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title: 'Asset Designer: Platform Games at Atari, Inc.'
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# Asset Designer: Platform Games at Atari, Inc.

- **Company:** Atari, Inc.
- **Location:** United States / Europe
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atariinc/jobs/5459410008

## Job description

## About the Role

Atari publishes and markets classic and modern titles across premier web and streaming platforms. We are 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 our global platform catalog. Working closely with Production, Publishing, and external partners, you will deliver high-volume, spec-compliant asset packages tailored to diverse display environments and strict technical standards.

Engagement Details

- Engagement Type: Contract / Project-Based
- Initial Term: 3 Months (scalable based on launch milestones)
- Workplace Mode: Remote (requires core overlap with Europe/India time zones)
- Commitment: Flexible allocation aligned with production and publishing schedules
- Compensation: Monthly retainer
- Experience Level: 3+ years in 2D/3D game asset design, platform asset adaptation, or web/HTML5 game production

## Key Responsibilities

- 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.

## Requirements

- Demonstrated portfolio showcasing high-quality key art, store capsule design, and asset optimization for commercial game releases.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in 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.

Terms

All deliverables are governed by standard work-for-hire provisions with complete IP rights assigned to Atari. Execution of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is required prior to project onboarding.

## About Atari, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Atari is an interactive entertainment production company that manages an intellectual property portfolio of more than 400 classic games and franchises, while operating game development studios, publishing, consumer hardware, and licensing.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Euronext Growth Paris: ALATA, OTC Pink: PONGF)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 1972
- **Founders**: Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Video games / interactive entertainment
- **Target customers**: Retro and modern gamers (B2C); licensing partners and IP collaborators (B2B); hardware consumers
- **Mission**: To honor the legacy of the Atari brand and build an engaged community of passionate fans around retro-focused content.

## Products & Services
- **Atari VCS**: Modern hybrid console for playing classic and indie titles
- **Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration**: Interactive museum/compilation game
- **Digital Eclipse**: Game development studio specializing in retro collections and archival releases (subsidiary)
- **Nightdive Studios**: Studio known for remastering and publishing classic games (subsidiary)
- **MobyGames**: Renowned video game database and community resource (subsidiary)
- **Coatsink**: Game development studio (subsidiary)
- **Licensing**: Iconic IP including Pong®, Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, and hundreds more

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available in this search. (Shares traded on Euronext Growth Paris and OTC Pink as of 2024+)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue – not disclosed in available search results. As a public company, Atari files financial reports on Euronext.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Major partner/CEO Wade Rosen; no specific institutional investors listed in provided sources.
- **Growth Signals**: Acquisition and integration of multiple studios (Nightdive, Digital Eclipse, MobyGames, Coatsink); active hiring for AI and engineering roles (Senior AI Engineer, Principal AI Systems Engineer, QA Automation Engineer) across US, Germany, and India; headcount growth visible on LinkedIn (18 people, +9.3% YoY for core corporate, while subsidiaries expand independently).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Brand legacy**: One of the most recognized brands in gaming history, with over 50 years of cultural impact
- **Large IP portfolio**: 400+ games/franchises with built-in nostalgia and licensing potential
- **Studio network**: Owns specialized retro-focused development and publishing studios (Digital Eclipse, Nightdive, Coatsink) and authoritative database (MobyGames)
- **Unique market position**: Combines hardware (Atari VCS), software publishing, and licensing under one roof

## Strategic Focus
- Restoring, optimizing, and publishing classic video games to reach new and returning audiences
- Expanding AI-driven game development and systems engineering (as reflected in AI job postings)
- Growing community engagement around retro content and preserving gaming history
- Leveraging IP through licensing partnerships and new product categories

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Make gaming history” with a team that “dreams big, jumps into new technology, and expands into new markets.”
- **Hybrid / Remote**: Headquarters in midtown Manhattan with a hybrid environment that blends remote flexibility with collaborative in-office dynamics.
- **Perks**: Paid Time Off, Year-End Shutdown, and an explicit “Play Games!” expectation built into the workday.
- **Locations**: New York, NY (US); Münster, Germany; Delhi, India; plus remote options for certain roles.
- **Subsidiaries**: Opportunities exist across Atari and its family of studios (Nightdive, Digital Eclipse, Coatsink), each with its own engineering and creative culture.
- **Caution**: Atari warns of fraudulent recruitment; official communication only from @atari.com, @digitaleclipse.com, or @nightdivestudios.com email addresses.

## Sources
1. [Atari About Page](https://atari.com/pages/about)
2. [Atari Careers Page](https://atari.com/pages/careers)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atari)
4. [Atari Greenhouse Job Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atariinc)

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