Art Director - Hands-On, Top-Down Sci-Fi Strategy (Remote UK)

Location: Remote UK

Salary: £70k+

Start: Immediate - flexible for outstanding hires

Type: Full-time, senior lead (18 month project)

Overview: An early-stage studio building a top-down strategy/RTS-adjacent game with two complementary layers: a hard-surface, industrial UI/management layer (base systems, crafting, inventory/crew management) and large-scale planetary environments viewed from a satellite/top-down perspective. The visual tone is realistic, gritty sci-fi with a slight 1970s retro/dystopian sensibility. You’ll join a small growing studio and be the first hire for the Art Team as a hands-on Art Director.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own the visual language across environments, vehicles, props, and UI, ensuring strong top-down readability at medium/far camera distances.
• Lead, hire and mentor a small internal art team; have ...