We are working with a mobile game studio based in the North-West of England who is looking for a Digital Artist to join their team and work on their popular hit mobile title.

What will you be doing?

• Designing social content for the game
• Graphic design, video editing and motion graphics
• Designing and implementing the social strategy content

• Degree in an artistic or designer subject OR a strong portfolio
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere
• Games industry experience a bonus

This company offers a competitive salary in a friendly and comfortable working environment, as well as a fantastic bonus and pension scheme.

Application

Please email your CV as a Word document and portfolio to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1580.

We are an equal opps recruitment agency, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR complaint.

• Creating in-game mobile content such as logos, menus, backgrounds...
• Content planning meetings

• Strong portfolio demonstrating 2D/3D logo and branding design
• Degree in an artistic or design subject OR a very strong portfolio
• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Games industry experience a bonus

We are working with a PC and console studio based in the South of Germany who is looking for a Senior 3D Artist to work on their hit project as well as their exciting new IPs. You will be creating a range of different types of 3D assets and props, and will need to be able to demonstrate a variety of art styles both realistic and cartoony.

What will you be doing?

• 3D real-time asset creation, including sculpting, modelling and texturing
• Asset integration, shader assignment and material settings
• Developing concepts and prototypes
• Building assets from photogrammetry data
• Using Unreal4 editor to create levels and open world areas

• 5+ years as a 3D artist
• 3+ released titles as a 3D artist
• 3DS Max, Substance Painter, Photoshop & ZBrush
• Next gen techniques e.g. normal mapping, High and Low Poly modelling...
• High fidelity reproduction of 3D art from 2D concept art
• Appreciation of lighting, texturing, CG Shaders...
• 3D editors e.g. Unreal...
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Unreal Engine 4 a bonus
• Substance Designer, Speedtree a bonus
• Open world environment dressing a bonus
• Lighting and particle effects a bonus
• Character modelling a bonus

• Good work-life balance
• Flexible hours
• Collaborative work environment

An exciting new games studio in Guildford is looking for a UI artist with a bold, flamboyant and cartoonish style to work on a variety of multiplatform games.

Typically, you'll be working within one of our studio teams to lead the UI design and UX from the start to the end of a project. As part of the core team crafting games with us, you will need to be able to: 

• Design original and beautiful user-interfaces
• Illustrate UI components such as icons and assets
• Lead the UI design and UX from the start to the end of a project
• Champion UX, mapping our player journey and information flow
• Ensure players have the information they need at precisely the right time
• Contribute to concepts and pitches
• Troubleshoot live products and designs
• Work with technical delivery teams to solve technical and logistical issues with UI

• 2+ years commercial experience in the games industry, working on UI
• Advanced skills in design software such as Photoshop & Illustrator
• A strong portfolio of User Interface and Application designs (ideally for mobile or console games)
• A passion for excellence in interface design and usability
• In-depth knowledge of UI and UX principles
• Excellent communication skills
• Exceptional eye for detail and quality
• Experience with Unity is (not essential but highly desirable)

We are working with a AAA game studio based in the South of England who is looking for a UI Artist to join their talented and passionate team.

What will you be doing?

• Art creation for game interfaces in 2D front-end
• Static and animating 2D element creation
• Multiple platform GUI prototype creation
• Adhering to the studio's functional and aesthetic vision
• Documentation of style guides
• Task tracking

• Photoshop
• Modern UI design principles
• GUI design
• Graphic elements and animation creation
• Core graphic design skills e.g. layout, colour, font formats, typography...
• Appreciation of composition and colour theory
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• 3D packages e.g. Flash, After Effects, web design...a bonus

This studio offers a creative environment, competitive pay, full corporate benefits and job satisfaction.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1576.

We are an equal opps company, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR compliant.

We are working with a highly successful console games and simulation studio based in the South of England who is looking for a UI Artist to join their talented team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a studio who believes passionately in their mission to build appealing worlds and craft stunning and inspiring games.

What will you be doing?

• Participating in UI design, feature mock-ups and screen menu design
• Building art assets for UI creation
• Working on UI feature mock-ups and prototypes
• Implementing UI features and flow
• Ensuring intuitive design
• Documentation
• Bug fixing and testing

• Previous experience with graphic and information design
• Adobe CC e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator...
• Usability Design/Test 
• Previous experience in the games industry a bonus
• UE4 and UE4 Blueprints a bonus
• Motion Graphics deign and prototyping a bonus

This is a great opportunity to have a significant impact on the future of this studio's games in a challenging but supportive environment. This studio offers a fantastic work-life balance, a competitive salary and state-of-the-art technology.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1573.

