Art Director (New Games)

TL;DR

Art Director (New Games): Lead the visual direction for ambitious new mobile games from concept through launch with an accent on art vision, multidisciplinary team leadership, and cross-functional alignment. Focus on defining creative standards, guiding production of gameplay assets and in-game implementation, and navigating complex creative decisions across new IP, existing IP, and partnerships.

Company

hirify.global is a leading interactive entertainment company for mobile games.

What you will do

• Define, evolve, and execute a clear art vision for a mobile game, translating creative ambition into direction for teams and stakeholders.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary art teams, coaching senior artists and leaders to improve performance and growth.
• Partner with producers, game designers, developers, business performance, player insights, and marketing to align art direction with game strategy and player needs.
• Guide creation of gameplay assets including characters, environments, animation, mood boards, style guides, and brand guidelines from concept to in-game implementation.
• Shape team ways of worhirify.global and creative processes that support excellence at both game and studio level.
• Work across new IP, existing IP, and external partnerships while accounting for technical constraints and content implementation.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading art direction across shipped games, ideally through a full development cycle from concept to launch.
• Proven people leadership experience, including leading multi-function art teams and developing other leaders.
• Strong experience partnering with senior cross-functional stakeholders to align creative vision, production needs, and business goals.
• Excellent visual communication skills to create, communicate, and drive an artistic vision.
• Deep knowledge of game art production across characters, environments, animation, style development, and in-game implementation.
• Strong strategic and operational leadership skills to turn broad goals into plans, priorities, and creative standards.

Nice to have

• Understanding of AI tooling for prototyping and production.
• Interest in visual and interaction design.
• Skills in Maya or similar 3D software.
• Experience worhirify.global with a range of development methodologies.
• Previous experience creating casual and/or mobile games.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact leadership role shaping new mobile game titles at hirify.global.
• Collaboration across multiple disciplines to align art direction with product goals.
• Hands-on creative direction combined with strategic leadership.
• Supportive coaching and mentoring to help teams do their best work.

Hiring process

• Share an online portfolio and relevant case studies or examples of leadership work.