Lead Props Artist: Shape High-Detail Space Assets

Cloud Imperium Games; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Imperium Games in Manchester is seeking a Lead Props Artist to guide a talented team in creating high‑fidelity, hard‑surface props for locations, cinematics, and marketing. You will set the quality bar, mentor artists, and collaborate with Art Direction to ensure assets meet visual and technical standards.

You will champion excellence in hard-surface modeling, texture baking, and asset pipelines, oversee workloads, provide constructive feedback, and help grow the team’s skills while

Qualifications

• Exceptional ability to produce and review highly detailed, well optimised hard surface models, with a keen eye for quality across the team.
• Deep understanding of the artistic and technical fundamentals of game art production, with the experience to guide others and uphold standards across the department.
• Expert knowledge of material creation, high poly modelling and texture baking, with the ability to coach and upskill artists at all levels.
• Strong understanding of soft furnishing and organic asset creation, with the ability to oversee and provide direction on a wide range of asset types.
• Define, own, and communicate metrics and technical setup on assets, ensuring the full team works to consistent and well-documented pipelines.
• Be a proactive and inspirational leader, motivating the team, rising to challenges, and problem solving to keep production running smoothly.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of a diverse array of high-quality props, setting the artistic and technical benchmark for the team.
• Champion and elevate the quality of artwork across the team, both visually and technically, through regular reviews and feedback.
• Collaborate with other departments to produce assets with specific design and technical requirements.
• Partner with Art Directors and Producers to plan workloads, allocate tasks across the team, and ensure deliverables are met to schedule and quality targets.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Props Artists, conducting regular reviews, providing constructive feedback, and supporting the professional growth of each team member.
• Be a proactive and inspirational leader, motivating the team, rising to challenges, and problem solving to keep production running smoothly.

Skills

Hard surface modelling

Texture baking

Team leadership

Mentoring

Art direction collaboration

Workflow pipelines

Job description

Cloud Imperium Games in Manchester is seeking a Lead Props Artist to guide a talented team in creating high‑fidelity, hard‑surface props for locations, cinematics, and marketing. You will set the quality bar, mentor artists, and collaborate with Art Direction to ensure assets meet visual and technical standards.

You will champion excellence in hard-surface modeling, texture baking, and asset pipelines, oversee workloads, provide constructive feedback, and help grow the team’s skills while