art director for mobile puzzle games

Joyteractive; United States; Remote; USD 46,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Paid time off

Job summary

Joyteractive is seeking an experienced Art Director to lead the Picture Blast Solitaire team. You will shape visuals, UX and game feel, collaborating closely with product to deliver a cohesive player experience.

Responsibilities include leading the art team, defining visual direction, maintaining style guides, and ensuring assets meet high standards across mobile platforms.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in game development as an Art Director or Art Lead.
• Experience with mobile casual projects where visuals and game feel are key.
• LiveOps experience is a plus.
• A portfolio showing responsibility for visuals.
• Expertise in 2D art, UI/UX and game feel for mobile games.
• Experience leading an art team and hiring/developing artists.
• Experience defining visual direction for released products.
• Ability to review UI/UX in mobile games and ensure readability.
• Familiarity with animation and VFX production and Unity integration.
• Understanding AI tools for art and production workflows.

Responsibilities

• Review current visuals and UX and plan prioritized improvements.
• Improve game feel through animations and feedback at key moments.
• Create and maintain the game’s style guide and rules for visuals.
• Develop the visual style and variants for A/B testing.
• Lead the art team: set tasks, review work, give feedback.
• Set tasks for UX flows and interfaces and review results.
• Coordinate animations and VFX tasks and build acceptance.
• Contribute to new features from concept to UI/visual integration.
• Review all assets and approve visuals before release.
• Check visuals in builds across devices and assign fixes.

Skills

Leadership

Mobile visuals

LiveOps experience

Portfolio

2D Art

UI/UX

Game feel

Team leadership

UI/UX review

Cross-functional collaboration

Vision leadership

Large-scale production

AI in art

Mobile constraints

Tools

Unity

Spine

Job description

Описание

We are Joyteractive - a leading mobile game developer and publisher specializing in the captivating world of puzzle games. Today, our team boasts 70+ rock star professionals, and we’re on the lookout for talented individuals to help us dominate the world of puzzles! Our flagship game, Cryptogram: Word Brain Puzzle, consistently ranks in the top word puzzle games in the US: #1 in the Cryptogram niche by downloads #3 in Word Games We’re looking for an experienced Art Director to join the Picture Blast Solitaire team. The role combines art, UX and game feel, covering how the game looks and how good it feels to play at every moment, in close collaboration with the product team. What are you working on? Genres: Puzzle, Word Games, Casual Platforms: Mobile, iOS, Android

Задачи

• Review the current visuals and UX of the project and prepare a prioritized improvement plan
• Improve game feel: animations, feedback on player actions, satisfying moments at key points of gameplay
• Create and maintain the game’s style guide: palette, UI elements, fonts, rules for animations and effects
• Develop the game’s visual style, including potential major changes such as backgrounds and the overall visual approach, and prepare variants for A/B tests
• Lead the art team: set tasks, review work, give feedback, support growth
• Set tasks for and review UX flows and interfaces
• Set tasks for animations and VFX, review and accept results in the build
• Take part in new feature development from the concept stage: the visual and UX side of the feature and its integration into the overall style
• Review and approve all visual assets before they go into the game
• Check visuals in the build on devices and set fix tasks for the development team

Требования

• 3+ years in game development as an Art Director or Art Lead
• Experience with mobile casual projects where visuals and game feel are key: puzzle, coloring, hidden object, merge, match-3, farm
• Experience with a LiveOps product
• A portfolio of projects where you were responsible for the visuals
• Deep expertise in 2D art, UI/UX and game feel for mobile games
• Experience leading an art team: setting tasks, reviewing work, hiring, developing artists
• Experience setting tasks for and reviewing UI/UX in mobile games: mobile interface patterns, readability on small screens, onboarding
• Understanding of animation and VFX production, including integration into Unity (Spine or similar), at the level of setting tasks and accepting results
• Deep understanding of current AI tools for art
• Understanding of mobile device technical constraints
• Experience working in a product team in close collaboration with the producer, game design and development
• Experience independently defining the visual direction of a product that has been released
• Experience working on successful projects with a multi-million audience
• Experience organizing large-scale production of illustrated content in a consistent style
• Hands-on experience implementing AI in art production

Условия

• Poland - Remote
• 18 business days of compensated day-offs
• 8 paid Personal Days a year + 1 day is added every year
• Flexible Public Holidays policy
• 100% Sick Leave compensation
• Payment for wear and tear on equipment while using a personal computer
• Remote work