We are working with a leading games studio based in France, who is looking for a talented Senior Animator to join them, to work on an unannounced project.  


What will you be doing

• Reports to the Lead Gameplay Animator


• Real-time animation of characters and objects – motion capture  


• Integrate animations into the game engine


• Ensure all animation assets are produced in line with the projects agreed standards


• Fix any bugs identified


• Test all animation assets against specification, to ensure they perform as required


Who you are




• Relevant qualification with a min of 3 years’ animation experience in the games industry, with your latest reel showcasing your excellent animation skills


• Previous AA/AAA game production experience


• Motion capture


• Knowledge of 3DS Max and Motion Builder


• Skilled at motion capture editing to define game clips and enhance performance


Application

Please email your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2152

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We are working with an award-winning AAA games studio based in the UK, who is looking for a talented Lighting Artist with an eye for details and strong artistic abilities, to join their team and work on their exciting new projects.


What will you be doing

• Working closely with the Art Director and Lead artists, also the Design team


• Maintain the quality and ensure consistency with regard to the visual style


• Ensure the mood and emotional experience is conveyed throughout


• Liaise with the Technical Art team regarding aesthetic and performance requirements


•  Setting and maintaining the lighting moods of the games – using light, colour, etc


Who you are





• An experienced Lighting Artist, along with an impressive portfolio


• Relevant games industry experience with strong traditional art skills


• Unreal 4  


• Understanding of PBR


• Self-motivated, team player and a technical problem solver




• Post processing/ production experience is a bonus - colour grading, SSAO, bloom, tone mapping curves, HDR, etc.

Benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a leading game studio. This studio offers a comprehensive benefits package, with a focus on the staff and their families and advocates for a work-life balance.


Application: Please email your CV as a Word document to cvs@big-planet.biz, quoting reference 2146

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What will you be doing?

• Liaising with and taking direction from the Art Director with regard to scene lighting for  cinematics and gameplay


• Team management


• Maintenance and raising the quality bar


• Build lighting pipeline – engaging with the Technical and Engineering teams


• Identifying risks and opportunities


• Collaborate and coordinate with the Production team and other Leads on the project

Who you are





• A Lighting Artist, with experience at Senior/ Lead level in the games industry or film industry with an impressive portfolio showcasing your body of work


• Good leadership skills


• A passion for the craft


• Shipped AAA title/s, at least 1 title


• Pipelines and art techniques in Unreal


• PBR and HDR pipelines


• Understanding of cinematography lighting fundamentals


• Baked and dynamic lighting solutions in Unreal


BenefitsThis is a fantastic opportunity to work with a leading game studio. This studio offers a comprehensive benefits package, with a focus on the staff and their families and advocates for a work-life balance.

ApplicationDoes this sound like your dream job? Then please forward your CV as a Word document to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2143.

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

We are working with an established Game Studio based in Vienna, widely considered to be one of the “World’s Most Livable City “.
The client is seeking to employ an experienced and talented Senior Concept Artist, who is passionate about creating concepts and 2D art, to join their team.    

Who are you

• A creative concept artist


• A minimum requirement of 5 years’ experience


• Gaming industry experience


• An amazing portfolio to showcase your creative skills


• Knowledge of stylization, lighting, colour and composition


•  Lead, manage and mentor the Art team


Benefits

This studio offers a creative and positive working environment, interesting projects, market rate salary and more!


Application

Please e-mail your CV to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2142.

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

This AAA game studio based in Cheshire, UK is looking for a Principal Game Designer to join their talented design team.

What will you be doing?

• Ensuring game design is aligned with game vision






• Helping with gameplay balance and intuition






• Building pipelines



Who you are





• Released AAA titles


• Projects from full cycle development


• Interpersonal and communication skills


• Car/motor-sport interest a bonus



BenefitsThis company offers a competitive salary, a state of the art office, generous holiday allowance and great social events.

Does this sound like your dream job?

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document to bonnie@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1329.

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

We are working with a leading studio who is looking to employ a highly skilled Senior Animator for their talented team.  


What will you be doing

• Work closely with the character art and technical art teams


• Ensure all animation assets are produced in line with the projects agreed standards


• Fix any bugs identified in owned animation assets, either through own testing or by QA


• Test all animation assets against specification, to ensure they perform as required


• High-end cinematics


Who you are




• Relevant qualification with animation experience in the games industry, with your latest reel showcasing your animation skills


• Motion capture skills


• Expert knowledge of 3DS Max and Motion Builder


• Understands character / facial rig creation and can create them where / if required


• Experienced in cinematic creation. Understands staging, cinematography and character performance to a good level


• Skilled at motion capture editing to define game clips and enhance performance

Benefits
This studio offers the opportunity to work with the latest technology, a good work-life balance, a comfortable state-of-the-art studio, market related salary and bonus scheme.

Application

Please email your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2139

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Our client is an award-winning AAA games studio based in the UK, who is looking for a creative and talented Senior Environment Artist, to join their team and on their exciting new projects.


What will you be doing?

