Marketing Artist - Runescape: Dragonwilds

Jagex Limited; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the gaming industry seeks a Marketing Artist to merge creativity and marketing. You'll create high-impact trailers and visuals, collaborating closely with teams to enhance brand storytelling for the RuneScape franchise. Bring your artistic flair to a vibrant team focused on building immersive content and community engagement.

Benefits

Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan

Minimum 6% Pension contributions

Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling

Life Insurance

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Enhanced family leave policies

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave + Bank holidays

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio showcasing trailers and promotional content.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and Adobe Creative Suite.
• 3D experience in tools like Blender, Maya, or 3ds Max.

Responsibilities

• Capture cinematic-quality footage using Unreal Engine 5.
• Create polished 2D assets with Adobe After Effects and Photoshop.
• Collaborate with marketing and community teams for high-quality content.

Skills

Cinematic storytelling

Collaboration

Visual composition

Emotional storytelling

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Adobe Creative Suite

Blender

Maya

3ds Max

Job description

Location: Cambridge, UK – (Remote available within the UK with team onsite days in the Cambridge office approx. 4 times per year)

Are you a creative generalist, fluent in both 2D and 3D pipelines, who thrives at the intersection of art, marketing, and storytelling?

At Jagex, the RuneScape: Dragonwilds team are building a beautiful world with exciting, cooperative gameplay experiences and we’re looking for a Marketing Artist who can bring that world to life beyond the game.

As a Marketing Artist, you’ll turn raw game assets into high-impact trailers, short-form social content, compelling visuals, and cinematic stories that fans want to share and watch again. From showcasing upcoming features to crafting partner-worthy trailers that set community forums alight, your work will play a key role in how players experience our game before they even log in!

This is a hands-on, highly creative role that blends game development and marketing. You’ll work closely with the community and marketing teams, capturing visuals that inspire and elevate the RuneScape: Dragonwilds brand across channels.

What you’ll be doing:

• Capture cinematic-quality footage from Unreal Engine 5 using Sequencer and in-engine tools.
• Extract, optimise, and repurpose game assets for marketing use.
• Create polished 2D assets using Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
• Work in 3D tools such as Blender, Maya, or 3ds Max to light, animate, and enhance marketing scenes.
• Collaborate with marketing and community teams to deliver high-quality content across trailers, social media, creator campaigns, and events.
• Help define and uphold the visual tone and storytelling craft of the RuneScape: Dragonwilds brand in marketing materials.
• Adapt raw gameplay into engaging stories that resonate with our audience and elevate player hype.

What we’re looking for:

• A strong portfolio showcasing trailers and promotional content with cinematic flair and high visual impact.
• Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, including Sequencer and asset handling.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly After Effects and Photoshop.
• 3D experience in tools like Blender, Maya, or 3ds Max, especially around scene lighting, animation, and rendering.
• Strong sense of pacing, composition, mood, and emotional storytelling.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and maintain a cohesive visual identity across all media.
• Passion for fantasy worlds, community storytelling, and creating moments fans will remember.
• Demonstrable Experience with live service games, open-world titles, or community-driven content.

What we offer:

When you join Jagex you can look forward to a generous Perks & Benefits package including:

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
• Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
• Life Insurance.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
• Flexible working hours.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!

About Jagex:

Jagex is a leader in developing and publishing deep, engaging online games that connect millions of players worldwide. Best known for the RuneScape franchise, which includes two of the world’s longest running and most successful MMORPGs, in Old School Runescape and Runescape, and the open-world survival crafting game, Runescape: Dragonwilds; we have proven success in delivering immersive Forever Games and fostering strong player communities.

We strive to foster an inclusive workplace built on trust, autonomy, and a shared passion for creating forever games.
Our values guide everything we do:We Embrace Fellowshipby collaborating and sharing openly.We Hone our Craftby always learning and improving; we Honour our Vows by being honest and transparent; we are our Customers’ Heroes by striving to understand our team & player needs, and we Seize The Day by making the most of every opportunity.

With over two decades of experience, and over 400 people in our team, we continue to innovate in live game development, leveraging data-driven insights, and a commitment to player-first game design. We have a diverse and talented team where creativity, collaboration, and community-driven game development drives everything we do.

As part of Jagex, you’ll have the opportunity to work on a globally successful franchise, contribute to exciting new projects, and be part of a company that hugely values both our employees and our players.