Art Director (Kolhapur)

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 explicit 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 presentat Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.in/job/4n2iyy