Senior Environment Artist in Oxford

We’re looking for a talented and experienced Senior Environment Artist to help drive the visual quality of an exciting unannounced title. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the team behind the Sniper Elite series and fresh off the success of Atomfall, our biggest launch to date. As a Senior Environment Artist you will have ownership of entire levels, collaborating closely with other departments. Your role is to create both props and environments in a realistic art style for one of our unannounced projects. This role can be based at any of our Oxford, Warwick or Runcorn studios, each offering a creative and relaxed atmosphere where teamwork drives our success. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.

Responsibilities

• Create environments in close collaboration with level designers.
• Assist in planning out space with consideration of narrative and visual storytelling, while documenting intentions.
• Create functional assets that can be shared across the project within technical and artistic constraints.
• Communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders to confirm task direction and consistency of own work.
• Ensure the technical and artistic quality of the project by collaborating with technical artists and making changes when necessary.
• Implement and incorporate feedback from producers and project leads.
• Support the Lead Environment Artist in any ad-hoc tasks and duties.
• Be an active mentor and role model for the environment art team, maintaining morale and fostering an atmosphere of creativity and enthusiasm.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a professional game development environment, including profiling and optimising scenes for current-generation platforms.
• Experience in lighting environments within a game engine.
• Good knowledge of 3D software; Blender is preferred.
• Knowledge of Substance Painter, PBR material workflow and high-to-low baking.
• Experience in gathering and efficiently utilising references when creating 3D art.
• The ability to create clean models with accurate texel density and game-ready geometry.
• A good eye for composition, scale and lighting.
• The ability to present work professionally, adapt to direction changes and remain open-minded towards learning new systems and workflows.

Benefits

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• EAP – a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
• Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

Right to Work Statement

This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship.