Senior Artist

Senior Artist

Location: Remote 
Contract: Full-time 6 Months initially with a view to be extended or made permanent

About Fusebox Games

At Fusebox Games, we create world-leading choice-based narrative mobile games enjoyed by millions of players around the globe. Since launching in 2016, we've become a leader in interactive narrative experiences through globally recognised licensed IPs and original stories.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Artist who has previous management experience to help mentor a team of artists and drive the visual quality of our games. This role is ideal for someone who combines exceptional artistic ability with strong creative judgement, management skills, and a passion for raising quality across an entire project.

As a Senior Artist, you'll take ownership of high-impact artwork, influence the visual direction of our games, mentor other artists, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver engaging player experiences.

The Role

As a Senior Artist, you'll be responsible for creating and directing high-quality visual assets while championing artistic excellence across the project. You'll play a key role in defining visual standards, improving workflows, supporting external partners and helping develop the wider art team.

This is a highly collaborative role, working closely with Art, Product, Narrative, Design and Production to ensure our games deliver a consistently high-quality visual experience.

What You'll Be Doing

Artistic Ownership

• Own the creation of complex and high-impact visual game ready assets.
• Take responsibility for the artistic quality of new features and seasonal content.
• Provide artistic direction across the Big Brother project for characters/ backgrounds/ props.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, consistency and artistic standards.

Art Direction & Quality

• Produce polished artwork requiring minimal revisions.
• Create and maintain style guides that establish clear visual standards.
• Ensure consistency across characters, environments, UI and promotional assets.
• Review and polish artwork ahead of final implementation.
• Maintain exceptional attention to detail throughout the production process.
• Identify and resolve visual inconsistencies before release.

Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, Narrative, Design, QA and Production teams.
• Help define and evolve the visual identity of our games.
• Clearly communicate artistic vision and provide constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with external outsourcing partners to maintain quality standards.
• Solve visual challenges through collaboration and creative thinking.

Technical & Creative Expertise

• Demonstrate expert knowledge within your artistic discipline.
• Apply strong understanding of:
  • Character design/ anatomy
  • Digital painting/ adobe
  • Shape language
  • Colour & light theory
  • Composition
• Mobile game art pipelines
• Balance artistic ambition with technical limitations.
• Ensure artwork is optimised for mobile performance without compromising quality.
• Continuously seek opportunities to enhance the player experience through art.

Leadership & Mentorship

• Manage, mentor and support junior and mid-level artists.
• Conduct 121’s and end of year reviews
• Share knowledge, techniques and best practices across the team.
• Provide detailed paint-overs, feedback and guidance to internal and outsourced artists.
• Help raise the overall visual standard of the department.
• Contribute to the growth and development of the wider art team.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who combines exceptional artistic talent with leadership, collaboration and a passion for creating outstanding player experiences.

You'll ideally have:

• Extensive professional experience creating game art for commercial titles.
• Experience producing high-quality assets for mobile or live-service games.
• Excellent artistic fundamentals with exceptional attention to detail.
• Relevant experience of managing other artists
• Experience creating and maintaining visual style guides.
• Strong understanding of visual storytelling and player readability.
• Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication and feedback skills.
• Experience mentoring artists and helping develop creative talent.
• A proactive, collaborative and solutions-focused approach.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working on narrative-driven or free-to-play mobile games.
• Experience directing outsourced art teams.
• UI/UX design experience.
• Experience helping define or evolve an art style.
• Knowledge of optimisation techniques for mobile games.
• Experience working with licensed IPs or established brands.