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ROLE DUTIES SKILLS QUALITIES REAL EXAMPLE

FROM GTA IV

CREATIVE/STUDIODIRECTOR

other industries, such as

videogames, a creativedirector is responsible for the

design, vision and direction of

the product,

Videogame creative directors

usually come from either aprogramming or design

background. They are typically

people who have worked in

the games industry for at least

ten years

A creative director is

ultimately responsible for thequality of the final creative

work. For this reason, they get

the lion's share of acclaim

when their team's efforts win

awards

Steve Marsden

TECHNICAL

ARTIST/DIRECTOR

The Technical Director

provides technical direction on

business decisions and in the

execution of specific projects.

He or she may be assigned to asingle project

For the successful creation and

delivery of the company's

product to the marketplace by

managing technical risks and

opportunities: making keysoftware design and

implementation decisions

Technical director often refers

to the role of the vision mixer,

and works under the

supervision of the television

director. It is the TD's job tomanually switch video sources,

perform live edits and overlay

titles as ordered by the

director

Steve Marsden

ANIMATOR/

ANIMATION

DIRECTOR

The director in charge of all

aspects of the animation

process during the production

of an animated film or

animated segment for a live-

action film.

The Director will work closely

with the Storyboard Artists to

visualise the script and tell the

story.

The Production Designer

and/or Art Director will

develop the style of the

production and produce the

final designs for both

characters and environments

Corrado Trani

LEAD/CONCEPT

ARTIST

The Lead Artist produces much

of the initial artwork

themselves, setting creative

and technical standards and

also determining the best tools

and techniques to deploy

They work closely with the

programming team to make

sure that all art and animation

assets produced can be easily

imported into the game

engine.

In conjunction with the

producer, the Lead Artist puts

together and manages the

team of artists and animators

who produce the bulk of the

art assets for the game

Ian McQue

AUDIO ENGINEER/

SUPERVISINGSOUND EDITOR

The Audio Engineer creates the

soundtrack for a game. This

might include music; sound

effects to support the game

action, such as gunshots or

Audio Engineers work for

development studios, both

independent and publisher-

owned. The size of the audio

department depends on the

The Audio Engineer will

sometimes also audition and

record any actors that are

needed in other languages if

the game is being re-versioned

Grant Middleton

JOB ROLES IN VIDEO GAMESDIRECTION, ART, ANIMATION, SOUND & Q.A