Asset Designer: Platform Games

Overview

Atari is seeking an experienced Platform Games Asset Designer to lead the adaptation, optimization and production of key art, UI, marketing visuals and game-ready assets across its global platform catalog. This is a contract, project-based engagement.

What you'll do

• Produce complete, spec-compliant platform asset bundles including capsule art, hero banners, app icons, splash screens, store marketing graphics and social media crops.
• Adapt and optimize key art for specific platform technical parameters (MSN, Reddit, YouTube Playables, Netflix Games), ensuring seamless scaling across aspect ratios and display density constraints.
• Deliver production-ready layered source files (PSD/AI) with clean alpha channels, structured background/foreground separation, and parallax-ready assets for UI/startup screens.
• Generate, format and optimize 2D/3D game art assets, vector graphics and 3D models in Blender for light WebGL and HTML5 engine integration.
• Design, extend and clean up in-game 2D UI components, HUD elements and promotional graphics.
• Enforce version control, file naming conventions and directory structures to ensure direct build integration by engineering and publishing teams without rework.
• Audit deliverables against technical specs, safe zones and platform compliance guidelines prior to executive handoff.
• Incorporate licensor feedback, legal notices and brand guidelines with precision, ensuring brand consistency across licensed IP.

What you'll need

• 3+ years of experience in 2D/3D game asset design, platform asset adaptation, or web/HTML5 game production.
• Demonstrated portfolio showcasing high-quality key art, store capsule design and asset optimization for commercial game releases.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building, adapting or delivering platform games and interactive assets on premier distribution platforms such as MSN, Reddit, YouTube Playables, Netflix Games, etc.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator), including non-destructive editing, batch automation, compositing and vector creation.
• Proficiency in Blender for 3D asset modeling, rendering and web-ready optimization.
• Familiarity with HTML5, WebGL and Unity asset pipelines and optimization constraints.
• Deep understanding of platform-specific asset guidelines, safe zones, UI/UX constraints and aspect ratios across web and streaming platforms.
• Strict adherence to corporate visual identity standards, logo lockups, typography and visual brand guidelines.
• Strong graphic design foundation with expertise in composition, typography and color theory under dynamic re-formatting.
• Strong operational discipline, asynchronous communication skills and experience in milestone-driven workflows.

Nice to have

• Motion graphics and video editing skills for animated store capsules, end cards and promotional trailers.
• Experience managing IP approval workflows with external brand licensors.
• Experience with Spine 2D or frame-by-frame sprite animation.
• Controlled use of AI-assisted design tooling (generative fill, upscaling) maintaining complete copyright compliance.

Details

• Remote, with core overlap required with Europe/India time zones.
• Flexible time commitment aligned with production and publishing schedules.
• Initial term of 3 months, scalable based on launch milestones.
• Monthly retainer compensation.
• All deliverables governed by standard work-for-hire provisions with complete IP rights assigned to Atari.
• Execution of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) required prior to project onboarding.