GOWAAA is hiring a Junior Art Director!

GOWAAA is a Singapore-based creative metaverse startup specializing in creating Augmented Reality (AR) experiences for brands on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Tiktok and the WebAR. Our AR experiences create engaging content to activate the brands' marketing campaigns with creative interactivity & visuals that makes everyone GOWAAA!

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Junior Art Director to be involved in directing our MR design, and be involved in 3D production of our mixed reality pipeline, from ideation, and preparing mockups to asset creations (rendering, style frame, modeling, texturing, rigging & animating).

Responsibilities

• Attend daily standup meeting at 10 am, Singapore time
• Ideation of XR concept based on project brief
• Direct and collaborate with a team of designers and developers
• Preparation of visual mockup and concept proposal using software such as Photoshop, Illustrator and google slides
• Collaborate and iterate based on the team's needs
• Regularly provide peers and external partners with artistic feedback
• Preparation of XR optimized 3D assets using Blender (ideally) or other gltf-export friendly 3D software
• Work with technical constraints: max 50,000 triangles per object and max 150,000 triangles per scene
• Texturing of 3D assets, with each texture not more than 2048 px resolution, including knowledge of PBR and light baking texturing
• Rigging & animating of 3D assets for AR software and game engine, specifically for animals and characters
• Work in a fast pace project environment with global clients such as Meta, Snap, Titok, Disney, Netflix
• Experiment with AI software to aid with 3D assets creation
• Be involved in future-proof projects in the XR industry for mobile AR and headset XR
• Work remotely but closely with our production team via slack and google meet
• Reports to Chief Creative Director

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience concepting, designing and art directing 3D for Interactive experiences
• Strong and creative ideation skills
• Good understanding of form, color and texture, and knowing how these elements work together
• Excellent eye for artistic quality and the ability to adhere to specific art directions
• An established portfolio demonstrates your keen eyes for details and a good sense of design
• Proficient in using Blender (ideally) or other gltf-export-friendly 3D software
• Experienced in XR-ready 3D modeling, rigging, and animation design (Specifically for characters and animals)
• Able to adapt to any style of brief or client
• Able to iterate 3D assets fast based on feedback
• Experienced in texturing and optimized for export for AR/VR
• Fascinated by AR/VR/XR with real-time rendering in engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, Meta Spark, Lens Studio, Effect House
• Able to work remotely from 10 am to 7 pm Singapore time (GMT+8), Monday to Friday
• Highly organized and detail-oriented self-starter with proven problem-solving skills
• Ability to interpret and follow reference material to create clean, detailed, accurate and optimized models and textures