Creative Designer - 9 Month FTC in Cambridge

Frontier is an independent video game developer and publisher, crafting immersive gaming experiences with fun gameplay and unparalleled artistic quality. Renowned for its iconic creative management simulation games, Frontier captivates players worldwide with immersive and authentic game worlds. The modern studio is located in the vibrant technology hub of Cambridge (UK). The talented team at Frontier are dedicated to nurturing our existing portfolio and delivering our exciting future roadmap.

This role is offered on a full in-studio basis or a hybrid basis (minimum 3 days per week in the studio). We can provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer, should you need to relocate.

We are looking for an experienced Creative Designer to join our Design Team on a 9 month fixed term contract. As part of the Creative Services team, you will help define the visual direction of multiple Frontier titles. You will create innovative, visually compelling work across touchpoints including game branding, social imagery, and marketing materials, collaborating closely with a highly creative, multidisciplinary team.

• Producing high quality, thoughtful creative that meets Frontier’s standards.
• Working across a range of projects, brand development, social content, event graphics, and digital campaign assets.
• Concepting and delivering strong visual identities across multiple platforms.
• Developing design solutions from brief to final delivery, adapting style to each project.
• Collaborating with Creative, Publishing and Development teams to produce effective online and offline assets.
• Preparing artwork to digital reprographic standards.
• Contributing ideas and supporting concept presentations.
• Helping scope, estimate and deliver complex project work.
• Providing constructive feedback on internal and external assets.
• Acting as brand guardian to maintain consistency and quality.

A strong portfolio showcasing brand development, digital design, typography and varied creative work is required. A passion for design and desire to elevate output is essential. A proactive, curious mindset with strong creative problem-solving skills is necessary. Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) are required, along with an understanding of digital formats (display ads, HTML emails) and experience in web/digital design.

Please provide a portfolio that demonstrates your varied skillsets and experience.

You will work with talented and passionate people to support, develop or publish our sophisticated and enduring games, in a creative, collaborative and inclusive environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our players. Wellbeing is a big focus at Frontier, and we are continually evolving how we can support our people. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide a range of wellbeing activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success-based annual bonus, share option schemes, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, in-house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme, free bike servicing, and social activities and events.

We strive to create an environment where everyone can fully demonstrate their capability and potential. If you therefore need any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition representative.

For queries, please email: recruitment@frontier.co.uk

Have a finished portfolio or reel that really shows your quality. With your portfolio, it is as important for us to see the final piece as it is to understand the development of that piece and process you have used. We are looking for quality over quantity, so only show the pieces of work that best represent your current level – pieces which are finished and that you are proud of. Let your personality come through in your cover letter and interview, let us know who you are as a person. Give an insight into how you tackle creative problems and your process for developing solutions.