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Posted: October 16, 2006
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subject: Art Director (Feature): 248-MH396 , Mainframe Entertainment Inc.

Mainframe Entertainment Inc. is looking for Art Director (Feature): 248-MH396

Job details: FOR OUR UPCOMING FEATURE FILM

Responsibilities Include:

To oversee and direct the day to day operations of the film's art department from a creative, organizational, and scheduling standpoint, ensuring that the Production Designer's vision, quality bar, design concept, and directives are maintained and consistent through all design and conceptual work underway. To provide constant feedback to the modeling, animation, lighting and compositing departments ensuring the style, consistency, quality, and creative work underway is in line with the original vision of the production, as set down by the production designer.

Duties Include:

- To work with the Production Designer to develop the design concept, style, and quality bar required for the production, taking into account the advantages and restrictions of 3D animation, and the production schedule and budget and working within the schedule and budget set down by the production's producers.

- To oversee all designers and conceptual staff within the production's art department, on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that the goals of the production and production designer are being met.

- To organize the day to day work of the production's Art department, while working with the production department to ensure proper ordering of work, and setting or priorities for the benefit of the subsequent modeling, animation, and lighting departments.

- To work with the Production Designer to create and maintain a locked color palette and render style for the film, ensuring its adherence through design, texturing, lighting and final renders.

- To meet and communicate with the modeling and animation supervisors / departments to ensure design is meeting the requirements of the animation and modeling schedules.

- To work with and oversee the modeling, animation, and lighting supervisors / departments, to ensure that the look, style, and quality being created falls within the Production Designer's directives, and within the ultimate goal, schedule and budget of the production.


- To ensure that creative ideas and suggestions regarding design and styles being conceived on the production, whether it be within the design, modeling, animation, or lighting departments, are properly heard and evaluated to ensure the highest quality production possible.

- To build strong communication and consistency across the film?s creative departments, aiming at creating a strong, inspiring, and productive team atmosphere.


- Oversee and direct in-house or freelance creative personnel involved with the Art Department (graphic designers, illustrators, compositors, etc.)


- Schedule and monitor art deliverables to ensure that deadlines are met.

- Provide creative direction, supervise, train and mentor staff

Qualifications Include:

- Experience as an accomplished Art Director on a 3D animated production, preferably a feature length production, but not required.

- 5-10+ years of designer experience. Some feature designer experiences an asset.

- MS/BA/BFA Degree in Fine Arts or Commercial Arts Field. (Asset, not necessarily required.)

- A strong understanding of design and the issues inherent in creating characters, sets, props, vehicles, lighting setups, and render styles for a 3D CGI feature length production, worthy of a theatrical release.

- Must have strong 3-D and 2-D character modeling, and creature design experience.

- Must have worked on at least 2-3 titles

- Must have extensive experience in multimedia content, film and television work an asset.

- Must possess excellent communication, interpersonal, and multi-tasking skills.

- Proven abilities in conceptualizing, organizing, and managing projects from concept to completion.

- Ability to create a positive, productive, and exciting work environment through his/her own ability to inspire others.

Thank you in advance for your application! Due to the high volume of applications, we only contact those applicants who are short-listed for interviews.

If you are interested in this position, please apply via our corporate website. www.mainframe.ca

Or, by post to:
Mainframe Entertainment Inc.
Suite 200-2025 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V6J 1Z6
Attn: Recruiting

Or, fax to:
604-714-2641


Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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