Aviron, a Y-combinator company, is a connected rowing machine built on an advanced gaming platform.
We're revolutionizing the fitness industry with our state-of-the-art connected rowing machines. By integrating game psychology, we're making workouts both fun and challenging, and we're looking for a dynamic Art Director to propel our growth even further.
Your responsibilities are:
- Give ideas, and design direction for the company's game titles and product projects;
- Lead and inspire junior art staff to deliver high-quality, innovative, and effective design solutions;
- Communicating requirements, monitoring, and approving ideas, quality, and content (concept, context, environment, characters...) to the Art team;
- Coordinate with design, engineering, and artist departments to come up with solutions to perform the work;
- Professional guidance and training for artists;
- Capturing market trends, and aesthetic styles, to apply improvements to the company's products;
- Manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
Why you'll love working here
- Graduate in Fine Arts, Design, or related certifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the field of Game Art;
- Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar position;
- Understanding of work, art creation process, UI UX, VFX;
- Ability to create, and understand the international game market;
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills;
- Good communication in English (MUST);
- Please provide a Portfolio through the link.
English
Speaking: Intermediate - Reading: Intermediate - Writing: Intermediate
We manufacture interactive rowing machines equipped with a 22” touchscreen loaded with hundreds of workout options including fully animated video games and real-time competitions.
Aviron is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Our rowing machines are in hotels, fitness centers and schools around the U.S, including Nike’s Headquarters.
We have been featured in TechCrunch and Forbes said “Aviron is an interactive rowing machine designed to provide you with powerful, captivating workouts”. We are a venture backed company with investment from high profile funds such as Y Combinator, Samsung and Formic Ventures, founded by Oculus cofounder Michael Antonov.
