Senior Manager, Lead Character Artist

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About the Role & Team

Disney Digital Entertainment, a division of Disney Experiences, is embarking on a mission to create the ‘digital front door’ for The Walt Disney Company, bringing all of the magic of Disney together into a new interactive universe!

We are building an expert development team that will be building a groundbreaking game experience that will herald the next generation of Disney to the world. Working with top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for the seasoned transformative concept artist looking to create something epic - collaborating with an incredible group of game developers focusing on individual experiences to build a wonderfully rich and cohesive product that is truly “Disney”.

We are looking for a uniquely talented Lead Environment Artist to join us on a daring and exciting new project. Are you an imaginative creative leader with superb art skills, and have a love of Disney/Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel properties? If so, you’ll want to check out this opportunity!

What You Will Do

• Lead, manage and grow an internal team of highly talented Environment artists
• Collaborate with artists, designers, and other disciplines to create engaging, inspiring and compelling spaces, environments, props and items based on Disney’s robust portfolio of worlds and characters including Disney/Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars.
• Use Maya, ZBrush, Substance, Photoshop and Unreal Engine 5 to create high quality assets, materials, layouts and lighting for both architectural and organic environments.
• Iterate on game assets and environments with fellow artists via paint overs, studies, and group critiques to improve visuals and gameplay.
• Work closely with producers and other Leads to coordinate, develop team, and project schedules.
• Champion and manage in-game environment performance and evangelize best practices for asset creation, materials, lighting, etc.
• Serve as a key member of a growing game development team at Disney, helping to build and define the world of our project.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• A portfolio of work that accurately represents your personal and team-based artistic achievements
• Strong leadership, artistic and interpersonal skills, while being a great partner and enjoying collaborative development
• Minimum of 7 years of PC and console game development experience, including holding a position of Environment Artist and/or Lead for at least 3 years.
• Demonstrated creative vision, an excellent eye for artistic quality and confirmed knowledge of current game development techniques used to achieve …