We are an equal opps company, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR compliant.

We are working with a AAA game studio based in the South of England who is looking for mid-senior VFX Artists to join their talented and passionate team.

What will you be doing?

• Designing and implementing real-time particle effects
• Adhering to the studio's functional and aesthetic project vision
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team

• 2+ years VFX experience in the games industry and 1+ released title for a mid-level position
• 5+ years VFX experience in the games industry and 2+ released titles for a senior position
• Full life cycle production experience
• Adobe Photoshop
• Effect texture creation
• Appreciation of particle systems
• Strong in-game special effects skills
• 3D Modelling e.g. Max, Maya, ZBrush
• Substance Designer and Painter
• 2D particle textures
• Lighting and HDR a bonus
• VFX performance profiling a bonus
• Houdini a bonus

This studio offers a creative environment, competitive pay, full corporate benefits and job satisfaction.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1572.

We are an equal opps company, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR compliant.

Our client is one of the most recognised developers in Spain. With a powerful foothold in the Freemium Mobile market, they are now looking to add an experienced VFX Artist to their Spanish studio's talent.

Responsibilities:

• Develop tools and solutions best suited to the Art department's needs 
• Establish and maintain effective Art production pipelines across the entire project, ensuring consistency and addressing any issues as they arise
• Collaborate closely across departments, mediating requirements and making sure assets integrate smoothly
• Accumulate and disseminate proven methods and practices from production pipelines
• Pipeline and best practices documentation

• At least 2 years' experience within a mobile game development studio within the games industry, experienced with the Unity Engine
• Confident with C# scripting and a deep understanding of optimisation techniques for mobile
• Mobile optimization techniques
• Efficient and resourceful problem-solver, driven by a passion for games, balacing creative solutions with a methodical approach and effective communication skill, bridging the gap between Art and Programming and integrating into a strong team
• Any additional experience with UI and Unity Canvas or artistic experience with 3D and 2D asset production highly beneficial
• VFX/Shader programming a bonus

We are working with a PC and console game studio based in Austria who is looking for an Animator to join their team and work on both their leading and their exciting new projects.

What will you be doing?

• Humanoid, creature, machine and environment asset animation
• Rigging and Skinning
• Creating Blendshapes
• Participate in VFX, particle effects and 2D animations
• Art reviews
• Following and building upon stylistic guidelines

• Previous experience in 3D animation for video games, TV or films
• Interpersonal and communication skills

• 3+ years in the video games industry
• Maya and scripting
• Motionbuilder and AfterEffects
• Facial Animation
• Lip-syncing
• MoCap
• Generalist art skills e.g. figure study, 2D animation, illustration, story boarding, gesture drawing, painting...
• Film-making e.g. pre-visualisation, story writing, cinematography, editing...

We are working with a AAA game studio based in France who is looking for a UI Artist to join their VR/AR team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a leading studio on their exciting and innovative project.

What will you be doing?

• Working alongside artists from various departments such as UX, 3D Art and Technical Art to create unique experiences and develop a high quality art direction
• Interaction and Motion Design
• Participating in other areas of production such as marketing communication materials...

• Abobe suite e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD...
• Motion design e.g. keyframes, timelines...
• Appreciation of artistic aspects such as iconography, HUD elements, typography...
• Agile method and task system
• Unity a bonus
• After Effects a bonus
• Previous experience in AR/VR/MR in the video games industry a bonus
• 3D software e.g. Maya, 3Ds Max, Blender...a bonus 

We are working with a third party studio based in Cheshire, UK who is looking for an enthusiastic, talented 3D Artist to join their team.

What will you be doing?

• Ensuring project requirements are met
• Delivering assets at a high quality, following deadlines
• Work on projects through the full production cycle
• Being a part of a multidisciplinary team, learning from feedback and creating your own ideas to improve the game

• Proficiency in Maya/3DS Max to create high and low poly modelling
• Texture map creation and enhancement
• Previous game development experience, including creation of environments/vehicles/VFX...for PC/consoles
• Appreciation of shaders and materials
• Texture tools e.g. Quixel Suite
• ZBrush/Mudbox
• Source control software e.g. Perforce
• Interpersonal and communication skills

Benefits

This studio offers a competitive salary, childcare vouchers, a great holiday allowance and much more.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1551.

We are an equal opps company, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR compliant.

We are working with a game studio based in Poland who is looking for an Art Director to join their team and work on their exciting Split-Screen Multiplayer Arcade Smash for current gen consoles.

What will you be doing?

