Environment Artist

2K; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading video game studio in Oxford is looking for a passionate Environment Artist to elevate the visuals of an unannounced game. You'll create high-quality art assets, engage with the team, and ensure the project's artistic vision is realized. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to projects famous for their engaging gameplay, with a range of benefits and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

22 days holidays plus Christmas closure

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Enhanced Family Leave

Interest Free, Tax-Free loans

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

Various discounts and social events

Qualifications

• Proficient in 3D software like 3D Studio Max, Maya, and Blender.
• Experience with Zbrush or Mudbox for sculpting.
• Understanding of PBR material pipelines and real-time rendering.

Responsibilities

• Plan and build levels with a focus on visual storytelling.
• Create functional assets respecting technical constraints.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure task consistency.

Skills

3D software knowledge

3D sculpting skills

Artistic storytelling

Composition understanding

Game development process knowledge

Job description

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We are seeking a passionate and driven Environment Artist to help elevate the visuals of an exciting unannounced game - this is your chance to join a studio famous for the Sniper Elite series, and fresh off the success of Atomfall , our biggest game launch to date.

Your role will be to create visually stunning environments that push the aesthetic bar and engage the player.

You will create high-quality assets in line with technical constraints and artistic direction. As part of the Environment Art team, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality of an exciting new project.

This role is based at our riverside headquarters in Oxford, offering a creative and relaxed atmosphere where teamwork drives our success. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.

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
• Track and update the progress of tasks using the designated tracking tools
• 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

Requirements

• Knowledgeable of 3D software such as 3D Studio Max, Maya and Blender
• Experience using 3D sculpting packages such as Zbrush or Mudbox
• Knowledge of modelling processes, hi-res sculpting, baking and material/shader setup in a realtime render engine
• An understanding of PBR material pipeline/Substance
• Able to produce high quality art assets & visually compelling environments
• Ability to translate concept art and reference materials into 3d assets
• Understanding of composition and visual story telling
• Good knowledge of the video game development process

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!

Life at Our Oxford HQ

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.

Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!

Inside Rebellion

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

Find out more about us here

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers

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