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Concept Artist

• Are you a talented and imaginative Concept Artist with a strong stylized portfolio?
• Do you want to see your concepts brought to life?

We are looking for someone like you to join our passionate and talented team, where we are building on the years of success that Rebellion has enjoyed.

What you’ll be doing:

The Concept Artist is a new role dedicated to delivering concept art for the project and ensure the integration of the work is in line with the project’s artistic direction. As part of the Concept Art team, you will play a key role in illustrating the consistent look and feel of an entire game.

As a concept artist you will work with game teams to create conceptual images of what scenes, characters, lighting conditions etc. might look like before huge amounts of time is invested in the work. Sometimes concepts are quick explorations, sometimes they form as finished artwork in their own right.

We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, pro-active, and versatile, to join and be a key member of a new team working on an exciting new project. This role would suit an artist with excellent traditional fine art skills such as composition, perspective, lighting, anatomy, architecture, texture, painting, and an artistic preference for stylized work.

We're looking for super talented people, so even if you don't meet every single little bit of criteria, please still apply if you have a strong portfolio and the passion to make a project your own!

Responsibilities

• Help develop and progress visual style from an early stage of production
• Illustrate the consistent look and feel of an entire game to a high standard
• Develop specific visual game asset concepts for construction and use in the project
• Communicate complex concepts and designs, from high level pitches to the smallest production details

• Reference game design documents to develop an understanding of the environments, objectives, atmospheres, story and style of the project
• Ensure the artistic quality of the project by collaborating with Senior Artists and make changes when necessary

Requirements

Requirements:

• Advanced traditional fine art skills such as composition, perspective, colour theory, lighting, anatomy, architecture, texture, and painting.
• Excellent character and environmental skills.
• A Strong stylized/comic style portfolio
• Industry experience and knowledge

Benefits

• Holiday: 26 holiday days annually, increasing with service to 31 days, plus national public holidays
• Private Medical Insurance: Our PMI scheme offers comprehensive cover to access private medical treatment, taking the stress and strain out of waiting for treatments via the NHS
• Pension Contribution: Tax efficient salary sacrifice contributory pension scheme where Rebellion matches 4% of salary, plus 10% of any contribution you make
• Healthcare Cash Plan: Cash-back on treatment costs, from flu jabs to chiropractors
• Dental & Vision: Cash-back on routine or emergency costs, free eye tests
• Income Protection: Financial help if unable to work due to illness or injury
• Critical Illness: Financial help if diagnosed with critical illness
• Life Assurance: Financial security for your loved ones at a difficult time
• EAP: Wellbeing hub, including confidential telephone support and counselling
• Active Rewards: Earn discounts and other perks for physical activity, from trainers to cinema tickets
• Gym Membership: Discounts to over 3,000 participating UK gyms, pools & fitness events
• Loans: Interest free, tax-free loans
• Relocation: Assistance with relocation planning and costs
• Cycling Cycle Scheme: Save around 30% of the cost of a new bike and equipment though salary sacrifice tax & NI savings, spread repayments over 12 months
• Discounts: 50% off most 2000 AD merchandise, plus Active Rewards and more through health schemes, from high street retail to holidays
• Referral Bonus: Up to £2k bonus for internal staff referrals that lead to hires
• Flexible Hours: Flexible start and finish times
• Great Friendly Culture: Friendly, creative and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and recognition of the importance of work-life balance (anti-crunch)
• Social & Charity Events: Annual Summer BBQ & Christmas Party, social groups such as photography and board games, charity events including football, go-karting and supporting Special Effect
• Digital Freebies: GDC Vault access, all Rebellion Steam titles, digital copies of 2000 AD and Rebellion Publishing comics, graphic novels and ebooks, physical game and film libraries

About Us:

Rebellion is a leading developer and publisher of games, and is also one of Europe’s biggest independent studios operating across books, comics, TV and film. Our Sniper Elite series is renowned for its authentic stealth and sniping gameplay with more than 35 million players worldwide. The Zombie Army franchise is a spine-chilling zombie shooter, and the recently released Evil Genius 2 is a satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind!

And those are just the projects you know about – there are loads more!

Diversity and Inclusion at Rebellion

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to develop a 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 would like to invite all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neuro-diversity and beyond because we believe a representative team makes better games and provides a better working life.