About the Position

As Art Director for CG, you are experienced in your craft with great imagination and deep understanding of the built environment. You are able to develop beautiful and unique visual approaches for CG projects that complement and translate the narrative and key messages of a project, whilst enhancing the qualities of the design itself.

Working alongside the Creative Director, interfacing with clients and production teams means building on narratives, underpinning them with a cohesive style suitable for the nuances of the project, whilst also resolving any gaps in design information. 

Main Responsibilities

  • Responsible for art directing CG films and stills, including and live-action shoots where necessary or collaborating with a Shoot Art Director
  • Collaborating with the Creative Director to develop projects through pre-production, especially defining the overall visual approach through moodboards, style frames and pre-visualisation
  • Translating CD briefs into specific and practical art direction, before communicating to the production team to ensure efficiency of production resource
  • Complete understanding of the project from the design aspect as well as creative vision
  • Assessing models and information provided by the client, with ability to resolve gaps and translate architectural design details from references
  • Ensuring that the art direction is in line with the client’s objectives, brand and/or style
  • Attending client meetings and involved in client correspondence during production
  • Ability to understand the impact of design changes on visual outcomes and CG production and ability to provide effective solutions. 
  • Attending all project reviews, briefing project teams clearly and reviewing progress, ensuring art direction ambitions are being followed

Character Traits

  • Demonstrates intellectual and creative rigour, with a passion to develop in the role
  • Ability to communicate ideas clearly to clients
  • Flexible can-do attitude. Adapts well to changing priorities 
  • Ability to have a positive impact on others and communicate openly and directly to individuals or groups at all levels
  • Sets standards of behaviour and acts as a leader and role model 
  • Takes decisions which have a substantial impact on the achievement of production and quality objectives 
  • In-depth knowledge of technical and creative aspects of the work and ability to reconcile these
  • Ability to understand conflicting viewpoints and resolve issues
  • Ability to manage time effectively
  • Confident and decisive, a problem solver
  • Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively 
  • Strong attention to detail, high quality standards
  • Enthusiastic about learning and sharing with team-mates 
  • Help to foster an atmosphere in which creative innovation can take place

Qualification/ Experience

  • Demonstrable experience with a creative agency or production environment on CG and animation projects
  • Previous experience of working as an Art Director with CG production teams
  • Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative suite
  • Adaptable to different creative approaches and styles
  • Experience with film and photography shoots
  • Working knowledge of standard softwares and workflows to achieve creative goals and express vision to the production team

Outcomes

  • Visual overview of all assigned projects ensuring quality standards are being set and obtained and that the S/O creativity is at the heart of every project
  • Communicating the developing visual approach to the client and managing and interpreting feedback effectively
  • Contributing to regular creative team meetings 
  • Communicating the Art Direction clearly to the production team 
  • Accurate estimation of time required for elements within projects
Salary Pay Range
£50,000—£65,000 GBP

 

About Squint/Opera:

Squint/Opera is Journey’s immersive design studio, bridging the digital and physical worlds through groundbreaking storytelling and emerging technologies such as Unreal Engine and virtual twins.
 
We’re the innovators behind the Empire State Building Observatory’s digital reinvention, creating over 40 unique exhibits that transform 10,000 square feet into an interactive journey through history and architecture. At Battersea Power Station, we designed Lift 109, an immersive ascent experience that melds cutting-edge animations, interactive elements, and spatial soundscapes to breathe new life into London’s iconic landmark. For Qiddiya City, we pushed the boundaries of virtual production, crafting a revolutionary campaign that ignited global excitement for Saudi Arabia’s visionary sports and entertainment mega-development.
 
We’re at the forefront of a new era in experiential multidimensional design (MDX) and an integral part of Journey’s Experience Stack. Inspired by the concept of a tech stack, our Experience Stack draws on decades of cumulative expertise from our physical, lighting, live & immersive, and emerging technology studios to produce magical, meaningful, original work. This integration propels our partners into new realms of growth and delivers multidimensional experiences that are not just consumed but that are lived and felt through every dimension of human interaction.

 

About Journey:

Journey is a global design and innovation studio pioneering multidimensional experiences (MDX) that transform how people perceive, engage, and interact with the world. With studios in New York, London, Miami, and Dubai, we blend strategy, design, technology, and narrative to create sensory-rich journeys that ignite emotion and deepen connections between people, brands, and culture. 
 
Journey was formed in 2022 by visionary leaders who refuse to accept limits. United through the acquisitions of award-winning studios ICRAVE, Squint/Opera, 59, and VMI Studio, together, we form something new: a multidimensional design practice with unparalleled expertise across the physical, immersive, and digital realms. 
 
But we're so much more than a combination of acquisitions; we're a revolutionary framework of layered design capabilities akin to the layers of a technology stack for software companies. Like the best technology stacks, our framework continuously evolves to embrace new capabilities and creative possibilities with the future of the human experience at the forefront. This game-changing framework, the Journey Experience Stack, allows us to design for every touchpoint and create uncommonly cohesive brand universes, drawing on our collective expertise in interior design, lighting design, media design, interactive design, and content creation to deliver industry-first solutions for entertainment, healthcare, retail, hospitality, real estate, and cultural institutions. 
 
No other full-service studio practices multidimensional design or vertically integrates its experience capabilities with this level of sophistication. Whether we’re reimagining the hospital-patient relationship, creating the world’s most immersive entertainment venue, revolutionizing live theater, or crafting virtual twins that accelerate ideas’ passage from vision to reality, Journey’s work is pioneering the shift of how people perceive, engage, and interact with the world. 

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