Art Manager

5 Days ago • 5 Years + • Game Production

Job Summary

Job Description

Product Madness seeks a dynamic Art Manager to lead the artistic vision and execution for its Innovation Lab. This role involves shaping the creative direction of new mobile games, from concept to launch. Responsibilities include team management, mentoring artists, overseeing art pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams (designers, engineers, product managers), ensuring artistic consistency and quality, and championing innovation. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience leading art teams in mobile game development, strong leadership and communication skills, a deep understanding of art pipelines and optimization techniques, and a passion for mobile gaming.
Must have:
  • 5+ years leading art teams in mobile game development
  • Expertise in mobile game art development
  • Strong leadership & mentorship skills
  • Excellent communication & collaboration
  • Deep understanding of art pipelines
  • Experience with market testing & iteration

Job Details

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Art Lead to drive the artistic vision, execution, and team management for our Innovation Lab.. This role is an exciting opportunity to shape the creative direction of new games and ensure seamless coordination between internal and external teams while maintaining high artistic and technical standards.
As an Art Lead, you will play a pivotal role in influencing and shaping the game’s creative vision, art execution, and overall player experience—from early ideation to market launch. You will partner closely with the Art Director, Product Directors, Game Designers, Engineers, and Project Managers to ensure the successful development, iteration, and release of compelling mobile games.
Beyond delivering stunning visuals, this role is about strategy, leadership, and innovation. In addition to developing and refining the art direction, pipeline workflows, and team strategy, you will mentor and guide a team of talented artists across multiple workstreams, fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement. You will be responsible for the your artists professional and personal growth as well as bringing the team together and drive the team spirit and collaboration culture.

Responsibilities

Creative & Strategic Leadership

  • Own and drive the creative direction for the game, ensuring all artistic elements align with business objectives and player experience goals.

  • Influence and shape the game’s visual style from concept through launch, ensuring a cohesive look, feel, and tone of voice.

  • Champion innovation by exploring and implementing new visual approaches that enhance gameplay and engagement.

  • Ensure artistic consistency and quality across all assets, balancing high-fidelity visuals with clarity and gameplay readability.

Team Leadership & Management

  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of artists across various disciplines, ensuring clear direction, collaboration, and growth.

  • Establish and communicate team objectives, ensuring alignment with the overall game and company vision.

  • Build and maintain trust within the team by providing consistent feedback, support, and career development guidance.

  • Foster a positive and collaborative team culture, encouraging ownership, creativity, and accountability.

Project Execution & Coordination

  • Oversee art production pipelines and workflows, optimizing efficiency and ensuring seamless cross-department collaboration.

  • Work closely with production teams to manage schedules, prioritize tasks, and ensure project deadlines and milestones are met.

  • Coordinate with game designers, developers, and product managers to ensure art direction enhances gameplay and player engagement.

  • Adapt and problem-solve when technical or production challenges arise, ensuring a smooth development process.

Operational Excellence

  • Establish and refine standardized processes to improve asset creation, implementation, and iteration cycles.

  • Own the creation and delivery of compelling art concepts that enable effective market testing and prototype validation.

  • Leverage data and player insights to iterate on visual styles and optimize the player experience.

  • Ensure technical constraints and optimizations are accounted for in asset creation, maintaining performance and quality across all platforms

What We're Looking For

Required Experience & Skills

  • 5+ years of experience leading or managing a team of artists in a mobile game development environment.

  • Demonstrated expertise in mobile game art development, from concept through completion.

  • Strong leadership and mentorship skills, with experience managing artists at different career levels.

  • Proven ability to develop and execute art strategies that align with game and business objectives.

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders.

  • Deep understanding of art pipelines, production tools, and optimization techniques in a game development setting.

  • Ability to create and guide a wide range of game assets, ensuring consistency and quality across all visual elements.

  • Familiarity with market testing and iterative development processes.

  • Experience working on a game from prototype to launch.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.

  • Passion for mobile gaming and industry trends, with a keen eye for innovation and player expectations.

Why Product Madness?

As part of the Aristocrat family, we share their mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play, with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles in the social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino. 

With 800 team members across the globe, Product Madness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona, Gdańsk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, making us a truly global powerhouse.

We live by our People First principle. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our team members have opportunities to elevate their careers, and grow alongside us. We take pride in fostering an inclusive culture, where our people are encouraged to be their very best, every day.

But don’t just take our word for it. In 2024, we made the Global Inspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at the Stevies for Great Employers in the ‘Employer of the Year - Media and Entertainment’ category.

So, what’s stopping you?

Our Values

  • People First

    We have the deepest respect for our people and their well being. We know they are exceptionally talented and will always have a choice. We want them to re-choose us every day. We are committed to building a culture where each person's voice will always be heard and addressed.

  • MAD for More

    Always improving, innovating and never settling for the existing. We push all boundaries with courage and ambition to become the world’s best games company.

  • Champion Together
    We excel at what we do but yet remain humble and helpful to our teammates. We champion one another and hold each other to high standards without any egos.

  • Globally Inclusive

    We are all Equal - regardless of the language we speak, where we live, our gender, religion or culture we come from. We want to build a global home, where everyone has the equal opportunity to make an impact.

  • Customer Focused

    We always think from the customer's perspective - be it players or internal customers.

    Improving their experience and joy is what drives us. Every client's success is our big win!

Travel Expectations

None

Additional Information

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

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About The Company

Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an ASX20 listed company and one of the world’s leading providers of gaming solutions. We’re licensed in over 300 jurisdictions and operate in over 90 countries around the world. We’re also proud to have a team of over 7000 employees that deliver outstanding results by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity and technology each day. We offer a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, social gaming and casino management systems, but it doesn’t stop there. Despite our global presence and exponential growth, we remain an ideas company at heart that is committed to delivering outstanding results for our customers and players and an unparalleled experience for our employees, who have the opportunity to grow, be inspired and be the best they can be.


Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us to live our mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play – every day.  


Come and join us – let’s play!


𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 @𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵.𝘤𝘰𝘮, @𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮, @𝘱𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝘮, 𝘰𝘳 @𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵.

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