Art Lead, Live Service Team - Games

Netflix; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Netflix's Next Games studio is seeking an Art Lead for the Live Service Team to guide visual direction and quality across a growing catalog of titles. You will define and enforce comprehensive style guides, mentor partners, and safeguard brand identities for broad audience appeal.

You will work with outsourced vendors and internal teams to deliver consistent visuals, provide clear feedback, and ensure timely updates across live games, maintaining high standards and facilitating strong external

Qualifications

• Experience across concept art, 3D art, and QA for live-service games.
• Ability to review assets against style guides and specs.
• Proven track record guiding external art outsourcing vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve style guides across Live Service titles to ensure high visual quality.
• Review outsourced assets and releases for style compliance before shipping.
• Maintain visual consistency and protect brand identities over time.
• Lead external partners with structured, actionable feedback grounded in specs.
• Monitor vendor performance and uphold strong vendor relationships.

Skills

Concept art

3D art

Visual QA

Asset review

Vendor management

Feedback delivery

Project management

Effective communication

Tools

Vendor tools

Job description

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.Who we areFrom games on TV to mobile and web, Next Games is a Netflix first-party studio that develops approachable games to entertain a diverse, global audience.We design games that Netflix members can enjoy every day as part of their subscription. Our games released on Netflix to date include TV games Boggle Party, Pictionary Game Night, Party Crashers: Fool Your Friends, and Underwatermelon, as well as Netflix Puzzled, available on mobile devices and on tudum.com.We proudly combine our Finnish game development culture with Netflix's global entertainment culture, embracing the strengths of both and empowering our talented and diverse teams to deliver their best work yet.The RoleAre you passionate about guiding artistic visions and shaping visual experiences? As the Art Lead for our Live Service Team at Next Games, you will champion visual excellence across our expanding game portfolio. In this role, you will protect and define quality standards, mentor creative partners, and safeguard iconic brand identities to ensure our games continue to captivate millions of players worldwide.Responsibilities:Own and evolve comprehensive style guides across all titles under the Live Service Team portfolio to establish and maintain a high visual quality bar.Review outsourced assets and game releases to identify specification deviations and maintain style guide compliance before shipping.Monitor visual consistency across the entire portfolio, safeguarding broader studio brand and franchise identities as titles evolve over time.Serve as the primary point of contact for external outsourcing and co-development partners on visual execution across all live titles.Provide external teams with clear, structured, and actionable feedback grounded in style guides and technical specifications.Track vendor visual performance over time to identify trends and inform studio vendor evaluation processes.Maintain positive vendor relationships while upholding the visual quality bar for all deliverables.Key Qualifications & RequirementsBroad-based understanding and practical proficiency in concept art, 3D art, and visual QA processes.Working knowledge of technical asset specifications (poly counts, texture compression, rigging constraints) and their impact on visual quality.Working fluency in asset review and project management workflows to deliver clear, directly actionable critique under deadlines.Effective written communication skills with an ability to deliver constructive feedback to internal and external partners.Strong collaborative mindset with an ability to advise teams effectively and escalate critical decisions when appropriate.Proven track record of maintaining visual quality standards across live-service titles or a portfolio of games over time.Demonstrated success managing and guiding external art outsourcing vendors directly.Experience building and sustaining vendor relationships while consistently upholding product quality standards.Nice-to-Have / Preferred QualificationsExperience working with licensed IP properties where maintaining high fidelity to a source franchise is required.We aim high here at Next Games and will ask you to do the same. In exchange, you’ll be part of a team that is great to work with, who is dedicated and passionate about what we do.Our guiding light in growing our team is that we don’t look for a culture fit — we look for what each person brings to our collective skillset, culture and values to make them richer. Will you be the person to make us better?Apply now.Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.