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Lead Prop Artist

Auroch Digital is a Bristol-based videogame developer with a passion for making games that relate to and deal with real-world issues. We work on original titles, partnerships, and work-for-hire projects – specialising in strategy, retro, porting and, digital tabletop games –including Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, Brewmaster, and Mars Horizon.

As Lead Prop Artist, you will be managing a small team of 4-6 prop artists in creating stylized, hand-painted props for Auroch’s unannounced AAA outsourcing project.

This is a varied role, with a strong focus on leadership. You will primarily mentor your team of prop artists, guiding them through creative and technical challenges and helping them achieve artistic growth and career goals. From time to time, you will create benchmark work that demonstrates the art direction goals and help push final art over the finish line in time for content lock.

You will also be helping the project’s Associate Art Director and Producers in the day-to-day running of the team. This includes attending client feedback and production meetings, planning schedules and workflows, and anticipating project risks and challenges well in advance so the team can put contingencies in place. Your experience as a Prop Artist will be key to smooth art production pipeline for the entire team.

The ideal candidate has demonstrable experience creating stylized prop art on commercial productions. Previous experience as a Lead is not required, but we are looking for someone with a strong interest in developing as a manager and mentor.

• A strong interest in, or enthusiasm for management styles that prioritizes the growth and well-being of your team.

• A portfolio demonstrating appealing, stylized prop art.

• Ability to self-direct and meet quality and production goals.

• Experience integrating and testing art for gameplay requirements in a game engine.

• Ability to represent the prop team professionally to clients in external feedback and production meetings.

• Previous experience as a Senior, or equivalent experience on a commercially released videogame project.

Auroch also offers a highly personable benefits package which has something for everyone, no matter where you are in your career.

*These benefits are part of our flexible benefits options and are opt-in selections.

We are dedicated to growing a sustainable business that provides security to our people while delivering a first-class experience to our partners and players.

As a people business, the success of our people is the success of our company. We prioritise taking care of them with a focus on supporting them, nurturing their talent and providing a healthy, friendly, enriching, creative and safe environment in which to work.

Sumo's employee diversity group, PRISM, exists to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, equality & wellbeing across the company and plays a key role in Sumo's ongoing goal of fostering environments where all employees feel safe, welcome & represented.

Our charitable and community initiatives provide support for meaningful causes that matter to our employees, clients and partners.

We continue to work to improve diversity in our recruitment and promotion processes, and to actively encourage people from marginalised groups to consider a career in the games industry.