Open/Speculative Applications - Lead 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 on the hunt for an experienced Lead Environment Artist to help drive the visuals for an exciting unannounced project. 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 highly experienced member of the art team, your role is to manage, direct and deliver the environment art direction for the project. Your focus is to lead a team of Artists to deliver artistic content in line with your direction. This role is based at our riverside headquarters in Oxford, 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:

• Lead a team of Environment artists with best practice people management techniques.
• Be an active mentor and role model for the environment art team.
• Work to maintain morale and create an atmosphere of creativity and enthusiasm.
• Proactively manage your team’s performance and professional development through performance review cycles giving constructive, actionable, relevant feedback.
• Guide the creation of benchmark quality assets which can be shared across the project in respect of the technical and artistic constraints.
• Take ownership in creating game design documents to outline project goals for environments, objectives, atmospheres, story, and style of the project.
• Guide world building team to create terrains, structures, textures and engaging environments.
• Proactively assist with production estimates, scheduling and tracking.
• Challenge and help re‑define technical and artistic process by collaborating with key stakeholders, tech art and code to set long term technical goals.
• Communicate with centralised teams regarding photogrammetry, outsourcing and materials.

Requirements:

• Ability to delegate, balance team management and art creation.
• Expert knowledge of game engines and tools.
• Expertise in a 3D software such as 3D Studio Max, Maya or Blender.
• Excellent knowledge of 3D sculpting packages such as Zbrush or Mudbox.
• Expert knowledge of PBR material pipeline and texturing using Substance.
• Able to translate and creatively evolve concept and reference artwork into 3D assets.
• Expert knowledge of composition and visual storytelling.
• Excellent knowledge of production pipelines.

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.

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.