Job Description

Type: Contract to Hire (40 hours / week)

Compensation: $35/hr as contract

Company Overview

Wolf Games is a cutting-edge studio leveraging AI to expand beloved content worlds into full-fledged universes across games, podcasts, newsletters, and vertical video. Our founders have a rich history of creating hit TV series, leading media groups at Twitter and NextVR, and building genre-defining generative art platforms. We're at the forefront of combining innovative AI technologies with creative industries to redefine interactive storytelling. Our flagship title, Public Eye , an AI-driven crime game, launches later this year.

Role Overview

We're seeking an experienced Art Director to lead the art direction for our core Public Eye game, its evolving platform, and a growing suite of mini-games and extensions. You'll refine the visual tone and standards across products, define our aesthetic north star, and guide internal and external artists to execute on a cohesive visual vision that's both immersive and adaptable.

What You'll Be Doing

• Define the overall visual identity of Public Eye and its platform, ensuring aesthetic consistency across the core game, UI/UX, platform hub, and mini-games.
• Collaborate with Creative, Design, and Engineering leads to align visual direction with narrative and gameplay systems.
• Lead concept development for characters, environments, interfaces, and marketing assets.
• Develop and maintain style guides and visual references for internal teams and external partners.
• Manage the production process and pipeline for video, image and audio assets in Public Eye .
• Manage and mentor artists, giving actionable feedback and ensuring work meets quality and style expectations.
• Oversee outsourcing and contractor relationships, ensuring on-time and on-brand asset delivery.
• Ensure the visual design supports storytelling, gameplay clarity, and player emotion.
• Participate in branding and marketing discussions to maintain visual cohesion across all player touch points.
• Stay on top of visual trends in mobile games, narrative design, and UI to continuously evolve our visual language.

What We're Looking For

• 4–5+ years of experience in game development with at least 3–4 years in an art direction role.
• Experience with generative AI tools and pipelines is required; strong skills using generative AI coding platforms (e.g. Claude Code, v0, Lovable, etc.) is a major plus.
• A strong portfolio showcasing art direction across stylized or narrative games, ideally in mobile or platform-based experiences. Any work within the crime genre is a plus.
• Deep understanding of how visuals support narrative storytelling, especially in grounded character-driven formats.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional departments: game design, narrative, engineering, and marketing.
• Strong visual storytelling instincts, with a cinematic eye and knowledge of color theory, composition, and visual pacing.
• Experience contributing to UI/UX design tone and style, ensuring clarity across multiple platforms and screen types.
• Comfort working in a startup environment—hands-on, fast-paced, and highly collaborative.

Benefits

• Competitive Pay: $35/hour depending on experience, 40 hours/week; contract to hire.
• Remote-First: Work from anywhere with a flexible, asynchronous schedule.
• Creative Ownership: Help shape the visual identity of a flagship IP and game platform.
• Innovative Tech: Work at the forefront of storytelling and generative AI integration.
• Startup Adventure: Join a nimble, creative team at the cutting edge of games and media.

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