Sr. Art Director/Design Lead

Our client, a growing name in the mobile gaming space is looking for a Creative Lead/Art Director. LA based candidates who can work a hybrid schedule preferred but open to remote for the right candidate.

We’re looking for a Creative Director to own the graphical, video and sound experience, giving our players a rich, emotional experience. You will work with our founders and senior management, including brand, marketing and technology, to create and evolve our products, and our overall company brands. You have the heart and mind of an innovative creator, excited about your own design ideas, and the balance needed to recognize the value in other ideas and navigate the best path for the company and our players

POSITION SUMMARY

This role is highly collaborative, and will work with our founders and senior management, including brand, marketing, and technology to create and evolve our products and our overall company brands.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Be a creative innovator, interpreter, designer, and producer of the company’s brand and vision.

• Lead creative design on behalf of the company, balancing your work as an individual contributor with an overall spirit of collaboration among other stakeholders and divisions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and execute briefs, campaigns, and web standards.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product needs into smart, measurable creative strategies that differentiate the brand and enhance the player experience.

• Develop campaigns to engage our players across all social media platforms.

• Identify moments for brand-led initiatives to engage with players.

• Function as the link between brand, and product design in the development and execution of new game formats, and product innovations.

• Contribute strategic ideas and innovative thinking to meet market changes, reach business objectives, address competitive threats, and/or support strategic plans.

• Introduce new creative and production partners to collaborate with

• Improve creative development processes to optimize results around creative production value, speed, efficiency and accuracy.

• Benchmark other companies and keep abreast of industry trends, competitive landscape, target audiences, and marketplace changes.

• Utilize content management systems, project tracking applications, image libraries, and digital asset management systems.

• Share your experience and understanding of creative development/design and asset management tools with the company and provide recommendations around systematizing creative processes and procedures.

• Build out of creative team as work volumes increase.

• Source external suppliers including design agencies, freelance contractors, photographers, illustrators, animators, stock image providers, etc.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree with an art direction focus or equivalent work experience

• Strong portfolio of campaign work across a variety of media

• Significant product design experience including experience in overall campaign concepting.

• Proven success collaborating with internal departments and external agencies.

• 7-10 years of experience in product design for mobile and social gaming, ideally i-gaming

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