Art Director

DISNEY ONLINE: Art Director

Come play a leading role in the growth of the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG), the online division of the Walt Disney Company. WDIG consists of many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including Disney.com, ABC.com, ABCNews.com, ESPN.com, FamilyFun.com, Movies.com and our own portal, Go.com. Join WDIG andbe a part of the team that makes ideas come to life! WDIG provides a leading Internet web guide, e-commerce, Internet services, and the Best Content on the Web!

Disney Online's Premium Product team is committed to leading the marketin creating, marketing and operating industry-defining, entertaining, interactive and high quality premium online experiences for kids and families. These currently include Disney's Toontown Online, Disney's Blast, Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online, Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Disney GameDownloads and Disney Connection.

We are looking foran Art Director to join the team responsible for the development, launch and ongoing operation of Disney Online's new entertainment and community platform.

The position requires an experienced, creative, talented and motivated Art Director to provide art and design support to product development, product maintenance, and product marketing efforts. Responsibilities involve concepting and executing creative solutions for this heavily flash-based entertainment media experience, maintaining style guide parameters, defining and meeting standards of quality for artwork, and meeting all production deadlines. The Art Director position is very hands-onand requires an AD excited and willing to do actual creative. The Ad position also requires direct staff management responsibilities, as well as participation in meetings, conceptpitches, and managing creative oversight of 3rd party developers and internal staff.

Additional responsibilitiesinclude:

Working with Creative Director to hands-on develop creative which will provide guidance and direction for the internal development team and outside vendors. Creative will be conceived and developed for web-sites, broadband/Flash experiences, print, TV, and other mediums.

Working with Creative Director to traffic artist efforts to bestutilize each team member's core disciplines appropriately to achieve maximum efficiency and quality.

Working with other Disney Online teams and business units to drive production and synergy efforts including the acquisition of materials and regular communications.

Maintaining access to all style guide and art asset intranets and provide team with any required style guide, model sheet, character construction pack, or other illustration, background or animation reference.

Acquiring and archiving art assets from a variety of sources across the Walt Disney Company.

Create and maintain graphics standards for site.

QUALIFICATIONS:


A formal design education. BFA, in Graphic Design or other related discipline.

Eight or more years of Internet specific art, design and animationexperience required.

An understanding of the Internet, the technology and the trade-off issues involved with web-page design and online content development.

Able to drive projects from beginning to end with little assistance or supervision.

Previous experience managing a team of artists.

Proven digital and traditional abilities in design, illustration and animation required. Must be able to draw traditionally.

Some experience with digital video production, especially working with Final Cut or Vegas and an understanding of editing on a timeline.

Excellent design and illustration abilities in digital and traditional mediums.

Self-starter with high-level of initiative

Passionate about their work, committed to their discipline and its challenges, and a high-level of energy

Passionate about the Disney Brand and the content the Disney Company creates

Strong sense of ownership and disciplined approach to quality and its affect on an intended audience

Ability to manage multiple projects andset priorities in order to meet deadlines and reach required creative specifications

Strategic critical thinker who also has a high attention to detail and is focused on customer quality

Strong verbal, written and presentation skills and able to present ideas with authority to small o

Job Requirements:
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