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.
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Inclusion & Accessibility Statement
We are committed to providing equal opportunities and creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, and we recruit, develop, and promote based on merit and ability.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please let us know when you’re invited to interview.
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About Jagex**
We are Jagex: The RuneScape Company. Home to one of gaming’s most enduring success stories. We create deep, community-powered games with worlds that evolve, inspire, and endure. Our flagship MMORPG franchise, RuneScape, has welcomed over 300 million player accounts, inspiring generations of players across PC and mobile for 25 years.
As we begin our 26th year, we are accelerating our strategy to expand RuneScape into a broader ecosystem of forever games and connected experiences, grounded in a renewed commitment to integrity and fair play. This includes the reduction of monetisation mechanics, as well as the launch of RuneScape: DragonWilds into Steam Early Access in 2025, representing a major step in building a multi-genre future for the RuneScape universe. We remain focused on building enduring worlds, empowering player-led innovation, and laying the foundations for the boldest era in RuneScape’s history. For more information, visit https://www.jagex.com/ .
Headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, we are home to passionate creators, storytellers, engineers, and even a few dreamers, all united by a single mission to shape the future of online worlds and empower players to make them their own. We’re looking for people to join us who share our ambitions and values. We foster an inclusive workplace built on trust, autonomy, and a shared passion for creating experiences that inspire our communities.
Our values guide everything we do: We Embrace Fellowship by collaborating and sharing openly. We Hone our Craft by 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.
Join us. The next era of RuneScape and the next chapter of Jagex: The RuneScape Company starts now.
