🏢 Company: Bytro
🇩🇪 Location: Germany
🌎 Work Model: On-Site
Join us as Lead Artist!
In this leadership role, you will guide and mentor artists, help shape and maintain the art direction at both franchise and product levels, and ensure efficient workflows across teams. Acting as a key touchpoint for stakeholders, you will balance creative vision with production needs while fostering a motivated and empowered art team.
How to Apply
If you’re ready to take on this leadership role, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now with your CV and portfolio.
Your Mission
Supervise and develop a team of artists, providing guidance, feedback, and opportunities for growth.
Set and maintain the art direction across the franchise, ensuring consistency and alignment with product goals.
Optimize workflows and improve organizational structures to enhance efficiency in art production.
Motivate, empower, and support the team, addressing concerns and facilitating conflict resolution.
Act as a key liaison between the art team and other departments, including Heads of Product and stakeholders.
Advise on hiring and team structure, supporting recruitment and replacement decisions to ensure a strong art team.
Manage outsourcing pipelines, ensuring smooth collaboration with external partners and maintaining quality standards.
Your Backstory
Minimum 5 years of professional experience in game art production, with at least 2 years in a leadership or mentoring role.
Strong understanding of art direction, composition, color theory, and asset production for games.
Familiarity with art pipelines, Unity engine, and outsourcing workflows.
Proven ability to mentor, motivate, and manage teams, with excellent interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills.
Comfortable working with product teams, designers, and developers, balancing creative vision with production constraints.
A proactive mindset with a structured approach to optimizing workflows and overcoming challenges.