Your role:

As the Art Lead, you will take strategic and operational leadership of the Art Team in a project, overseeing all visual disciplines from concept art and 3D modeling to animation, VFX, lighting, and UI/UX.
You will guide a multidisciplinary team of artists to shape the visual direction of our projects and ensure cohesive, high-quality aesthetics across our Double-A productions.
Your leadership will bridge creativity and production reality, fostering collaboration between Art, Tech-Art, Design, and Programming, while ensuring the department operates efficiently and aligned with Aesir’s long-term vision.

The kind of stuff you`ll be doing:

Your day-to-day work combines leadership, art direction, and departmental coordination:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Art Team, aligning visual goals, pipelines, and processes with Aesir’s creative and corporate objectives.
• Support and challenge the team to achieve consistent visual excellence across all projects and platforms.
• Maintain an overview of all art disciplines (Concept, 3D, Animation, VFX, Lighting, UI/UX), ensuring coherent integration and visual consistency.
• Collaborate closely with the Art Director to translate creative vision into actionable production plans.
• Mentor, coach, and guide artists across experience levels, fostering a culture of artistic growth, collaboration, and accountability.
• Work hand in hand with Tech Art, Programming, and Design to ensure seamless integration of assets and optimized pipelines.
• Initiate and drive process improvements, tools adoption, and workflows that enhance efficiency and quality within the department.
• Act as the key link between management, production, and the Art team to ensure timely, high-quality deliveries within budget.
• Represent the Art Team in cross-departmental meetings and communicate priorities and progress proactively.
• Implement and coordinate project guidelines.

Who are we looking for:

We are seeking an experienced and inspiring artistic leader with a holistic understanding of the art production process, someone who can unite multiple disciplines under a shared creative vision and guide them toward production excellence.

• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in game development, including several years in a senior or leadership role within an Art Department.
• Proven ability to lead and develop art teams, including setting goals, providing feedback, and supporting professional growth.
• Broad understanding of key art disciplines (Concept, 3D, Animation, VFX, Lighting, UI/UX) and how they interact in a production pipeline.
• Solid knowledge of game art production workflows, optimization principles, and integration into modern engines (preferably Unreal Engine 5).
• A strong sense of visual storytelling, composition, color, and artistic direction.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills to facilitate cross-department collaboration.
• Strategic mindset with a hands-on approach, able to assess challenges, make informed decisions, and support artists technically and creatively when needed.
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written (German is a plus).

Main responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership of the Art Team in alignment with Aesir’s goals and production plans.
• Ensure artistic quality standards and consistency, while ensuring a the timely delivery of all visual assets.
• Maintain and evolve visual and structural guidelines, ensuring order in and consistency across projects.
• Plan and manage training and development measures to strengthen the team’s artistic and technical expertise.
• Conduct regular feedback sessions, evaluations, and 1:1s to ensure continuous improvement and clear communication.
• Promote cross-department collaboration to maximize creative synergy and project success.
• Oversee and refine art pipelines, tools, and workflows to improve productivity and maintain scalability.
• Support project pitching, visual benchmarks, and marketing art when needed.

Benefits

• A welcoming and vibrant office located just 10 minutes from Munich Central Station, fostering creativity and collaboration.
• A 38-hour workweek, ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
• Relocation support if needed, making your transition to Munich seamless.
• Flexible remote work options tailored to your responsibilities.
• Free drinks (coffee, tea, soft drinks) and weekly fresh organic fruit baskets.
• Monthly prepaid credit card top-up of €50 for added convenience.*
• Recharge your batteries with table tennis or foosball after intense creative sessions.
• Exciting company events that combine knowledge exchange, fun, and team spirit.
• Public transport ticket and lunch subsidy provided.*
  *After the probation period.

About us

Located in Munich, Germany, Aesir Interactive offers a fun, focused and casual atmosphere while developing games for PC, Xbox, Playstation and Switch. We believe in people and our team and want to advance your skills and knowledge.

We strongly believe in agile development and the constant adaption of our workflows. We embrace the uniqueness of each project and prefer a structured and documented work style.