Open/Speculative Applications - Environment Artist in Oxford

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION! For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We are seeking a passionate and driven Environment Artist to help elevate the visuals of an exciting unannounced game - this is your chance to join a studio famous for the Sniper Elite series, and fresh off the success of Atomfall, our biggest game launch to date. This role is dedicated to building environment art and scenes that push the aesthetic bar and engage the player. You will create high-quality assets and ensure that the integration of the work is in line with technical constraints and artistic direction. As part of the Environment Art team, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality of an exciting new project. This role is based at our riverside headquarters in Oxford or our studio in Warwick, 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:

• Assist in planning out the space, with consideration of narrative and visual storytelling, while documenting intentions
• Create environments in tight collaborations with Level Designers
• Create functional assets which can be shared across the project in respect of the technical and artistic constraints
• Track and update the progress of day-to-day tasks using the designated tracking tools
• 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 Senior Artists and make changes when necessary
• Implement and incorporate feedback from Producer and Leads into work
• Reference game design documents to develop an understanding of the environments, objectives, atmospheres, story and style of the project

Requirements:

• Knowledgeable of 3D software such as 3D Studio Max, Maya and Blender
• Experience using 3D sculpting packages such as Zbrush or Mudbox
• Knowledge of modelling processes hi-res sculpting, baking textures and material/shader setup in realtime render engine
• An understanding of PRB material pipeline/substance
• Able to produce high quality art assets in our game engine
• Ability to translate concept and reference artwork into 3d assets
• Understanding of composition and visual storytelling
• Knowledge of the video game development process

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.

Life at Our Oxford HQ: Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces. Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!

Inside Rebellion: Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms. Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and mental well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our 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 encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products. If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers #LI-Onsite