As Art Team Leader at Playtika, you'll lead and mentor a team of artists and animators, overseeing the creation of 2D assets (characters, backgrounds, UI, etc.) for various projects.  Responsibilities include reviewing time logs, allocating tasks, managing project schedules, maintaining quality standards, collaborating with other departments, and providing creative direction. You will guide the team in translating concept briefings into production art, offering feedback, and ensuring efficient workflow. Strong leadership, illustration, and concept art skills are essential, along with excellent communication and time management abilities.  Experience with project management tools like Jira or Monday.com is a plus.  A portfolio is required for application.

<p>For a decade Playtika has been a pioneer in the games industry with more than 34 million monthly active users across a portfolio of casual games titles. We were among the first to offer free-to-play games on social networks, and shortly after, on mobile platforms. Playtika creates disruptive gaming experiences that are reshaping the gaming landscape using cutting-edge technologies in Live-Ops, Data Analytics and Performance Marketing. As a digital entertainment powerhouse, Playtika processes 9TB of data daily. Our creative team translate data-driven insights into customized story lines that deliver exciting challenges and surprising thrills, at every twist and every turn. We move fast, seizing new opportunities, pushing boundaries and leveraging the technology and talent we’ve acquired along the way. At Playtika, we are storytellers and coders, artists and data-scientists, explorers and strategists. We don’t just build games, we bring them to life. We create infinite ways to play. Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, Playtika has over 3700 employees in offices worldwide including Ramat Gan, Berlin, , Warsaw, Vienna, Helsinki, Chicago, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Sydney, Kyiv, Bucharest, Minsk, Dnepr, and Vinnytsia.</p>

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<div id="description"><div class="content-intro"><p><span data-contrast="auto">Join us at Playtika (NASDAQ: PLTK), where we're driven by the belief life needs play. We’re on a mission to deliver infinite ways to play using cutting-edge technologies like AI and machine learning to craft immersive experiences that connect, inspire and entertain millions of players worldwide.&nbsp;</span> </p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">From our start as a small mobile games company founded in Israel to our current position as a publicly traded company and industry leader, we continue to be a dominant force in interactive entertainment. With a diverse portfolio of award-winning, category-leading Casual and Social Casino-themed games, including nine of the top 100 highest-grossing mobile games in the US, we're setting the standard for excellence.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Our success story is co-authored by a dynamic team of storytellers, strategists, creators and data scientists who thrive on innovation. We are home of the best, advancing an inclusive culture that embraces our core values and reflects our agile DNA.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">With a strong financial foundation, disciplined operations, unwavering player-focused approach and&nbsp; relentless can-do spirit, we're well-positioned for sustained growth. If you're ready to join the driving force behind the evolution of interactive entertainment, we invite you to come play with us.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}">&nbsp;</span></p></div><h2>Responsibilities:</h2>
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<li>Leading the Art and Animation Team</li>
<li>Reviewing time log reports of the art and animations, check due dates/backlogs</li>
<li>Allocating roles to Art Team members based on specialization and project requirements</li>
<li>Managing the creation of 2D designs (art and animations) for different types of assets (characters, concepts, backgrounds, logos, UI, FX) across designated projects, maintaining quality, design and pipeline requirements, collaborate with Art and Animation</li>
<li>Road mapping the longer-term view for the 2D design needs</li>
<li>Creating project schedule for the art team in line with the overall project timelines</li>
<li>Communicating project schedule and deliverables timelines to the 2D art/animation team</li>
<li>Holding regular 1:1 meeting with artists/animators on the project team to mentor them in their professional and self growth</li>
<li>Define priorities and workflow of the art pipeline to meet production goals</li>
<li>Communicating project status, prioritized goals and updated timelines to the art team regularly</li>
<li>Providing guidance to the art team to help translate concept briefings into production art options</li>
<li>Reviewing concept art to provide feedback to the team</li>
<li>Collaborating with the group manager and all the other CC departments</li>
<li>Contributing to art department meetings to ensure efficiency and productivity of the department</li>
<li>Contributing to the creative ideas and illustrations to present the creative vision into a concept</li>
<li>Be proactive in communication and find solutions for problems that arise as development progresses.</li>
<li>Experience work with JIRA, Monday might be plus</li>
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<h2>Requirements:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Proven experience in leading teams</li>
<li>Proven experience in illustration and concept art</li>
<li>Strong general art foundation</li>
<li>Ability to create versatile types of art might be good</li>
<li>Ability to quickly provide ideas</li>
<li>Strong passion for gaming</li>
<li>Excellent communication &amp; collaboration skills.</li>
<li>Excellent organization and efficient time management skills</li>
<li>High level of responsibility</li>
<li>An eye for high quality artwork</li>
<li>Good sense of volume, lighting and materials</li>
<li>Ambition to learn new things and evolve</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Ai Knowledge research and implementation of new creative techniques and tools - an advantage</li>
</ul>
<p><u>**Only applications that have a portfolio will be taken into consideration.</u></p><div class="content-conclusion"><div id="requirements">
<p><span data-contrast="none">We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">If you feel the above describes you perfectly - Apply now!</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:341}">&nbsp;<br><br></span></p>
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