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game artist

Salary Range
£61,200 - £52,952
£5,100 - £4,413 / mo

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London, England
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Position Overview & Specifications

2D Game Artist

London

A new challenge?

Do you love the process of making great games?

Ability to design characters and creatures?

Do you like to help guide others through the process from concept to managing live games?


We are looking for a Game Artist with strong concepting skills to join us at our London Studio.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

  • The Game Artist needs to possess a combination of strong traditional art fundamentals with excellent design skills. That will help define high quality game aesthetics to the players.
  • You will be responsible for visualization, concepting various assets to be used throughout the game.
  • Equally as important is your ability to design new and appealing visuals.
  • You will create stunning stylized imagery for our mobile products.
  • This Artist will also create final in-game artwork, placeholder artwork, and provide art feedback to the outsource team.
  • Also, you need to be able to execute the existing art style flawlessly with high quality.

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of Game Art experience.
  • Quick sketching ability and visualization ability from written descriptions or discussed ideas
  • Excellent painting and rendering skills
  • Ability to communicate visually, and to identify and define visual design issues or solutions and Comfortable giving and receiving critiques
  • Excellent design skills, including the effective use of colour, form, lighting, composition, Anatomy, and appeal aesthetics
  • Strong character, prop design, and Background design abilities
  • Excellent Photoshop skills and other concept art tools
  • Ability to work within specific styles, including a style set by another artist or art director
  • A strong portfolio the demonstrates excellent concept and rendering abilities
  • A passion for games, virtual worlds, and social networking

Benefits:

  • In return for bringing your expertise to this top priority role, we can offer some of the best benefits in the Games industry!
  • Highly competitive salary
  • Private medical care
  • Awesome onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and lots of treats (naughty and nice)
  • Life insurance and a favourable pension scheme
  • Healthcare cash plan including dental and optical coverage
  • Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look!

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:

🇬🇧 Skilled Worker Visa (Tier 2)

Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.

⚖️ Official regulatory reference: UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) & Home Office Sponsor Register.

Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Video Game Publishing

Recruitment Insights

Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for game artist roles across Gram Games's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Video Game Publishing.

2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £61,200 - £52,952 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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