Job Description
Bad Dog Games is seeking a highly experienced Art Director with deep industry knowledge and proven leadership in the casino slot-gaming space. We are a small, profitable gaming company experiencing rapid growth. We are executing our strategic plan to move beyond being an industry disruptor and become a significant omnichannel gaming provider across multiple markets. A key part of achieving this goal is evolving our talented, highly productive art team(s) into a scalable gaming content organization. The ideal candidate combines a proven track record of leading collaborators with a distinct artistic vision that everyone in the organization can share. We are looking for someone with a trusted network of illustrators, animators, and vendors from which we can recruit while maintaining our team-first oriented culture. Candidates must possess strong hands-on skills in Unity, illustration, motion, VFX, and 3D. Familiarity with industry-leading creative processes is preferred.
The Art Director role will lead and mentor multiple art teams across several simultaneous game projects, ensuring a world-class visual standard that aligns with our product vision and brand. Play a key role in developing industry-leading games, growing the Brand, and building a great organization that makes it all possible.
How you can help …
- Own and drive the artistic vision and visual direction for all titles, ensuring each product achieves a world-class, industry-leading visual standard.
- Collaborate with the Chief Product Officer and executive leadership, and contribute to the overall gaming strategy.
- Guide teams in concepting, storyboarding, and developing high-impact game characters, symbols, environments, UI/UX, and animations.
- Ensure consistent art style, brand cohesion, and quality across all projects.
- Lead, mentor, and coordinate a multi-disciplinary art department including illustrators, 2D/3D artists, animators, VFX artists, technical artists, and UI designers.
- Manage internal and external production pipelines; assign tasks, review work, and ensure deadlines and milestones are met.
- Build and scale art teams, including sourcing talent from personal industry networks.
- Oversee and contribute to art integration in Unity, including shaders, animation setup, VFX, and optimization for performance.
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure art direction complements gameplay, math models, and technical constraints.
- Ensure asset pipelines are efficient, documented, and aligned with production needs.
- Leverage existing industry contacts to source top-tier contract artists, studios, and audio/visual vendors.
- Evaluate and guide outsourcing partners, ensuring quality, style match, and reliable delivery.
- Conduct regular reviews to ensure quality, polish, and ITL-friendly presentation standards.
- Ensure assets meet all technical and compliance requirements for ITL markets.
- Drive refinement of visual effects, animations, and UI/UX to AAA-quality slot-gaming standards.
What we are looking for…
- 5+ years of experience as an Art Director or Lead Artist in the slot-gaming or casino gaming industry (required).
- Strong hands-on experience with Unity, including art integration, shaders, and performance optimization.
- Expert-level 2D illustration, character/prop design, and motion graphics skills.
- Strong 3D knowledge with modeling, texturing, lighting, and VFX (Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance, etc.).
- Direct experience guiding multiple art teams across multiple simultaneous titles.
- Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Demonstrable portfolio of high-quality game art, preferably slot machines, casual mobile, or casino-style games.
- A strong network of artists, contractors, and outsourcing studios within the casino gaming world.
- Experience with real-money slot games or Class II/III development.
- Familiarity with Cabinet/UI Integrations, symbol ladders, reel strips, and slot-specific UX
- Work remote with quarterly office visits
Why Bad Dog?
Bad Dog Games is a rapidly growing player in the fiercely competitive world of regulated gaming. In our first five years, we have risen to the top of distributed gaming market, challenging established global brands for market leadership. We are an ethical software company first, focused on making great games that players love and delivering financial value to our customers while being reliable, scalable, and easy to maintain.
We offer an entrepreneurial environment that encourages engagement and growth. Contributions to our collective success come from all areas of the business. We offer competitive benefits, such as company-paid employee health insurance.
Salary Range
$150,000 - $250,000
We strive to pay a market-competitive salary. All final offers for positions with Bad Dog Games will take into account the applicant's skills, experience, education, and work location.
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, For contractors, Casual work, Work at office, Remote work