Lead 2D Artist

Liquidnitro Games; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Liquidnitro Games, India’s flagship live services and game production studio, seeks a Lead 2D Artist to define and execute high-quality 2D visuals for a mobile game. You’ll work under the Art Director, producing assets across UI, cards, icons, and backgrounds, while ensuring consistency and readability on small screens.

Collaborate with designers and other artists to translate creative direction into production-ready art.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience as a 2D Artist, Concept Artist, Illustrator, or similar role in game development.
• Strong experience creating 2D artwork for mobile games, preferably casual, social, card, or live-service games.
• Excellent drawing, composition, colour, lighting, perspective, shape language, and visual storytelling.
• Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, readability, and appeal on mobile screens.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality 2D artwork for the game, including card assets, UI elements, icons, illustrations, backgrounds, events, rewards, and promos.
• Translate the Art Director’s vision into polished, production-ready artwork with consistent visual language.
• Develop visual concepts through thumbnails, sketches, colour explorations, paintovers, and final art.
• Ensure artwork is clear, readable on mobile screens with strong visual hierarchy and usability.
• Collaborate with UI/UX and Game Design to support gameplay and functionality.
• Maintain visual consistency across menus, screens, cards, buttons, icons, and marketing art.
• Produce key art, promotional illustrations, and social media assets as needed.
• Prepare production-ready assets with correct dimensions and Unity requirements.
• Provide feedback and guidance to other artists to maintain quality.
• Build mood boards, references, and art docs to support the team.

Skills

10+ years experience

Mobile game art

Strong drawing fundamentals

Visual hierarchy and readability

Art direction collaboration

Portfolio of production assets

Photoshop expert

Unity asset prep

Ownership of assets

Feedback & mentoring

Communication & time management

Tools

Unity

Photoshop

Job description

Liquidnitro Games is India’s flagship live services and game production company, founded by industry veterans with a proven track record in producing massively successful games & live services. For game companies, studios, and publishers worldwide - we offer world-class game development expertise to power creativity, growth, and profitability in their games.

What’s in it?

As a Lead 2D Artist, you will help define and execute the visual quality of a Mobile game under the Art Director’s vision. You will create polished, production-ready 2D artwork across gameplay, UI, cards, backgrounds, icons, illustrations, and events. The role requires a strong understanding of casual mobile games, visual hierarchy, readability, colour, composition, and player appeal. You will work closely with the Art Director, Game Designers, UI/UX, and other artists to turn creative direction into high-quality assets that are consistent, efficient to produce, and suitable for a live mobile game.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality 2D artwork for the game, including card-related assets, UI elements, icons, illustrations, backgrounds, events, rewards, and promotional content.
• Translate the Art Director’s vision into polished, production-ready artwork while maintaining a consistent visual language across the game.
• Develop and refine visual concepts through thumbnails, sketches, colour explorations, paintovers, and final artwork.
• Create artwork that is clear, appealing, and readable on mobile screens, with strong attention to visual hierarchy and player usability.
• Work closely with UI/UX and Game Design to ensure artwork supports gameplay, functionality, and an intuitive player experience.
• Create and maintain visual consistency across menus, game screens, cards, buttons, icons, pop-ups, rewards, events, and other live-service content.
• Produce key art, promotional illustrations, event artwork, social media assets, and other marketing visuals when required.
• Prepare production-ready assets with appropriate dimensions, layers, naming, and technical requirements for Unity implementation.
• Provide paintovers, feedback, and visual guidance to other artists, helping maintain quality and consistency across the team.
• Build and curate references, mood boards, visual guides, and art documentation to support the team and establish clear visual standards.
• Collaborate with the Art Director and cross-functional teams through reviews, incorporate feedback effectively, and help drive assets from exploration to final delivery.
• Mentor junior artists where required and contribute to improving the team’s overall 2D art quality and production processes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience as a 2D Artist, Concept Artist, Illustrator, or similar role in game development, with experience on at least 3 shipped titles.
• Strong experience creating 2D artwork for mobile games, preferably casual, social, card, or live-service games.
• Excellent fundamentals in drawing, composition, colour, lighting, perspective, shape language, and visual storytelling.
• Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, readability, and appeal on mobile screens and at different UI/gameplay scales.
• Proven ability to work within an established art direction and consistently deliver polished artwork that matches the defined visual style.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating production-ready game art across areas such as UI, icons, illustrations, environments, characters, props, cards, or marketing art.
• Expert-level proficiency in Photoshop.
• Strong understanding of preparing and optimizing 2D assets for game engines, particularly Unity.
• Ability to take ownership of an asset from initial idea and exploration through final production and implementation.
• Experience reviewing artwork and providing clear, constructive creative and technical feedback to other artists.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced live-service environment.

Bonus

• Experience working on card games, casual games, social games, or live-service mobile titles.
• Experience creating UI art, game icons, cards, badges, rewards, event artwork, and other mobile game content.
• Experience with Unity and understanding of how 2D assets are implemented in a game.
• Experience creating marketing key art, promotional illustrations, social media assets, and store creatives.
• Experience with AI-assisted ideation used responsibly to accelerate exploration while maintaining strong artistic ownership and quality.
• Experience creating style guides, visual documentation, and reusable art standards.
• Experience mentoring junior 2D artists and helping establish team-wide quality standards.