Character Art Director - Lakshya Digital

About this role

The Character Art Director is a senior creative leader responsible for the quality, client satisfaction, leadership effectiveness, and overall performance of the Character Art discipline.Working across our global organization, the Art Director supports a Character Art organization of up to 300 artists, working through Associate Art Directors, Art Leads, and production leadership. A critical part of the role is serving as a mentor, advisor, and facilitator to our leadership teams in India—helping them solve problems, strengthen their teams, and consistently achieve client and studio expectations.The Art Director works closely with clients, Production, Business Development, and global studio leadership to strengthen creative quality, team capability, and overall performance.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Creative Leadership: Own overall artistic and technical quality while ensuring the creative leaders closest to the work are providing effective direction, reviews, and feedback.India & Global Partnership: Serve as a senior mentor, advisor, and problem-solving partner to creative leadership in India and other locations, helping teams develop solutions and build greater capability and independence. Client Partnership: Work directly with clients to understand expectations, translate feedback into clear direction, and address issues that may affect quality or client confidence.Leadership Development: Coach and develop Associate Art Directors, Leads, and senior artists, building strong ownership, accountability, judgment, and decision-making. Organizational Performance: Monitor quality, efficiency, first-time approval, rework, late-night working patterns, employee engagement, and other relevant KPIs; identify trends and drive improvement with Production and creative leadership.Business & Studio Support: Contribute to staffing, capacity planning, project scoping, capability development, problem solving, and selected new-business opportunities.