Creative Concept Artist (iGaming)

Creative Recruitment Limited - Creative, Digital, Marketing, Creative & Client Services Talent; England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in the UK seeks a Senior Creative Concept Artist to define the visual direction of mobile-first slot games. Responsibilities include developing high-quality concept art, producing mood boards, and collaborating closely with production teams. The ideal candidate should have a diverse portfolio, excellent visual fundamentals, and the ability to deliver clear and actionable concepts. This is a permanent, full-time position with a flexible start date, requiring onsite work four days a week and one day remote.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showcasing variety in styles, themes, and moods.
• Experience in concept art for games or animation.
• Ability to produce clear and actionable concepts.
• Strong skills in visual communication.
• Confidence in providing feedback to junior/mid artists.
• Understanding of how 2D concepts translate into UI, animation, and final production artwork.
• Strong interpretation skills, able to follow briefs accurately the first time without heavy guidance.
• Ability to adapt quickly and produce clear, actionable concepts for fast‑moving development.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality concept art defining themes and symbols.
• Produce mood boards and visual briefs for production artists.
• Provide feedback to maintain visual consistency.
• Communicate visual direction to team members.
• Adapt and produce concepts quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Communicate visual intent to designers, animators, and developers to ensure concepts translate into final assets.
• Work quickly, interpret briefs accurately, and deliver concepts with minimal rounds of clarification.

Skills

Strong range across styles

Excellent drawing and painting

Visual communication fundamentals

Experience in visual development

Adaptable to new styles

Collaboration and communication skills

Feedback to artists

Collaboration

Job description

Senior Creative Concept Artist

A UK‑based iGaming studio is expanding its art team and looking for a Senior Creative Concept Artist to define the visual direction of upcoming mobile‑first slot games. This is a hands‑on visual development role focused on creating themes, shaping art identity, and delivering clear, production‑ready concepts that guide the rest of the team.

What You’ll Do

• Develop high‑quality concept art that defines themes, symbols, characters, environments, props, and UI direction.
• Explore and build strong visual identities across a wide variety of themes (fantasy, mythology, seasonal, sci‑fi, cute/casual, historical, etc.).
• Produce mood boards, colour scripts, style frames, and visual briefs that production artists and animators can execute cleanly.
• Provide clear feedback to artists to keep visual consistency across assets and animation.
• Refresh and modernise existing art styles to improve aesthetic appeal, readability, and polish.
• Communicate visual intent directly to designers, animators, and developers to ensure concepts translate well into final game assets.
• Work quickly, interpret briefs accurately, and deliver concepts that don’t require multiple rounds of clarification.

Requirements

The team is looking for a concept artist who can work independently, adapt to new styles, and produce concepts that are immediately usable by production artists. To be aligned with the role, you should have:

• A portfolio showing strong range across styles, themes, and moods, not just one signature style.
• Excellent drawing, painting, colour, composition, and visual communication fundamentals.
• Experience in concept art or visual development for games, animation, or entertainment.
• The ability to break down concepts clearly through callouts, turnarounds, and clean production‑ready direction.
• Confidence providing feedback to junior/mid artists and supporting them through the pipeline.
• Understanding of how 2D concepts translate into UI, animation, and final production artwork.
• Strong interpretation skills, able to follow briefs accurately the first time without heavy guidance.
• Ability to adapt quickly and produce clear, actionable concepts suited for fast‑moving development.
• Comfort working across varied themes and styles (stylised, casual, semi‑realistic, creature design, etc.).
• A collaborative, communicative approach, clarity is key in this pipeline.

Candidates who rely heavily on one art style, struggle to follow briefs, or require extensive handholding during concept translation typically do not perform well in this environment.

Logistics

• Work setup: Onsite 4 days / 1 day remote.
• Right to work: UK only (British Citizens, ILR, Settled Status). No visas or sponsorship.
• Employment: Permanent, full‑time.
• Start date: Flexible, the team is happy to wait for the right artist.