Art Director - 6 months fixed term

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Weta Workshop is seeking a visionary Art Director for a six month fixed term based in Miramar, Wellington, onsite. You’ll shape compelling environments, interactive narratives and multisensory experiences that blend physical and digital storytelling, collaborating with Creative Directors, designers, writers, technologists, producers and fabrication teams to deliver cohesive experiences. You’ll lead design direction from concept to final execution, oversee visual deliverables, and mentor artists while presenting concepts to stakeholders. Requirements include 4+ years in art direction or production design, a strong portfolio in world building and immersive projects, and proficiency with Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender, Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine, Revit, AutoCAD or equivalents, plus knowledge of spatial design, lighting and interactive media. Mandarin a plus but not essential. Applications close 30 July 2026; send materials to [email protected]. Tips for applying: tailor your portfolio to end-to-end immersive projects, highlight cross-disciplinary collaboration and leadership, and include a concise note linking your experience to Weta’s craft driven, tech enabled approach.

Company Description

We are a company of artisans and innovators. For over 30 years, we’ve applied our creativity and craftsmanship to the world’s arts, entertainment and experience industries

Our Creative Media team offer a variety of tailormade production services to help realise the full potential of our clients' vision – utilising emerging technologies and working closely with experts, vendors and artists to make creative media.

Job Description

We’re looking for an Art Director to join the team for a 6 month fixed term – responsible for shaping compelling environments, interactive narratives, and multisensory experiences that blend physical and digital storytelling.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

• Deliver high quality solutions to varying conceptual, illustrative, render, graphical and design-related challenges
• Develop and communicate visual direction through concept art, mood boards, style guides, and presentation materials.
• Collaborate with Creative Directors, designers, writers, technologists, producers, and fabrication teams to deliver cohesive experiences.
• Guide the design of environments, characters, props, lighting, graphics, media, and interactive elements, ensuring narrative, aesthetic, and experiential consistency across all stages of production.
• Oversee the quality and integrity of visual deliverables from concept through final execution.
• Present creative concepts and design rationale to internal stakeholders, clients, and partners.

You’ll also have the chance to mentor and inspire artists and designers, fostering a collaborative and innovative creative culture.

You can find more about our role in the job description here.

We’re looking for a visionary, creative leader with a strong background in concept design, production design and experiential storytelling.

You’ll bring:

• 4+ years of experience in art direction, production design, or immersive experience design.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale immersive, experiential, themed entertainment, film, game, or exhibition projects.
• Exceptional visual storytelling skills with a strong portfolio demonstrating world-building and environment design.
• Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams, including digital, physical, technical and production departments.
• Proficiency in industry-standard design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender, Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine, Revit, AutoCAD or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of spatial design, lighting, materials, fabrication, and interactive media
• Familiarity with cinematic storytelling, VFX pipelines and immersive narrative design
• Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects.
• The ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining a high level of creative excellence.

If you have professional proficiency both English and Mandarin that would be desirable, but it’s not essential.

Additional Information

This role is fixed term, for 6 months, based in Miramar, Wellington.

You can reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

Applications close Thursday 30 July 2026.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate you through the recruitment process, please let us know.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a Ministry of Justice check.