Art Director / Lead Artist

Amiqus; England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Studio benefits

Relocation assistance

Pension

Laptop provided

Generous holiday allowance

Job summary

Amiqus is partnering with a Hertfordshire-based video games studio to seek an Art Director/Lead Artist. The role focuses on hands-on stylised 3D character and environment work, with flexibility to specialise in characters or environments.

Hybrid work is offered: 2 days in-house, 3 days remote, with a competitive salary and exclusive studio benefits. The successful candidate will ship titles, lead the art direction, and collaborate to craft colourful, memorable worlds for players on PC and

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience in game art development and shipped titles.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality stylised 3D character art and game-ready assets.
• Experience creating characters, rigs, and animations.
• Experience defining and maintaining an art style across a project or team.
• Strong understanding of composition, colour theory, shape language, and visual storytelling.
• Experience working within Unity.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.
• Ability to provide clear, constructive artistic direction and feedback.
• Passion for creating games and memorable player experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the art team across projects.
• Define and maintain a consistent art style across the game and team.
• Oversee character and environment asset creation from concept to final polish.
• Collaborate with design and narrative teams for strong visual storytelling.
• Review asset pipelines and ensure Unity compatibility.

Skills

Art Direction

Character Art

Environment Art

Team Leadership

Unity

3D Art

Rigging

Animation

Art Style

Tools

Unity

Job description

We have partnered with an exciting video games studio based in Hertfordshire, who require an Art Director/Lead Artist to work on a range of new titles on PC and Console platforms. The studio has built a fantastic reputation and are known for their high-quality output, close relationship building and have worked on a series of greatly received titles, some of which have earned several 9/10 and 10/10 reviews.

This is a creative role with a major focus on “hands on” work, creating stylised characters and environments. Although this is an ideal role for a generalist, the studio is open to someone who specialises in either characters or environments as well. The key is a passion for video games and creating colourful and fun worlds for players to enjoy!

This role is hybrid working, with 2 days in-house and 3 days working remotely.

There is a competitive salary on offer, including exclusive studio benefits, relocation assistance, pension, choice of laptop and a generous holiday allowance, which includes Christmas closures.

This role is open to candidates who are eligible to work in the UK already.

Requirements

• Proven professional experience in game art development and shipped titles.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality stylised 3D character art and game-ready assets.
• Professional experience creating characters, rigs, and animations.
• Experience defining and maintaining an art style across a project or team.
• Strong understanding of composition, colour theory, shape language, and visual storytelling.
• Experience working within Unity.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.
• Ability to provide clear, constructive artistic direction and feedback.
• Passion for creating games and memorable player experiences.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a studio who are working on amazing games, which have a great reputation in the games community.