Art Director

Our client is a Kraków-based game studio building slots and casino games. They are launching two new product lines - classic slots and a brand-new line of hyper-casual 3D games with a gambling twist - and are looking for a hands-on Art Director to own the visual side.

This is not a role for someone who only reviews other people's work. You will set the art direction and make a big part of the art yourself - using AI tools wherever they speed things up, and your own skills where they don't.

• Set the art direction and visual style for new games, from first sketch to release
• Produce art yourself: symbols, backgrounds, characters and paint-over in Photoshop
• Design game UI: layout, hierarchy and colour
• Animate in Spine: rigging, animating and fixing files coming from AI tools and external studios
• Build the AI art workflow from scratch - generation, paint-over, prompts, pipelines and reusable setups that end in Spine-ready assets
• Work side by side with the game producer and developers to get art into the games
• Lead external art studios (briefs, feedback, quality control) and bring more of the work in-house over time

• Senior, full-time role on a B2B contract
• Hybrid work in Kraków - around 1-2 days a week in the office for brainstorming and fast iterations with the team
• Real creative ownership in a small team, with direct contact with the CEO, game producer and developers
• A chance to shape the look and the AI art pipeline of brand-new game lines
• Start: January 2027

Must have:

• Experience creating art for slots or casino games
• Strong hands-on skills - symbols, backgrounds, characters and paint-over in Photoshop - visible in your portfolio
• Spine animation: rigging and animating
• Practical experience with AI art tools and building workflows around them
• Game UI design experience
• Experience briefing and leading external art studios
• Comfort working across many art styles while keeping one consistent look per game
• Availability to work from the Kraków office 1-2 days a week

Nice to have:

• Mobile games experience
• Blender / soft 3D
• Experience with hyper-casual or 3D games

Please include a link to your portfolio when applying.