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We are looking for an Art Director with strong concept-art and visual-development skills to join our creative team.
This is a senior creative role for someone who can take a project from an early brief or idea and help develop it into a clear, compelling visual direction. The right person should be equally comfortable thinking conceptually and working hands-on: exploring ideas, creating concept art and keyframes, developing visual scientific language, solving composition and storytelling problems, and guiding other artists through execution.
The Art Director will work closely with the Creative Director, production team and artists to translate project goals into strong and production-conscious visual solutions.
**Your profile:**
- Strong professional experience in art direction, concept art or visual development.
- A portfolio demonstrating actual visual-development thinking, not only polished final images.
- Strong understanding of composition, lighting, colour, cinematography and visual storytelling.
- Ability to develop a visual idea across several iterations and explain the reasoning behind creative choices.
- Strong drawing, painting or 3D-assisted concept-development skills.
- Ability to work across different visual styles rather than relying on a single personal style.
- Good understanding of production constraints and the ability to design with execution in mind.
- Experience giving visual direction and constructive feedback to other artists.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with a broader creative team.
- Strong communication skills and comfort discussing creative decisions with both artists and non-artists.
- Reliability, ownership and good judgement under changing project requirements.
**Let us know if you also have experience with:**
- Cinematic visual development.
- Environment design and production design.
- Storyboarding and shot development.
- Blender or another 3D package as part of a concept-art workflow.
- Animation, VFX or game-development pipelines.
- Client-facing creative work and presentations.
- Presales, pitches or early project-development work.
**As an Art Director in Helix you will:**
- Develop the visual direction of selected projects from early brief through preproduction.
- Create concept art, visual-development frames, keyframes, mood explorations and style studies.
- Develop composition, lighting, colour, atmosphere, environments and overall visual language.
- Understanding and visually interpreting the science behind the story
- Translate creative briefs and client requirements into clear visual approaches.
- Lead or contribute to storyboard development and visual storytelling.
- Explore multiple visual solutions before committing to final directions.
- Take ownership of substantial creative packages and selected projects within the established creative direction.
- Guide artists through visual-development and production stages.
- Provide clear, actionable visual feedback.
- Help maintain consistency between concept development and final production.
- Identify creative or production risks early and propose practical solutions.
- Collaborate with Creative Direction on client presentations, pitches and presales
- Contribute to improving the studio's visual-development processes, references and creative standards.
- Mentor less experienced artists and help strengthen the overall creative capability of the team.
Working in Helix Animation is a lot of fun. We dedicate plenty of our regular working hours to experimenting, building proof of concepts and improving our knowledge. We offer competitive compensation packages and an informal and relaxed working environment. We offer the flexibility to work remotely or from any of our offices. You can learn more on
www.helixanimation.com
and apply at
jobs@helixanimation.com
.
We are looking for an Art Director with strong concept-art and visual-development skills to join our creative team.
This is a senior creative role for someone who can take a project from an early brief or idea and help develop it into a clear, compelling visual direction. The right person should be equally comfortable thinking conceptually and working hands-on: exploring ideas, creating concept art and keyframes, developing visual scientific language, solving composition and storytelling problems, and guiding other artists through execution.
The Art Director will work closely with the Creative Director, production team and artists to translate project goals into strong and production-conscious visual solutions.
**Your profile:**
- Strong professional experience in art direction, concept art or visual development.
- A portfolio demonstrating actual visual-development thinking, not only polished final images.
- Strong understanding of composition, lighting, colour, cinematography and visual storytelling.
- Ability to develop a visual idea across several iterations and explain the reasoning behind creative choices.
- Strong drawing, painting or 3D-assisted concept-development skills.
- Ability to work across different visual styles rather than relying on a single personal style.
- Good understanding of production constraints and the ability to design with execution in mind.
- Experience giving visual direction and constructive feedback to other artists.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with a broader creative team.
- Strong communication skills and comfort discussing creative decisions with both artists and non-artists.
- Reliability, ownership and good judgement under changing project requirements.
**Let us know if you also have experience with:**
- Cinematic visual development.
- Environment design and production design.
- Storyboarding and shot development.
- Blender or another 3D package as part of a concept-art workflow.
- Animation, VFX or game-development pipelines.
- Client-facing creative work and presentations.
- Presales, pitches or early project-development work.
**As an Art Director in Helix you will:**
- Develop the visual direction of selected projects from early brief through preproduction.
- Create concept art, visual-development frames, keyframes, mood explorations and style studies.
- Develop composition, lighting, colour, atmosphere, environments and overall visual language.
- Understanding and visually interpreting the science behind the story
- Translate creative briefs and client requirements into clear visual approaches.
- Lead or contribute to storyboard development and visual storytelling.
- Explore multiple visual solutions before committing to final directions.
- Take ownership of substantial creative packages and selected projects within the established creative direction.
- Guide artists through visual-development and production stages.
- Provide clear, actionable visual feedback.
- Help maintain consistency between concept development and final production.
- Identify creative or production risks early and propose practical solutions.
- Collaborate with Creative Direction on client presentations, pitches and presales
- Contribute to improving the studio's visual-development processes, references and creative standards.
- Mentor less experienced artists and help strengthen the overall creative capability of the team.
Working in Helix Animation is a lot of fun. We dedicate plenty of our regular working hours to experimenting, building proof of concepts and improving our knowledge. We offer competitive compensation packages and an informal and relaxed working environment. We offer the flexibility to work remotely or from any of our offices. You can learn more on
www.helixanimation.com
and apply at
jobs@helixanimation.com
.
