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Head of Art

Have you got what it takes to be our next Head of Art?

We are looking for a passionate leader to lead our talented art team, and take responsibility and ownership for the growth, direction and output of the Art department across Rebellion Studios, leading us into the future of games art!

As the leader of the Art function will be responsible for the overall quality of Rebellion’s artwork, ensuring they are at the highest standard possible by continually assessing the current projects and requirements. You will act as a leader and manager to our wonderful, talented team; identifying departmental needs for software, training, hardware, staffing and recruitment to meet the demands of the projects in development.

As the Head of Art will have an exceptionally high artistic ability and a thorough understanding of the processes involved in creating real time game content.

Responsibilities

• Lead Rebellion’s Art team at a strategic level, ensuring a strong vision and strategy for the department that aligns with the overall business priorities and direction.
• Responsible for the overall running of Rebellions video-game art teams, ensuring the best quality of artwork across realistic & stylized games and a range of formats such as handled, console, PC and VR.
• Lead and manage the art team; identifying needs for software, training, hardware, staffing and recruitment to meet the demands of the projects in development.
• To be a forward-looking driving force behind new development processes that push scale, scope, efficiency & or aesthetic fidelity in future projects. And to bring teams together for effective prototyping and implementation.
• Responsible for keeping the overall quality of the company’s artwork to the highest possible standard.
• Maintain a thorough technical understanding of render processes and techniques to leverage the best artwork from the projects target platforms.
• Keep an up-to-date knowledge of games industry standards and understanding of where the industry is heading.
• Maintain a positive and inspiring culture throughout the art team where people feel motivated and inspired to thrive and perform at their best.
• To be a point of contact for a number of project art teams and specialist sub teams including Technical Art, Outsourcing, Photogrammetry, User Interface, Concept and Location Scouting.
• To collaboratively work at the highest level with Design, Animation, Code, Audio and Marketing department Heads.

Requirements

• Experience with a variety of games Genres
• Experience with different art specialisms and styles
• Experience leading a team of Artists to meet project requirements
• Exceptional artistic ability
• Understanding of the principles of people management and how to lead a team to high performance.
• Up to date knowledge of games art and understanding of where the industry is heading

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.