The Role
Lead the visual direction for mobile games, ensuring artistic vision and quality across products while mentoring artists and collaborating with teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Location
HCM Onsite (Relocation Support)
We are seeking an experienced Game Art Director to lead the visual direction and creative strategy for our mobile game portfolio. You will define the artistic vision, ensure visual consistency across products, and guide artists and cross-functional teams to deliver world-class aesthetics that elevate player engagement and marketability. This role is central to shaping how our games look, feel, and stand out globally.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Own the end-to-end UI/UX direction, setting standards for clarity, usability, and visual polish across all products.
- Ensure efficient artists team workflows, resource planning, and clear communication.
- Provide creative direction and mentorship to designers and artists, maintaining consistency across game assets, UI, animations, and branding. across departments.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Game Designer, Technical Artist, and Developers to align artistic decisions with gameplay, usability, and production constraints.
- Review, refine, and approve all visual deliverables, ensuring they meet quality benchmarks and support player engagement goals.
- Drive continuous research into top-performing mobile games, market trends, and regional visual preferences (e.g., Korea, Japan, US) to strengthen competitive advantage.
- Partner with the UA and Creative teams to bring learnings from ad creatives and store tests into the in-game product experience.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Technical Requirements
- Minimum 4–6 years of experience in game art, UI/UX, or creative leadership, including at least 1–2 years in a senior or lead role.
- Deep understanding of mobile game art styles, usability patterns, and UI frameworks.
- Strong capability in visual direction, creative strategy, and building cohesive art systems.
- Experience reviewing and guiding work across multiple domains (UI, concept art, animation, VFX, marketing assets).
- Proficiency in design and prototyping tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, etc.).
- Background in mobile gaming is highly preferred.
- Experience with animation or motion design is a plus.
- Soft Skills Requirements
- Vision-driven creative leader with strong ownership and decision-making capability.
- Able to communicate direction clearly, justify creative choices, and align teams around a unified vision.
- Comfortable managing multiple game portfolios and balancing speed with quality.
- Highly collaborative, open-minded, and skilled at giving constructive feedback.
- Able to work cross-functionally with Product, Development, UA, and Marketing teams.
- Proactive problem-solver who anticipates challenges and drives visual innovation.
- Portfolio showcasing leadership in visual direction is required.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive salary, 100% salary during probation
- Performance bonus with 30% of company profit shared with no cap
- Full SHUI as Vietnamese Law + Premium Private Medical Insurance and annual health check
- Minimum 12 days paid annual leave + 10 days paid sick leave.
- 12 days working from home per year
- Annual flexi-budget (9.400.000 VNĐ/year) for well-being & personal development
- Free daily lunch with 10+ menu options.
- Free daily F&B: Snacks, juice, beverage, tea-time
- Monthly/Bi-monthly team activity allowance
- Company learning trip will be top of countries that we gain most profit. 1st is Korea, next destination is Japan
- Sponsored sports activities: badminton, soccer, ...
- Sponsored overseas conferences and industry events for all levels.
- ••Modern equipments/AI tool provided.
RELOCATION SUPPORT
This position is based in our Ho Chi Minh City office — but don't let that stop you from applying. If you're the right person for this role, we'd love to make the move work for you. Relocation support is available, and we'll work out the details together during the offer stage."
How To Apply?
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Skills Required
- 4-6 years of experience in game art or creative leadership
- 1-2 years in a senior or lead role
- Deep understanding of mobile game art styles and UI frameworks
- Strong capability in visual direction and creative strategy
- Proficiency in design and prototyping tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma)
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The Company
What We Do
Amanotes is a leading music tech company with the mission of delivering the best music interactive experience to users. Since 2014, 30+ music games and mobile applications were published under our name with 2+ billion downloads worldwide and 120+ million monthly active users. In 2019, we were proudly listed as the #1 mobile apps publisher from Southeast Asia, the #1 music games publisher in the world, and one of the top 20 mobile apps publishers in the world across all categories. If you love to work in a friendly and fun environment with music all around the corner, come join us! Explore our products on Google Play and iOS App Store such as Magic Tiles 3, Tiles Hop, Dancing Ballz, and more than 30 others.
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