Location: Cambridge, UK - This position can accommodate flexible working options. However, candidates must be based (or be willing to relocate) within a comfortable commuting distance of our Cambridge office to be able to attend onsite as required.
This is a 22-month fixed term contract
Are you an environment artist ready to leave your mark on a bold, stylised open world built in Unreal Engine 5?
This is a hands on role where you’ll have real creative ownership across the full environment pipeline: from asset creation and world building to final in-engine implementation. You’ll be shaping explorable landscapes in a stylised visual direction rooted in exaggerated realism – think bold, characterful worlds with serious craft behind them. Working closely with art leadership, design, and engineering, you’ll ensure assets are visually consistent, technically sound, and optimised for a large, interconnected world.
If you love building rich, believable game worlds and want to see your work explored by players, this is the role for you.
What you’ll be doing:
- Create and implement high-quality 3D environment assets and scenes that align with the visual style of RuneScape: Dragonwilds.
- Build modular environment kits and reusable assets to support scalable world building.
- Own the full asset lifecycle: modelling, texturing, and material creation aligned to the project's visual direction.
- Collaborate with Leads and Senior Artists to ensure assets meet quality, style, and technical requirements.
- Apply feedback to refine assets and maintain consistency across environments.
- Follow established pipelines, production guides, and technical constraints for Unreal Engine 5 development.
- Support environment production across multiple areas of the game, including terrain, props, and set dressing.
What we’re looking for:
- Solid experience creating environment art for games in Unreal Engine, with experience in industry standard tools (Maya, Zbrush, Substance suite etc.)
- A strong skillset spanning level art, prop creation, modelling, and texturing.
- Experience working on open world or large scale environments.
- A portfolio that shows off stylised or exaggerated-realism environments - we want to see your eye for a world.
- Familiarity with outsource pipelines and modular workflows.
- Experience with lighting or concept support is a bonus, not a dealbreaker.
What we offer:
When you join Jagex you can look forward to a generous Perks & Benefits package including:
- Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
- Discretionary annual performance bonus.
- Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
- Life Insurance.
- Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
- Flexible working hours.
- 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!
Right to Work Statement
This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship for this position, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship.
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.
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.
