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Job description
We are seeking a creative and technically skilled Screenshot Artist to join our Community & Media team. You will play a key role in producing high-impact visual content that engages our player community across social platforms, trailers and in-game promotional assets. Our ideal candidate will have experience in composing and capturing high quality screenshots, strong graphic design skills and an eye for creating stand-out assets.
Responsibilities
- Develop storyboards, visual concepts, and 2D art assets for social media and marketing efforts.
- Capture and edit high-quality game footage and screenshots from various platforms (Console, PC, in-engine).
- Apply strong graphic design principles to all visual outputs, ensuring clarity, consistency, and brand alignment.
- Work with the team to define and maintain the visual style of marketing and community assets.
- Collaborate closely with the directors, capture artists, and developers to stage, compose, and capture compelling game material.
- Edit and produce engaging video content using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects for both internal and external purposes.
- Review and refine video, motion, and graphic content based on feedback from stakeholders, ensuring high standards of quality and alignment with creative vision.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in motion design, gaming, and digital media.
Requirements
- Proven experience of creating high-quality 2D marketing art for games or entertainment, including social assets, thumbnails, channel branding, promotional graphics and video/trailers.
- Skilled in capturing gameplay screenshots and footage. An interest in photography or similar would be a plus.
- Strong proficiency in the Adobe suite - including Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
- Strong graphic design fundamentals - composition, typography, visual storytelling - with the ability to adapt and evolve to an established art style.
- Familiarity with cinematic or sequencing tools (Unreal, Unity, Motion Builder, etc.) is a plus.
- Ability to take constructive feedback and incorporate it into revisions.
- A portfolio showcasing graphic design and 2D artwork relevant to gaming or entertainment.
Conditions
- Hybrid work model with a minimum of 3 days in the studio in Royal Leamington Spa.
- Relocation assistance available if required.
About Playground Games
Playground Games is a British AAA video game developer known for creating the Forza Horizon series and currently working on the next Fable game. The studio focuses on genre-defining gaming experiences, including open-world racing and fantasy RPGs, for a global audience.[1][2]
