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We are a team of driven individuals who strongly believe in the positive impact gaming and AI will have on the learning world. Today, we’re helping enterprise businesses transition from video to gamified learning experiences that far outperform their traditional counterparts. If you strive to work in a creative and high-output environment, read on.
An Associate Art Director to run the art function behind our game-based safety training. You will lead a small team of talented 3D artists plus an external contractor bench, own the visual bar our enterprise customers consistently praise (realistic characters, environments, and lighting), and run the planning that gets every module shipped on time. This is a player-coach role on a small team: you set direction, task and unblock the team, and produce artwork yourself as a significant part of the job.
Leading the art team day to day: planning, tasking, estimates, and unblocking, including a weekly art production meeting
Producing artwork yourself: on a small team the lead carries a real share of the production work, not just the direction of it
Managing and growing the artists: 1:1s, feedback, growth plans, mentorship, and hiring input
Setting and holding the visual quality bar across all modules: clear art direction at kickoff, then keeping characters, environments, lighting, and animation-ready scenes cohesive through production
Creating and maintaining style guides, creative guides, and reusable kits (asset libraries, environment kits, animation and graphic conventions) for the team and external partners
Breaking module designs down into art tasks with realistic estimates, then hitting the dates you commit to
Briefing, directing, and reviewing external artists and outsourcing partners
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Strong fundamentals in realistic 3D art, with a sharp eye for lighting, composition, and character believability
Experienced in building style guides and running outsourced art at consistent quality
Comfortable with modern AI art tools and keen to push them further; Unreal Engine experience is a strong plus
A reliable planner and communicator: your estimates hold and your stakeholders are never surprised
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Low ego, high ownership: you make the team better, not louder
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Pixaera is a B2B immersive safety-training software company serving frontline workers in high-risk industries.
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