• Maintaining and creating the studio's artistic vision
• Setting plans and deadlines
• Evaluating the artistic and technical work for the team

• 5+ years in Game Development in an Art position
• 2+ years in a Director/Lead/Principal position
• 1+ released console/PC title
• Autodesk Maya, 3DS Max, Adobe Photoshop...
• Knowledge of 3D graphics e.g. lighting, materials, shaders, animation, level design...
• Graphics engines for 3D video game production e.g. Unreal, Unity...
• Polish language speaking

We are working with a third party studio based in Cheshire, UK who is looking for a Technical Artist to join their team. This role is instrumental is allowing the artistic vision and technical constraints of the studio's projects to be actualised.

What will you be doing?

• Integrating high quality artwork into the engine
• Supporting the use of the 3D art pipeline and engine tools
• Asset performance, quality and validation support
• Identifying potential improvements to the tools in use
• 3D art pipeline and extensions development
• Technical problem solving
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team of artists, programmers and QA

• 2+ years in the games industry in an art position
• 1+ years in an art content creation pipeline
• Previous professional experience as a Technical Artist
• Strong modelling and art tools e.g. Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop...
• Some coding experience e.g. Python, MaxScript, Perl, C#...
• Experience with shader development or game engine e.g. Unreal
• Technical documentation

We are working with a family-friendly AAA game studio based in Cheshire, UK who is looking for a Character Rigger to join their animation team.

What will you be doing?

• Producing high quality rigs, tools and interfaces
• Helping to define rig requirements
• Character animation maintenance
• Communicating with the Lead Character Rigger regarding trouble shooting and development

• Educated to degree level in a relevant field OR previous Animation experience
• Strong Autodesk Maya
• Script writing for animation pipeline support, python a bonus
• Appreciation of animation principles and processes
• Interpersonal and communication skills

This company offers a competitive salary in a friendly and comfortable working environment, as well as a fantastic bonus and pension scheme.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as well as your portfolio to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1542.

We are an equal opps company, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR compliant.

We are working with a family-friendly AAA game studio based in Cheshire, UK who is looking for multiple Junior to Mid-Level Character Artists to join their team and create diverse characters for their high quality titles.

What will you be doing?

• Creating character art assets
• Source and engine side character setup
• Entering issues into JIRA
• Content optimisation
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team of Designers, Artists, Programmers and Producers
• Maintaining documentation
• Tools feedback

• Educated to degree level in a relevant field
• ZBrush and Substance Painter...
• Maya and Photoshop
• Vector-based software e.g. Adobe Illustrator...
• Appreciation of Character Art technical requirements for a Game Engine
• Problem-solving skills
• Industry standard Engines a bonus

This company offers a competitive salary in a friendly and comfortable working environment, as well as a fantastic bonus and pension scheme.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as well as your portfolio to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1540.

We are an equal opps company, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR compliant.

We are working with an award-winning AAA game studio based in France who is looking for an environment artist to join their team and work on their next generation of games.

What will you be doing?

• Building models and scenes for the game environment bot architectural and organic
• Creating photo-realistic objects
• Implemeting appropriate textures

• Strong 3DS Max and Photoshop
• Appreciation of Industrial Design
• Application and tweaking of shaders a bonus
• PBR a bonus
• French speaking a distinct bonus

We are working with a cross-platform game studio based in the South of England who is looking for a Senior UX Designer to join their team.

What will you be doing?

• Buidling a fantastic user experience
• Maintaining and optimising the current system design
• Identifying usability issues
• Creating user flows and wireframes

• 5+ years as an Interaction Designer/Visual Designer/Graphic Designer
• 2+ years in the video games industry
• Strong appreciation of UX design
• User-interface design experience
• Team management
• Graphic design skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Motion graphics a bonus

Our client is looking for a Senior UI Designer. Experience within puzzle gaming preferred, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Creation of UI, absorbing user created content
• Design of static and motion graphics from conception to completion 
• Development through collaboration with the whole creative team
• Plan and determine your work schedule and communicate that productively

• 5+ years as an Interactive Designer/Visual Designer/Graphic Designer
• 2+ years in the video games industry
• User-interface design experience
• Demonstrability in video, motion and traditional graphics, and artistry through an impressive portfolio
• Team management
• Experienced and enthusiastic gamer and designer of browser, console and mobile games
• Motion graphics a bonus

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• Permanent position in a studio in a technology hub in striking distance of London and countryside
• Mentored career advancement
• Health, leisure and insurance benefits

We are working with a leading AAA game studio based in the Netherlands who is looking for a Lead Cinematic Animator to join their team and lead the cinematic team and help to deliver their outstanding 3D experiences.

What will you be doing?

