Art Lead - Remote Indie Studio (Visual Direction)

Brightrock Games Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

2-week summer break

2-week winter break

Job summary

Brightrock Games is seeking an Art Lead to own the visual identity for its production Kaiju Cleanup. You will steer art across concept, characters, environments, VFX, UI/UX and technical art, ensuring alignment with a production schedule while mentoring artists of varying seniority.

You should have shipped titles, build a visual language from scratch, and work within indie-budget constraints to deliver cohesive, screen-ready art.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing art direction on at least one shipped PC/console title.
• Ability to build a visual language from scratch.
• Experience mentoring artists across disciplines and seniority levels.
• Strong understanding of composition, colour and lighting, realistic on an indie budget.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the art vision for Brightrock Games’ titles, with visual bibles and mood boards.
• Lead and develop the art team, mentoring across disciplines and shaping pipelines.
• Collaborate with design, production, tech and marketing to translate concepts into a cohesive on-screen aesthetic.

Skills

Art direction

Mentoring artists

Cross-discipline collaboration

Shipped PC/console title

Composition, colour & lighting

Unity

Photoshop

Substance suite

Blender

3ds Max

Tools

Photoshop

Blender

3ds Max

Substance suite

Unity

Job description

Brightrock Games is seeking an Art Lead to own the visual identity for its production Kaiju Cleanup. You will steer art across concept, characters, environments, VFX, UI/UX and technical art, ensuring alignment with a production schedule while mentoring artists of varying seniority.

You should have shipped titles, build a visual language from scratch, and work within indie-budget constraints to deliver cohesive, screen-ready art.