Art Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the overall health, scalability, and performance of Voldex’s Art function across its live-service games.

• Lead, mentor, and develop Art Leads, enabling them to take charge of visual direction and daily game management.

• Create, sustain, and refine unique visual directions for each game.

• Maintain a comprehensive view of art capacity, roadmap demands, delivery risks, and capability shortfalls.

• Allocate both full-time and contract resources to address competing priorities.

• Build and nurture a network of top-tier art talent.

• Oversee the entire art hiring process, including sourcing, evaluation, selection, and onboarding.

• Establish and enhance art standards, workflows, review processes, and approvals.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Producers, Engineers, and company leadership to convert product goals into art strategies.

• Guide decisions involving artistic quality, technical performance, scope, and timelines.

• Ensure consistent, high-quality art delivery without prolonged crunch periods.

• Manage the performance of the Art leadership team, including providing feedback, development support, and addressing performance issues.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership of an Art function that supports multiple games, products, or teams concurrently.

• Proven experience in leading substantial art organizations, including managing teams of at least 25 full-time employees.

• Experience directly supervising multiple Art Leads or other art managers.

• Strong history of coaching and developing Art Leads.

• Extensive experience in people management, including providing difficult feedback, performance improvement, and terminations.

• Experience overseeing distinct visual styles across various games or products.

• Strong artistic and technical skills encompassing 3D art, animation, 2D art, and technical art.

• Direct experience leading teams responsible for 3D asset creation.

• Experience in establishing technical art standards that balance visual quality with device performance.

• Strong background in art production and resource management.

• Proficient in portfolio-level capacity planning and allocation of both full-time and contract talent.

• Proven track record of delivering high-quality art in line with roadmap commitments without extended crunch periods.

• Experience leading Art within a live-service context.

• Comprehensive art hiring experience from start to finish.

• Experience in building and scaling teams utilizing full-time, part-time, and freelance/contract talent.

• Experience in hiring and managing distributed, international teams across various markets and time zones.

• Availability for regular collaboration during Eastern or Pacific Time business hours.

• Nice to have: Experience with Roblox Studio and Roblox development.

• Nice to have: Experience as the senior-most leader of an Art organization.

• Nice to have: Experience managing teams of over 40 full-time employees.

• Nice to have: Exposure to various game genres, audiences, and visual styles.

• Nice to have: Experience with external brand or IP partnerships.

• Nice to have: A strong network of art talent and experience in sourcing freelance/part-time artists.

• Required application materials: resume and website or portfolio.

• Must have authorization to work in the country of residence.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package - above-market salary, profit sharing, and stock options.

• Company contributions to retirement plans (401k, RRSP, Pension) across Canada, the UK, and the USA.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with additional offerings such as Life and ADD based on location.

• Flexible PTO policy - includes vacations and Federal/Bank Holidays.

• Remote-first work culture - ability to work from home or anywhere.

• In-person team gatherings.

• Company-wide virtual gaming events.

• Robux allowances.

• Professional development support - reimbursement for courses, materials, and training costs.

• Opportunity to collaborate with amazing people and make a significant impact on millions of daily players.