• Ensuring all aspects of the cinematic process are aligned, e.g. the mood, style and rhythm...
• Participating in scheduling of artists and resources
• Improving the overall quality of the tools, workflow and pipelines
• Managing the quality of outsourced cinematic content
• Mentoring other members of the team

• 5+ years' experience in the AAA video games industry or a similar industry
• Appreciation of the full CGI development process including modelling, rigging, texturing, environments, pre-visualisation, creature motion, VFX...
• Experience with game engine/editors and related tools and pipelines
• Appreciation of photography/film
• A good range of artistic skills e.g. colour, lighting, perspective, composition...
• Leadership skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills

We are working with a leading AAA game studio based in Yorkshire, UK who is looking for a Senior/Lead Lighting Artist to join their team and work on their exciting new AAA title.

What will you be doing?

• 3D environment creation in Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop
• 2D texture creation and modelling
• Dynamic lighting /effects modelling
• Expert level of real time rendering and post FX
• Managing lighting pipeline workflow

• 5+ years' experience on AAA game/film production
• Lighting and colour theory
• Real-time rendering and post FX
• Experience with level lighting and post FX in a real-time engine creation
• Appreciation of physical shaders in relation to lighting and post FX

We are working with a leading VR game studio based in the Netherlands who is looking for a Principal 3D Animator to join their team and work on their new ambitious AAA title. 

What will you be doing?

• Building creature, object and character animations
• Taking ownership of the animation style
• Maintaining and building on the workflow and pipeline
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team of designers and programmers
• Mentoring junior team members

• 3+ full life cycle developments
• 1+ released AAA title in a similar position
• Previous VR games experience
• Previous experience as a Senior, Lead or Principal 3D game animator
• Strong game engine animation skills e.g. UE4
• Core animation principles e.g. timing, weight...
• Hand keys and motion captures animation
• Comfortable with different animation styles e.g. realistic, cartoon...
• Rigging and skinning
• Maya
• Modelling and texturing

We are working will a leading AAA game studio based in the Midlands, UK who is looking for a Senior Environment Artist to join their team and work on their exciting new RPG title. For this role you will need to be able to demonstrate a strong portfolio including 3D assets and environments for AAA titles.

What will you be doing?

• Building high quality environment art
• Assiting in R&D of new techniques
• Mentoring junior team members
• Ensuring best practice and share with others
• Researching latest games industry production techniques and software
• Rapidly learning new concepts and tools

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Published console game experience
• A portfolio demonstrating your high quality 3D assets for AAA titles
• Appreciation of all technical environment creation aspects

We are working with a leading AAA game studio based in Yorkshire, UK who is looking for a Lead Artist to join their team and work on their exciting new title. You will be responsible for defining the art direction of this AAA project, so will need a deep and broad knowledge of AAA art production.

What will you be doing?

• Delivering all art aspects of a new title
• Taking ownership of high visual quality
• Managing all art disciplines
• Participating in the estimation and scheduling of production

• Multiple shipped AAA titles
• 1+ shipped title as a Lead Artist or similar
• 3D pipelines and asset management
• Interpersonal and communication skills

We are working with a highly successful digital games and simulation studio based in the beautiful city of Quebec, Canada looking for a 3D Animator to join their studio and work on their website, Web and mobile applications. 

This studio believes passionately in their mission to build appealing worlds and craft stunning and inspiring games. They specialise in original games, VR, mobile and multiple platforms to create unique gaming experiences.

What will you be doing?

• Rendering 3D animations
• Preparing objects, characters, environments...
• Ensuring work meets the design vision and adheres to prototypes

• Educated to degree level in mulitmedia, 3D animation, visual effects or similar
• Previsous experience in animation in the video games industry
• 3D production software e.g. 3D Max, Unity...
• Image-editing software e.g. Photoshop
• Appreciation of human anatomy and movement
• Texturing and modelling
• English and French
• Interpersonal and communication skills

We are working with a highly successful digital games and simulation studio based in the beautiful city of Quebec, Canada looking for a Senior 3D Artist to join their studio and work on their website, Web and mobile applications. 

This studio believes passionately in their mission to build appealing worlds and craft stunning and inspiring games. They specialise in original games, VR, mobile and multiple platforms to create unique gaming experiences.

What will you be doing?

• 3D character, environment, vehicle modelling
• High-res model retopology
• Texturising
• Shader creation
• Mentoring other staff members

• 7+ years' experience in a similar role
• Educated to degree level in art or similar
• 3DS Max and Adobe Photoshop
• Unity
• Shader creation
• Appreciation of human physiology and movement
• French and English
• Interpersonal and communication skills