management, and day-to-day empowerment. Optimize Processes : Define, implement, and constantly optimize 2D art production pipelines. Foresee production bottlenecks, scale workflows, and increase efficiency without compromising AAA quality. Champion Change & Innovation : Act as a change agent by driving the adoption of new technologies , specifically AI tools and automated workflows. Guide the team through transitions smoothly, securing buy-in and mitigating risks . Stakeholder Management : Maintain a close, strategic working relationship with Art Directors, Producers, Art Owners Project Managers , and other cross-functional stakeholders. Effectively manage expectations, align cross-functional teams, and translate project goals into actionable art strategies. Resource & Capaci

Job Overview As a 2D Art Lead , you will oversee the strategic direction, operational execution, and continuous evolution of our 2D art department. Working closely with Art Directors, Executive Producers, 2D and cross-functional Discipline Leads, you will ensure our art pipelines are robust, innovative, and capable of consistently delivering AAA-quality assets. This role requires an innovative mind capable of driving change management, optimizing processes, and integrating cutting-edge technologies and approaches into our workflows. As a 2D Art Manager, you will be managing and empowering 2D Artists at all levels, aligning diverse stakeholders, and ensuring the seamless execution of the artistic vision. If you have a passion for blending high-level creative direction with modern production methodologies, and can guide a team smoothly through technological shifts while maintaining a healthy, motivated environment, this role is for you. Reports to Art Department Manager What will you do? Lead & Develop: Manage, mentor, and grow a high-performing 2D art team (including Supervisors and Experts), focusing on their long-term career development, performance management, and day-to-day empowerment. Optimize Processes : Define, implement, and constantly optimize 2D art production pipelines. Foresee production bottlenecks, scale workflows, and increase efficiency without compromising AAA quality. Champion Change & Innovation : Act as a change agent by driving the adoption of new technologies , specifically AI tools and automated workflows. Guide the team through transitions smoothly, securing buy-in and mitigating risks . Stakeholder Management : Maintain a close, strategic working relationship with Art Directors, Producers, Art Owners Project Managers , and other cross-functional stakeholders. Effectively manage expectations, align cross-functional teams, and translate project goals into actionable art strategies. Resource &

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This is a 12- month contract. This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions. Insomniac Games is looking for a VFX Artist. In this role the VFX Artist is responsible for creating VFX to work and assist in gameplay, environments, and cinematics of games. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Creates, designs, and implements real-time particle effects using both static and animating 2D/3D elements. Placing of visual FX across all areas of the game, including environmental and gameplay FX, and cinematics. Create FX textures (color, normal, specular, ambient occlusion, height, and incandescent maps.) Possesses at least an intermediate ability to navigate and use DCC software such as Maya, Houdini, or equivalent. Creates FX shaders with node-based shader networks. Creates simple geometry and UV sets. Possesses an intermediate foundation in computer graphics fundamentals and artistic analysis Optimizes FX for framerate and memory. Collaborates with other development departments to ensure that FX are implemented appropriately in the game engine. Understands and adds to the overall art style of game. Orchestrates FX events involving layering and timing of different FX to create a believable scene. Demonstrated professionalism in attendance, communication, reading comprehension, receiving feedback and working in a production setting. Other duties may be assigned Reasoning Ability : Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Computer Skills : Proficient in Maya, competent working with joints and locators, keyframing, rigid body simulations, hard surface modeling, and UV mapping. Proficient in Photoshop for painting and editing textures. Proficient with node- based shader networks. Knowledge of other visual e

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