Art Director - Gaming [Urgent Search]

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.

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