Art Director

Team Up Recruitment; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 312,000 - 469,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work Kraków

Flexible hours

High autonomy

Close collaboration with CEO

Job summary

Team Up Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Art Director for a fast-growing iGaming tech company. You will own the visual direction of casino and hyper-casual games, shaping the artistic identity from scratch and building AI-powered production workflows.

You’ll lead collaborations with producers and developers, coordinate external studios, and drive art quality across UI, symbols, backgrounds, and animations, while mentoring a small, autonomous team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience creating art for online slots, casino games, or iGaming products.
• Strong hands-on skills in creating game symbols, backgrounds, characters, and paint-overs.
• Practical experience with Spine, including rigging, animation, and fixing assets.
• Experience building and improving AI-assisted art workflows, including prompt engineering and pipelines.
• Ability to work across different artistic styles and adapt concepts to various game types.
• Good understanding of Game UI design, including layout and color composition.
• Experience maintaining a consistent artistic direction throughout the lifecycle of a game.
• Experience collaborating with and managing external art studios.
• Ability to collaborate with game developers on art implementation.
• Proactive, independent, hands-on approach and ownership of creative decisions.
• Very good English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop the artistic direction and visual identity for new casino and hyper-casual games.
• Ensure visual consistency across assets, UI, characters, backgrounds, symbols, and animations.
• Create and polish game assets using Photoshop, including AI-generated artwork improvements.
• Work hands-on with Spine for rigging, animation, and asset fixes.
• Build and optimize AI-powered art production workflows from scratch.
• Collaborate with the Game Producer to translate concepts into visuals.
• Coordinate briefs for external studios and ensure quality standards.
• Work with developers to ensure smooth integration of assets into games.
• Take ownership of the artistic process from concept to release.

Skills

Art direction

Spine

Photoshop

AI-assisted workflows

UI design

External studios management

English communication

Art production

Proactive

Cross-style adaptation

Tools

Spine

Photoshop

Blender

Job description

We are recruiting for a fast-growing technology company operating in the iGaming industry, developing innovative gaming solutions and a SaaS platform supporting game development, integration, and distribution.

We are looking for a hands-on Art Director who will take ownership of the visual direction of these games, establish efficient AI-powered art production workflows, and help shape the artistic identity of new products from scratch. This is an opportunity to have a real impact on the final product, work closely with decision-makers, and combine creative ownership with practical design work.

Your responsibilities:

• Define and develop the artistic direction and visual identity of new casino and hyper-casual games
• Ensure visual consistency across game assets, UI, characters, backgrounds, symbols, and animations
• Create, refine, and polish game assets using Photoshop, including paint-overs and improvements to AI-generated artwork
• Work hands-on with Spine, including rigging, animation, and fixing assets delivered by AI tools or external studios
• Build and optimize AI-powered art production workflows from scratch, including prompt engineering, pipelines, and reusable tools
• Collaborate closely with the Game Producer to translate game concepts and mechanics into engaging visual experiences
• Coordinate external art studios, including preparing briefs, providing feedback, and ensuring quality standards
• Work directly with developers to ensure smooth implementation of visual assets into games.
• Take ownership of the artistic process from initial concepts through production to game release

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience creating art for online slots, casino games, or other iGaming products
• Strong hands-on skills in creating game symbols, backgrounds, characters, and performing paint-overs
• Practical experience with Spine, including rigging, animation, and editing or fixing existing animation files
• Experience building and improving AI-assisted art workflows, including prompt engineering, production pipelines, and reusable tools
• Ability to work across different artistic styles and adapt visual concepts to various game types
• Good understanding of Game UI design, including layout, visual hierarchy, and color composition
• Experience defining and maintaining a consistent artistic direction throughout the full game development lifecycle
• Experience collaborating with and managing external art studios, including briefing, feedback, and quality assurance
• Ability to collaborate directly with game developers on art implementation
• A proactive, independent, and hands-on approach, with a willingness to take ownership of creative decisions
• Very good English communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experience developing art for mobile games
• Familiarity with Blender and working with 3D assets
• Previous experience in smaller game studios or startup environments
• Interest in emerging AI technologies and their practical application in game art production

What we offer:

• B2B contract
• Hybrid working model in Kraków (typically 1 day per week in the office)
• Flexible approach to working hours and time off
• Opportunity to establish the visual direction of two new game lines from the ground up
• High level of autonomy and real influence on creative and production decisions
• Opportunity to build AI-driven art workflows and introduce new tools and processes
• Close collaboration with the CEO, Game Producer, and development team
• A small, experienced team with minimal bureaucracy and a strong focus on ownership and delivering results