Art Director - Gaming

The Art Director is responsible for the game art content, ensuring that visual elements are of the highest quality. The opening is for a self-motivated, keen and versatile Art Director who has proven ability to work on game art, manage and inspire a team of game artists. This person will have strong skills in conception, 2D art with a clear understanding of technical pipelines and familiarity with optimizing and implementing art assets for game engines.

JOB LOCATION: Remote or Navi Mumbai

Responsibilities

• Define and own the art vision, style guides, and visual identity for the game(s).
• Create concept art, mood boards, key frames, style frames, and reference guides to communicate direction.
• Contribute to the creation of 2D art through hands-on tasks, along with providing art direction.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of artists (2D, VFX, UI/UX) — hiring, performance reviews, training.
• Oversee all art production pipelines, scheduling, and task distribution to ensure timely delivery.
• Collaborate with game designers, engineers, and product managers to align art with mechanics, UX, monetization, and performance budgets.
• Review and approve art assets (character models, environments, props, animations, UI, effects) to maintain quality, consistency & technical feasibility.
• Optimize art assets for mobile performance (poly count, draw calls, texture resolution, LODs).
• Push visual innovation: explore new techniques, shaders, workflows, effects, rendering styles.
• Ensure assets adhere to platform constraints (iOS / Android / different hardware tiers).
• Drive creation of presentation and marketing materials to communicate the artistic vision to stakeholders and external partners.
• Conduct regular art reviews and feedback loops, maintain version control and art documentation.
• Keep an eye on industry trends, competitor visuals, and R&D to bring fresh ideas.
• Occasionally represent the art team in cross-functional leadership meetings and external presentations (e.g. with publishers, marketing).
• Create training materials and events which develop the skills of the art and raise the quality bar within the studio.

Experience And Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in 2D, video game development or equivalent training/experience.
• 10+ years experience of creating game art with minimum of 5 years at senior level or above.
• Strong portfolio showing a variety of game art styles, polished final assets, and concept-to-delivery work.
• Experience of working on a published game from conception to release.
• Experience in designing and developing game UX and UI.
• Experience working with world team, providing direction and feedbacks as required would be added advantage.
• Strong 2D and concept art skills.
• Expert knowledge of Photoshop.
• Good grasp of mobile performance constraints, optimization techniques, and memory/draw call limits.
• Understanding of fundamental art theory including principles of color, light, composition and anatomy.
• Proven ability to balance esthetics with performance and usability.
• Proven ability to present clear documentation communicating ideas both within the art team and to external clients.

Other Skills

• Excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written).
• Positive influence and leadership skills.
• Motivates and inspires others to generate new ideas.
• Good organization skills. Anticipates, prioritizes and plans own work.
• Strong coaching skills.
• Considerable understanding of video games