Tech Art Lead

1 Month ago • 6-8 Years • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Lead a dynamic Tech Art team in developing a successful social casino game using Unity. Responsibilities include designing and implementing visuals with a focus on performance, optimizing assets for mobile, and collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience as a Lead Technical Artist in mobile games, expertise in Unity and C#, and strong skills in shaders, VFX, animation, and art direction. Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills are essential. The role involves project management using tools like Jira and representing the Tech Art team in cross-functional discussions.
Must have:
  • Lead Tech Artist experience in mobile games
  • Unity expertise (visuals, performance)
  • 2D art import & integration best practices
  • C# programming
  • 2D/3D asset creation software knowledge
  • Git proficiency
  • Mobile game performance optimization
  • Shaders, VFX, animation, art direction in Unity
  • Excellent communication & problem-solving skills

Job Details

We need an experienced Lead Technical Artist to join one of our most successful social casino titles. This is a key role, requiring a proactive positive mindset. You’ll be running a dynamic Tech Art team that drives innovation and collaboration across the whole project.

What You'll Do

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a Lead Technical Artist in mobile games.

  • Expert in designing and implementing visuals in Unity. With a strong focus on technical performance.

  • Solid understanding of 2d art import and integration Best Practices within a 2d mobile application.

  • Experience in C# programming.

  • Solid knowledge in 2D/3D asset creation software.

  • Strong working knowledge of VCS (specifically git).

  • Solid knowledge in optimizing mobile game performance

  • Strong skills in shaders, VFX, animation, and art direction implementation in Unity.

  • Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

  • Fluent in English and able to represent the tech art team in cross-functional forums.

  • Experience with project management tools like Jira.

What We're Looking For

About You

  • You're a leader who mentors, supports, and unblocks your team.

  • An eye for quality. You are comfortable delivering visual and technical feedback.

  • You are highly organized, able to manage multiple features and priorities simultaneously.

  • You're a key voice in creative and technical discussions, balancing design vision with performance needs.

  • You have a deep understanding of mobile games, art and game mechanics.

  • Passionate about making games visually appealing, you're always exploring new ways to push creative boundaries within technical constraints.

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

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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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