Lead Artist / Game Visual Director - London / Tokyo

Lowiro; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company is seeking a full-time lead artist in London to guide the visual direction of mobile games. Responsibilities include producing digital art assets and ensuring a consistent visual style across projects. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in digital illustration and a deep understanding of character and environment art. This role offers competitive pay, social insurance, and the ability to work from either London or Tokyo offices.

Benefits

Social insurance

Casual dress code

Friendly and inclusive atmosphere

Annual bonus eligibility

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in digital illustration, with 2+ years in a professional setting.
• Experience collaborating on high-quality visual projects.
• Strong skills in colors, lighting, rendering, and character design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the visual direction of mobile games.
• Produce character illustrations and visual assets.
• Guide changes to ensure consistent visual direction.

Skills

Digital illustration

Team collaboration

Color theory

Lighting and rendering

Character design

Background illustration

Knowledge of Japanese animation

Job description

Full-time lead artist, tasked with leading visual direction of games and production of digital art assets.

Location

Preferred: UK (London) or Japan (Tokyo)
International Remote will be considered based on qualification.

7 - 12 Million JPY
* For Tokyo location.
* For London location, salary will be adjusted.

• Social insurance
• Casual dress code
• A casual, friendly and inclusive atmosphere amongst those with a passion for working on games
• The ability to work from London or Tokyo offices for part of the working year, at your discretion
• Annual bonus eligibility alongside base pay

Holiday

• Weekends / Public holidays (adjusted based on location)
• London: 28 days including public and bank holidays
• Tokyo: Starting at 15 days (pro-rated)

Description of Role

We are looking for a lead artist to be tasked with the overall visual direction of mobile games as well as helping todirect all visual facets, including in-game art graphic/UI design and promotional materials.

You will also be tasked with the production of character illustrations and visual assets for game projects as well asguiding and directing changes to other illustrations and designs in order to form a consistent visual direction acrossa game.

You will work closely with the development team in communicating visual requirements and eliciting specifications forvisual assets.

Requirements

• Experience in digital illustration (5+ years personal and 2+ years professional)
• Experience in working as part of a team on projects requiring high visual-fidelity and communicating design/visual directions
• Firm understanding of colors, lighting, rendering and anatomy as well as character design, with the ability to illustrate in a style suited to lowiro games
• Knowledge and understanding of modern Japanese animation and illustration stylization
• Skill in background/world illustration for environmental design
• Experience in production of character concept & environment art