Job Details:
Position: Art Director
Location: In-Person(Bangalore, India) or Global, Remote
Type: Full-time
Reports To: CEO
Number of Openings: 1

Job Overview:
As Art Director, you’ll lead the visual direction of our games, ensuring a consistent and compelling art style that enhances gameplay. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage the art pipeline, and guide the art team to deliver high-quality assets. Additionally, you’ll mentor artists and drive key art decisions to bring the game’s vision to life.

Key Responsibilities:
Define and Maintain Visual Direction:

• Define the overall narrative, visual identity, art style, and aesthetic direction.
• Ensure consistency and coherence in the game’s visual elements (characters, environments, lighting) that align with gameplay and narrative goals.
• Lead decisions on character designs, environments, lighting, and map themes, ensuring that key artistic choices are aligned with both gameplay and business objectives.

Gameplay Driven Art:

• Collaborate closely with game designers to align art direction with gameplay goals, ensuring environments, characters, and UI elements contribute to a seamless player experience.
• Provide art solutions that balance aesthetics with functionality, preventing visual clutter and enhancing navigational cues across the game.
• Establish clear artistic constraints across the art pipeline that support the above 2 points

Oversee Art Production Pipelines:

• Define concept requirements and oversee the translation of concepts into final assets.
• Ensure efficient and scalable art pipelines, collaborating with technical leads to integrate art assets into the production workflow smoothly.
• Ensure the art team is well-integrated within the broader development team, optimizing collaboration across all disciplines to meet project goals.

Quality Bar:

• Maintain high standards of visual quality across all game assets, from characters to environments and UI elements.
  

Mentor and Guide the Art Team:

• Provide ongoing feedback to artists, guiding them in their processes and technical execution to improve their skills and enhance the quality of their work.
• Foster an environment of continuous learning, supporting younger artists and driving the team towards creative excellence

Requirements:

Experience:

• A minimum of 8+ years of experience as an art director, senior concept artist, or lead artist on AAA console/PC projects (mobile game experience is a huge plus)
• Ability to hold the vision of the game across multiple elements like Environment art, Characters, VFX, UI, Animation styles and Marketing art.
• Strong understanding of game engines (Unreal/Unity), and proficiency with industry-standard creative tools (Maya, Photoshop, Substance, etc.).
• Experience guiding concept artists to create visuals that enhance player experience and readability.
• Strong collaboration skills to work closely with game designers, ensuring art direction aligns with mechanics and level design.
• Experience in creating or overseeing concept art for games, with a focus on functional, gameplay-driven design.

Skills:

• Strong understanding of visual storytelling, color theory, lighting, and composition.
• Strong understanding of game design principles and how art impacts gameplay.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to provide clear feedback and inspire creativity across teams.
  Experience managing art production pipelines and delivery of high-quality assets.

Portfolio:

• A portfolio showcasing your artistic vision, leadership ability, and experience in maintaining consistency and quality across large-scale projects.
  

Nice to Have:

• Experience working on shooter or extraction games.
• Technical understanding of optimizing game art for mobile performance.
• Work closely with Design, Engineering, and Level Design teams to ensure artistic elements are optimized for gameplay performance and technical constraints.