Lead Artist (Unreal Engine 5 / Sports)

Refactor Games is a AAA sports video game studio. We are developing the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games using Unreal Engine 5.

We’re looking for a Lead Artist to guide the visual direction and art production across all disciplines including characters, environments, UI, and presentation. You’ll manage a talented internal art team, integrate work from external partners, and help deliver a cohesive, high-fidelity look that balances realism with bold, stylized clarity.

• Driving the overall visual direction and maintaining consistency across all in-game and marketing art.
• Managing, mentoring, and reviewing work from internal artists across multiple disciplines.
• Coordinating with external art vendors to ensure assets meet studio standards for quality and performance.
• Partnering closely with the Art Director, Design, and Engineering teams to define pipelines, tools, and workflows.
• Establishing and maintaining the project’s art style guide, reference boards, and visual benchmarks.
• Providing feedback on lighting, color, composition, and materials to achieve a modern, broadcast-ready presentation.
• Collaborating with production to scope, prioritize, and schedule art deliverables for milestone targets.

• 7 years of professional game art experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership or management role.
• Shipped at least one high-quality console or PC title.
• Expert understanding of art production workflows in Unreal Engine 5.
• Strong sense of composition, lighting, color, and material definition.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow artists across multiple sub-disciplines.
• Experience reviewing and integrating outsource work for visual consistency and performance.
• Excellent communication skills and cross-disciplinary collaboration experience.
• Portfolio demonstrating high-quality, real-time art with an emphasis on style cohesion and visual clarity.

• Deep appreciation for football culture and broadcast-style presentation.
• Experience shipping sports, racing, or other large-scale real-time simulation games.
• Background in art direction, concept art, or visual development.
• Familiarity with multi-language production or globally distributed art pipelines.