Senior Character Artist creating innovative creatures for gaming projects. Collaborating with teams to develop iconic characters in a four - day onsite schedule.
About the role
- Senior Environment Artist creating high-quality realistic props and environments for an unannounced title at Rebellion in Oxford. Collaborating across departments and driving visual quality with a high level of autonomy.
Responsibilities
- Planning and building entire levels together with level design, with consideration of visual storytelling and memorable aesthetics.
- Create functional assets which can be shared across the project in respect of the technical and artistic constraints.
- Communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders to confirm task direction and consistency of own work.
- Ensure the technical and artistic quality of the project by collaborating with Technical Artists and the Environment Art Team, and make changes when necessary
- Support the Lead Artist in any ad hoc tasks and duties.
- Be an active mentor and role model for the Environment Art team. Work to maintain morale and create an atmosphere of creativity and enthusiasm.
Requirements
- Strong professional experience in game development with a solid understanding of production pipelines (full production-cycle experience preferred).
- Portfolio showcasing** high-quality, realistic props and environments presented in-engine**, with confident composition, lighting, and materials.
- **Excellent art fundamentals** (composition, colour, scale, shape language, lighting) and the ability to articulate what’s working and what needs improving.
- Able to generate and iterate quickly in 3D, taking environments from blockout through to polished set-dressing.
- Demonstrates originality and strong reference skills. Able to interpret reference, **not just replicate**, and elevate quality through iteration.
- **Ideally confident in Blender** (training can be provided); experience with Maya, 3ds Max, Houdini, or similar DCC tools also welcomed.
- Strong PBR workflow knowledge, including Substance Painter and high-to-low baking.
- Comfortable building and optimising environments in a professional game engine, balancing quality with performance.
Benefits
- **We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including: **
- 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
- Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
- Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
- Enhanced Family Leave
- Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
- Enhanced Pension Scheme
- EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
- Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!
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