Senior Game Artist

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Graphic Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Sr. Game Artist at Lingokids, you'll create playful, high-quality art for their multi-platform educational content. Responsibilities include mentoring a team of junior artists, ensuring visual consistency with the brand, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will produce high-quality artwork aligned with Lingokids' brand identity, ensuring visual quality and improvement of graphic assets. You'll need to understand usability needs for interactive children's products, adapting to the established visual style and promoting inclusivity and educational awareness through visual storytelling. Maintaining organized asset libraries and collaborating effectively with other teams are also crucial.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience in illustration/graphic design
  • Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
  • Experience mentoring junior artists
  • High-quality stylized character design
  • Strong communication & collaboration skills
Perks:
  • Career growth with €2000 yearly learning budget
  • Stock options
  • Meal allowance (€60/month)
  • Flexible compensation via Cobee
  • Private health insurance
  • Mental health support
  • Free language classes
  • Visa sponsorship
  • Company events

Job Details

Lingokids is on a mission to help families raise amazing kids through Playlearning™. Ready to join us on this exciting journey? 🚀

Lingokids is a global leader in educational technology, helping over 160 million families worldwide raise amazing kids through Playlearning™—our unique approach that blends education with play. Our mission is to empower children with modern learning experiences, combining educational subjects with essential life skills to help them grow into confident, conscious, and resilient lifelong learners.

Beyond our award-winning app, we’ve built a multi-platform educational universe, including our Baby Bot” and “Baby Bot’s Backyard Tales” shows, Podcasts, and Music Publishing. Our content, developed in collaboration with top education experts and Oxford Press University, ensures an engaging, high-quality learning experience in a safe, ad-free environment. This dedication to excellence has earned Lingokids multiple industry awards across app, podcast, and video categories, including Best Original Learning App by Kidscreen Awards, National Parenting Product Awards by NAPPA Awards, and Best Parenting Product by Good Housekeeping, among many others!

We’re looking for a Sr. Game Artist to bring playful, high-quality art to life for our content. You’ll help shape our visual style, mentor other junior artists, and ensure our graphics are engaging, inclusive, and aligned with our educational goals. A key responsibility of this role is to mentor a team of ~five junior artists, providing guidance and support in their day-to-day work and professional development. If you’re creative, detail-oriented, and passionate about designing for kids, we’d love to meet you!


What you’ll do

  • Onboard junior team members and mentor them on daily basis, helping them understand and adopt the visual style effectively and support them in their professional development.
  • Produce high-quality, recognizable artwork aligned with our brand identity.
  • Ensure the visual quality and continuous improvement of all graphic assets.
  • Understand and anticipate usability needs for interactive products designed for children, applying this knowledge to visual design.
  • Adapt effectively to the established visual style, including color palette, shapes, and character expressions/poses.
  • Collaborate closely with fellow artists and production teams to ensure smooth workflows and prevent bottlenecks or downtime.
  • Promote inclusivity and educational awareness through visual storytelling, reflecting diversity and social consciousness in all designs.
  • Maintain organized asset libraries, folders, and character documentation to ensure consistency and efficiency across projects.
  • Foster clear and effective communication with cross-functional teams to uphold usability, gameplay, and educational standards.
  • Ensure alignment of all artwork with the visual guidelines defined by the Creative Director.
  • Provide regular feedback, conduct performance reviews, and support the growth and development of team members.
  • Act as a reference point for the proper use of characters and visual assets across the company.
  • Support other teams by offering guidance on visual asset usage and participating in activities such as user testing or QA reviews.

What you’ll bring

  • 5+ years of experience as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer or 2D Artist in the creative or gaming industry, ideally working on children-focused products or interactive content.
  • 2+ years in a senior or mentoring position, with experience guiding or supervising junior artists
  • Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop (or equivalent industry-standard tools).
  • Proven track record of creating high-quality, stylised, and recognisable character designs and graphics.
  • Strong style adaptability: ability to follow and maintain a consistent visual style in line with existing art direction.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and a passion for delivering polished, production-ready artwork.
  • Strong empathy and communication skills: able to collaborate with product, UX, engineering, and education teams.
  • Comfortable giving and receiving structured feedback, conducting performance reviews, and mentoring team members.
  • Natural problem-solver with a positive and proactive mindset.
  • Organised and self-managed, able to juggle multiple projects while supporting the broader team.

*Please note that this role requires candidates to be located in Madrid.

English is a must: We’re a multicultural team providing a service in English, so while certifications aren’t necessary, fluency is essential. Clear and effective spoken and written communication is key to collaborating successfully.


Life at Lingokids

📚 Career Growth: Your growth drives our success! We invest in your development up to €2,000 per year for books, conferences, and training—so you can keep learning and growing with us.

📈 Stock Options: Your contribution matters! You'll receive stock options, giving you the opportunity to own part of the company and share in its success.

🍲 Meal Allowances: Get €60/month on your Cobee card to enjoy meals at restaurants or food delivery—good food makes everything better!

💳 Flexible Compensation: Manage your meal, transport and childcare expenses easily with Cobee, integrating them directly into your payroll.

 🩺 Health Insurance: Access private health coverage at exclusive rates through Adeslas, seamlessly deducted from your payroll—quality care made simple.

🧠 Mental Health Support: We care about your well-being. Get access to professional mental health support through TherapySide whenever you need it.

💬 Language Lessons: Learning never stops! Enjoy free language classes in Spanish and English, to sharpen your skills and stay connected in a global team.

🌍 Visa Sponsorship: If you need a visa to work in the EU, we’ll handle the process and cover the costs to make your transition seamless.

🎉 Company events: Yes! We’re a fully remote team spread across different countries, but we love getting together from time to time in different corners of Spain, for team gatherings and recharging at our amazing offsites!

Passion matters more than perfection

Didn’t check every box for this role? No worries! We’re looking for passionate, driven individuals who believe in our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d still love to hear from you!


Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Lingokids, diversity isn’t just a checkbox—it’s at the heart of everything we do. Just like we teach kids to embrace differences, we celebrate them in our team, knowing that the best ideas come from unique perspectives. We’re all about creating a space where everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to be their authentic selves. No matter your background, identity, or story, if you’re passionate about making a difference in education, we want you here.

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Lingo Kids is a brand new after-school language program developed for the Tredyffrin/Easttown school district. Our goal is to improve the basic foundation of foreign language skills, as well as raise multi-cultural understanding among children at the elementary school level.

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