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Lead Artist
2 years ago
Three simple questions:
- Can you create amazing games art?
- Are you ready to oversee and run an entire art team at our Rebellion North studio?
- Are you happy to involve yourself in all areas of game art, from concept, environments, characters, and UI?
If you have answered ‘yes’ to these questions, read on my friend!
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 soon-to-be 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!
We are looking for someone like you to become our all-new Lead Artist and join our passionate and talented Rebellion North team, where we are building on the years of success that Rebellion has enjoyed.
Lead Artist role:
The Lead Artist is a new role dedicated to balancing creative vision with production, to produce high quality assets. You will have overall responsibility for all artwork and artists at the studio. You’ll also have ownership of the planning and structure of tasks and pipelines with efficiency.
As part of the Rebellion North team, you will play a key role in producing high quality art assets in our game engine as well as inspiring and motivating the art team.
The Rebellion North Art team delivers art direction for projects, focusing on delivering high quality assets.
Key Outcomes:
- Able to produce high quality art assets in our game engine
- Inspire and motivate the art team
Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for all artwork and artists at Rebellion North
- Hands-on contribution to artwork
- Work closely with other development teams to overcome issues and produce the best game titles
- Plan and structure tasks and pipelines with efficiency
- Collaborate with Head of Studio, Head of Art, Designers, Programmers and Producers to balance creative vision with production realities
- Produce high quality assets in their entirety respecting as closely as possible the concept art
- Become familiar with game design documentation and assets lists to understand your responsibility to create credible assets for the story
- Verify the quality of objects in the game, and make improvements where necessary to fit technical constraints and artistic direction
- Keep up to date with game artwork trends and influences
- Be an active mentor and role model for the art team. Work to maintain morale and create an atmosphere of creativity and enthusiasm
- Inspire and motivate the art team to achieve their best, driving artistic quality by example and successful team work, giving feedback and direction where needed
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.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of 3D software such as 3D Studio Max, Maya and Blender
- Expert knowledge of 3D sculpting packages such as Zbrush or Mudbox
- Expert knowledge of Photoshop or Substance Painter
- Experience of working and implementing artwork to a game engine such as Unreal or Unity
- Expert knowledge of PRB material pipeline/substance
- Able to produce high quality art assets in our game engine
- Easily able to translate concept and reference artwork into high quality character models
- Expert knowledge of the video game development process
- Expert knowledge of production pipelines
- Extensive knowledge of best practice people management
- Broad business knowledge of the company structure, operations and strategy
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
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