Screenshot Artist - Contract in Royal Leamington Spa

Playground Games is seeking a Screenshot Artist to join the media team on Fable on a contract basis.

ABOUT US: As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.

About the role: 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. This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.

What you’ll do:

• 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.

What you’ll bring:

• 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.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable, and welcoming working environment. We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.