Art Director - RuneScape

Location: Cambridge, UK – This position offers flexible working options, including predominantly remote work. Applicants are preferably based (or willing to relocate) within a comfortable commuting distance of our office to attend onsite as required.

Can you give one of gaming’s longest-running worlds a clear visual voice—and lead the team shaping its next era?

RuneScape has welcomed more than 300 million player accounts across 25 years. As the game progresses along its Road to Restoration, we’re looking for an Art Director to define and champion the visual direction behind its next chapter.

You’ll take ownership of RuneScape’s artistic vision across environments, characters, creatures, UI, VFX, lighting and cinematics, bringing greater quality, consistency and clarity to the experience across PC and mobile. You’ll lead a large multidisciplinary art team, setting a clear creative direction while staying close to the day-to-day realities of live game development.

You’ll have genuine autonomy to assess how the team operates, evolve its structure and raise the quality bar across the game. Your work will directly influence player experience, the desirability of cosmetic content and the long-term visual strategy of one of the world’s most established MMORPGs.

What you’ll be doing:  

• Own and evolve RuneScape’s visual direction, creating a cohesive arti