Art Director
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Job Location:
Greenville, NC - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 150000 - 250000
Posted on:
22 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Bad Dog Games is seeking a highly experiencedArt Directorwith deep industry knowledge and proven leadership in thecasino slot-gaming space. We are a small profitable gaming company experiencing rapid growth. We are executing our strategic plan to move beyond being an industry disruptor and become a significant omnichannel gaming provider across multiple markets. A key part of achieving this goal is evolving our talented highly productive art team(s) into a scalable gaming content organization. The ideal candidate combines a proven track record of leading collaborators with a distinct artistic vision that everyone in the organization can share. We are looking for someone with a trusted network of illustrators animators and vendors from which we can recruit while maintaining our team-first oriented culture. Candidates must possess strong hands-on skills inUnity illustration motion VFX and 3D. Familiarity with industry-leading creative processes is preferred.
The Art Director role will lead and mentor multiple art teams across several simultaneous game projects ensuring a world-class visual standard that aligns with our product vision and brand. Play a key role in developing industry-leading games growing the Brand and building a great organization that makes it all possible.
How you can help
Bad Dog Games is a rapidly growing player in the fiercely competitive world of regulated our first five years we have risen to the top of distributed gaming market challenging established global brands for market leadership. We are an ethical software company first focused on making great games that players loveand deliveringfinancialvalue toour customers while being reliable scalable and easy to maintain.
We offer an entrepreneurial environment that encourages engagement and growth. Contributions to our collective success come from all areas of the business. We offer competitive benefits such as company-paid employee health insurance.
Salary Range
$150000 - $250000
We strive to pay a market-competitive salary. All final offers for positions with Bad Dog Games will take into account the applicantsskills experience education and work location.
The Art Director role will lead and mentor multiple art teams across several simultaneous game projects ensuring a world-class visual standard that aligns with our product vision and brand. Play a key role in developing industry-leading games growing the Brand and building a great organization that makes it all possible.
How you can help
- Own and drive the artistic vision and visual direction for all titles ensuring each product achieves a world-class industry-leading visual standard.
- Collaborate with the Chief Product Officer and executive leadership and contribute to the overall gaming strategy.
- Guide teams in concepting storyboarding and developing high-impact game characters symbols environments UI/UX and animations.
- Ensure consistent art style brand cohesion and quality across all projects.
- Lead mentor and coordinate a multi-disciplinary art department including illustrators 2D/3D artists animators VFX artists technical artists and UI designers.
- Manage internal and external production pipelines; assign tasks review work and ensure deadlines and milestones are met.
- Build and scale art teams including sourcing talent from personal industry networks.
- Oversee and contribute to art integration inUnity including shaders animation setup VFX and optimization for performance.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure art direction complements gameplay math models and technical constraints.
- Ensure asset pipelines are efficient documented and aligned with production needs.
- Leverage existing industry contacts to source top-tier contract artists studios and audio/visual vendors.
- Evaluate and guide outsourcing partners ensuring quality style match and reliable delivery.
- Conduct regular reviews to ensure quality polish and ITL-friendly presentation standards.
- Ensure assets meet all technical and compliance requirements for ITL markets.
- Drive refinement of visual effects animations and UI/UX to AAA-quality slot-gaming standards.
- 5 years of experience as anArt DirectororLead Artistin the slot-gaming or casino gaming industry (required).
- Strong hands-on experience withUnity including art integration shaders and performance optimization.
- Expert-level 2D illustration character/prop design and motion graphics skills.
- Strong 3D knowledge with modeling texturing lighting and VFX (Maya Blender ZBrush Substance etc.).
- Direct experience guiding multiple art teams across multiple simultaneous titles.
- Strong leadership communication and organizational skills.
- Demonstrable portfolio of high-quality game art preferably slot machines casual mobile or casino-style games.
- A strong network of artists contractors and outsourcing studios within the casino gaming world.
- Experience with real-money slot games or Class II/III development.
- Familiarity with Cabinet/UI Integrations symbol ladders reel strips and slot-specific UX
Bad Dog Games is a rapidly growing player in the fiercely competitive world of regulated our first five years we have risen to the top of distributed gaming market challenging established global brands for market leadership. We are an ethical software company first focused on making great games that players loveand deliveringfinancialvalue toour customers while being reliable scalable and easy to maintain.
We offer an entrepreneurial environment that encourages engagement and growth. Contributions to our collective success come from all areas of the business. We offer competitive benefits such as company-paid employee health insurance.
Salary Range
$150000 - $250000
We strive to pay a market-competitive salary. All final offers for positions with Bad Dog Games will take into account the applicantsskills experience education and work location.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Apple Keynote
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Photography
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Digital design
- Maya
- Web Design
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Indesign
