Senior Technical Artist

Dubizzle Limited; Oxford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading video game developer in Oxford is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to support the art asset pipeline and implement features in their proprietary engine. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of art creation workflows and relevant software like Maya or Blender. This position offers an extensive benefits package, including vacation days, private medical insurance, and a supportive work environment. Join a studio known for its successful titles and enjoy working in a creative atmosphere.

Benefits

22 days holidays + Christmas closure

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover

Interest Free, Tax-Free loans

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of art creation workflows.
• Excellent understanding of art fundamentals, such as composition.
• High level of experience within Maya, Blender or 3DS Max.
• Good understanding of runtime performance costs and how to optimise content.
• Knowledge of procedural content creation packages is a bonus.
• Experience with photogrammetry is advantageous.
• Previous experience with Adobe Substance Automation Toolkit is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve existing art workflows and practices.
• Identify inefficiencies in the art creation workflows and propose solutions.
• Design and implement new pipeline and optimisation tools.
• Guide artists in learning new and best practices.
• Author and improve technical documentation and tutorials.
• Identify assets and areas for optimisation through profiling.

Skills

Art creation workflows

Art fundamentals

Maya

Blender

3DS Max

Runtime performance optimization

Procedural content creation

Photogrammetry

Adobe Substance Automation Toolkit

Job description

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 filmstudio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Artist to join our dynamic Technical Art team, where you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of exciting, yet-to-be-announced projects. This is your chance to become part of a studio renowned for the Sniper Elite series and fresh from the success of Atomfall, our biggest game launch to date.

Your role as aSeniorTechnical Artist will be to research and create solutions to support the art asset pipeline, as well as participating in the creation of technical art features and implementing these within our proprietary engine. You’ll work with artists and programmers to create 3D art and bring it to life in the engine, review creative processes and identify opportunities for improvements to ensure our games are progressive and in line with the direction of industry standards.

You will play a key role in helping to develop the workflows to make quality and efficient art, while guiding the art team during creation and optimisation of objects within our AAA games. This is a fantastic opportunity to influence the technical art of Rebellion’s future projects.

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.

We believe in the power of face-to-face collaboration and encourage working from our Oxford headquarters. However, we understand that flexibility matters, so we’re open to discussing hybrid options based on individual needs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve existing art workflows and practices.


• Identify inefficiencies in the art creation workflows and propose solutions.


• Design and implement new pipeline and optimisation tools to aide content creation.


• Guide artists in learning new and best practices in content creation and optimisation.


• Author and improve technical documentation and tutorials around our tools.


• Identify assets and areas for optimisation through performance profiling.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of art creation workflows.


• Excellentunderstanding of art fundamentals, such as composition.


• High levelofexperience within Maya, Blender or 3DS Max.


• Goodunderstanding of runtime performance costs and how to optimise content.


• Knowledge of procedural content creation packages is a bonus.


• Experience with photogrammetry is advantageous.


• Previousexperience with Adobe Substance Automation Toolkit is a bonus.

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including

• 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.

Find out more about us here

Our size,stability, and the variety of in-houseexpertiseacross multiple industries, makes Rebellioncompletely unique! We workin our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. Wefoster an inclusive culture where you areencouraged to be yourself,to express your creativity andyourtalent. We are people focused and will support you in every way tocanbe 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 managedprojects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams toensure you are fully supported withyourphysical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to ourculture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. Weencourageall demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity,neurodiversityand beyond, becausea representativeteam makes betterproducts.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this roledoesn’tsound quite like you,we’rerecruiting for a range of positions across the studio andwe’realways happy to receive speculative applicationsvia our website.Visit our Careers website to viewallour live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers

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