Art Director

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Concept Art

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Job Description

Relax Gaming seeks an Art Director for its Stockholm studio to lead the art team in creating stunning visuals for casino games. The role involves defining and maintaining artistic vision, guiding artists and animators, driving creativity and innovation, fostering a collaborative environment, and ensuring visual consistency across all games. Responsibilities include developing concept and final game art (symbols, UI, characters, environments), working with the pre-production team and product owners, and focusing on quality and creativity within deadlines. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in game art and leadership roles, a strong portfolio, excellent communication skills, and proficiency in various art disciplines (2D, 3D, animation, VFX).
Must have:
  • 5+ years game art & leadership experience
  • Strong portfolio
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficiency in various art disciplines
  • Lead and guide art teams
  • Define and maintain artistic vision

We are opening the exciting role of an Art Director in our Stockholm studio at Relax. You will be leading the Art Team whose main responsibility is creating stunning visuals for the games offered by Relax studios. 
 
This is an exciting opportunity for an Art Director with a genuine passion for leading the creation of top-quality artwork for some of the best games in the Casino industry. The role of the Art Director is integral to our reputation with our operators and players. The role requires artistic talent, leadership skills, the ability to work within a team, and a keen eye for detail. At Relax, we are proud to provide our players with diverse art styles and themes across our games. As our Art Director, you'll be at the core of our creative process, guiding the visual direction for each game you lead. 
 

Focus will be on ensuring a cohesive, high-quality look by guiding and supporting our team of talented artists. You’ll be comfortable jumping in to create assets yourself when needed. 

 

Key Knowledge/Requirements: 

  • Experience: 5+ years in game art and leadership roles, preferably as an Art Director in the gaming industry or casino. 
  • Portfolio: A strong, visually compelling portfolio. 
  • Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal. 

 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Define and maintain the artistic vision with the preproduction team, ensuring consistency across all visuals. 
  • Lead, guide and support our artists and animators to deliver their best work. 
  • Drive creativity and innovation in iGaming visuals. 
  • Help foster a collaborative, growth-focused environment.  
  • Collaborate with the art and development team to ensure visual consistency as well as working closely with product owner for each game. 
  • Develop concept art and final game art like; symbols, UI elements, characters, and environments. 
  • Focus on quality and creativity within planned timelines. 
  • Making sure our games look visually stunning! 

 

Who You Are:
Experience in art direction or a similar role. You’re excited to inspire others and elevate game visuals. You’re collaborative, positive, and able to balance creative vision with production timelines. Good knowledge in all art disciplines (2D, 3D, animation, and VFX) is needed. 

 

Some software we use: 

  • Photoshop – Clip Studio – After Effects – Spine - Nuke – Substance – Maya - Zbrush 

 

About Relax Gaming 

Back in 2010, we kicked off our journey with a simple mission - to create outstanding games for the modern iGaming world. Fast forward to today, and we've grown to be one of the leading suppliers in the game, boasting an aggregation arm like no other. Despite our exponential growth, we've succeeded in staying true to our core values throughout the years, these are to be: Driven, Adaptable, Supportive, and Respectful. We live and breathe this ethos across our offices across the globe, namely in Malta, Estonia, Serbia, Finland, Sweden, and Gibraltar. Keen to find out more? Learn about us here. 

 

Life at Relax 

This role is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The Relax game studio in Stockholm is in the Galleria, right in the middle of the central part of the city. The studio is a five-minute walk from the central station and all types of shopping and restaurants can be found right outside our doorstep. 

 

Relax is at an extremely exciting growth stage as a company, however, we cherish our informal and flexible core atmosphere where self-initiative, taking pride in what you do and ambition to deliver the best results are key components. For the right person, there are endless opportunities for personal and professional development. 

 

We are starting with interviews right away, so be quick to apply! 

 

All applications are handled with full confidentiality. 

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About The Company

Relax Gaming Group was founded in 2010 with the goal of simplifying B2B content delivery for the modern iGaming landscape. With standardised pricing and collaboration central to its ethos, its recent and rapid expansion has been conceived in order to deliver unparalleled global reach.


Via a quick one-time integration, Relax Gaming now provides access to a roster of 1000+ casino games and a diverse range of proprietary products, including Poker, Bingo and its own rapidly expanding slot portfolio. The high-quality aggregated content is provided through its selected Silver Bullet (commercially represented) and Powered By (commercially independent) partners.


Regulated markets are also at the heart of its growth strategy, with licences held in multiple jurisdictions including: the Malta Gaming Authority, the UK Gambling Commission and the Romanian National Gaming Office (ONJN). In addition to licensed operations, Relax Gaming fully supports regulated markets such as Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia.

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