• Works closely with the Lead Environment Artist


• Ensuring top quality environment artwork


• Create assets in keeping with the projects’ visual direction -modular and standlone 


• Liaise and collaborate with level design, lighting, VFX and Technical teams


• Troubleshooting and communicate feedback


• Mentor and coach junior members of the team


Who you are





• 5+ years in the games industry with examples of environment work showcasing your artistic skills


• Shipped titles


• Strong 3D art and compositional skills


• PBR workflows


• Standard modelling tools - 3DS Max and Maya


• Zbrush, Substance Painter/Designer, Photoshop...is an added bonus


• Unreal Engine 4


Benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a leading game studio. This studio offers a comprehensive benefits package, with a focus on the staff and their families and advocates for a work-life balance.

Application

Please email your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2138

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

Our client is an award-winning AAA games studio based in the UK, who is looking for a talented Senior Character Artist with strong artistic abilities, to join their team and work on their exciting new projects.

What will you be doing

• Reports to the Art Director and the Creative Director


• Collaborate with the art and design teams


• Create and maintain the artistic mood and high quality of the characters


• Following studio guidelines


• Efficient mesh creation


• Producing assets using the baking pipeline



Who you are




• Previous experience as a Character Artist in the video games industry with 3 shipped titles


• 3D modelling and texturing – organic and hard-surface


• Understanding human anatomy, mechanics, proportions, characterisation


• PBR


• Character pipelines, memory management


• Unreal4


• Substance Painter and Substance Designer is an added bonus



Benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a leading game studio. This studio offers a comprehensive benefits package, with a focus on the staff and their families and advocates for a  work-life balance.

Application

Please email your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2137

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

We are working with a leading games studio who is looking for an all-rounder, an experienced Senior 3D/Games Artist to join their creative development team. The client is looking for a creative artist, who has a passion for games, with a keen eye for detail, to research, share ideas, collaborate as part of a team and deliver high quality work.

If you are a car/ racing enthusiast, then this could be your dream job!

Who you are

• A formal qualification, with GCSE maths


• Relevant games industry experience, with a min of 4 years’ experience as an artist, with an outstanding portfolio showcasing your skills


• Define and maintain the art style throughout


• Create art assets and realistic modelling


• Baking textures, processing maps and physically based shading


• Previous experience on published console titles / AAA titles


• Knowledge of 3D packages  



Benefits

This studio offers the opportunity to work with the latest technology, a good work-life balance, a comfortable state-of-the-art studio, market related salary and bonus scheme.

Application

Please email your CV as a Word document as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2133.

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

We are working with an established and popular mobile games developer based in London, who is looking to appoint an artistic and highly skilled Senior Marketing Artist to join their talented team, to promote their games

Responsibilities include:

• Taking part in the creative processes to create amazing marketing


• Creating assets for promotional purposes


• Able to create concepts and all animated assets for their marketing campaigns.


• Managing expectations and ensuring timely delivery of


• Creating and aligning your own road maps with the Marketing team's.


• Keep up to date with the new trends and best practices

• A min of 3 years of experience in the video game industry in a similar position

• Previous experience in marketing for mobile/ casual games.
  


• Knowledge of best practices in digital and traditional advertising
  


• Strong and multidisciplinary art and proven motion graphic skills
  


• Expert Adobe Suite, Unity and 3D software programmes
  


• Passionate about narrative and visual communication.
  


• Proactive, self-driven, a good team player and collaborator with a positive attitude!
  


• A problem solver with a great eye for detail
  


• Fluent in English
  

This studio offers a competitive salary, with company benefits, also relocation support to the UK.

Please email your updated CV as a Word document as well as your latest URL portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2130

Senior Gameplay Animator AAA games studio UK Ref 2125We are working with a leading AAA based in the Midlands, who is looking for an experienced and creative Senior Gameplay Animator, with an eye for detail, to join their team and work on their world-famous title.

What will you be doing?

• Collaborate with the various teams
• Improve animation and art pipelines
• Creating animation – facial, motion capture and keyframe
• Designing animation focused mechanics
• Creating high quality gameplay animations
• Driven and able to deliver high quality work

We are working with an award-winning game studio based in London who is looking for an experienced and highly skilled Lead Animator, with an eye for detail, to lead their highly talented and passionate team of gameplay animators, setting the bar high and delivering the vision of the project.

What will you be doing?

• Liaise with the Animation Director and lead the gameplay animation team
• Develop, manage, mentor and lead the team by example
• Dedicate time to produce content for the game
• Project management throughout the process – work with the projection teams
• Risk management – identify workflow issues, run the outsource plans for the department
• in order to excel s and Leads on the project
• Work closely and collaborate with the team of developers to create high quality User Interfaces
• Creating high quality assets for game interfaces
• Adhering to the studio's functional and aesthetic vision
• Documentation of style guides etc

• Lead Animator experience – a minimum of 3 years at Lead level
• Extensive experience in gameplay animation
• Motion Builder expert
• Solid experience using 3DS Max
• Work practices in Jira, Slack, Shotgun, Confluence and Excel
• Experience with managing outsource teams
• Facial animation experience is an added bonus

We are working with an award-winning game studio based in London who is looking for an experienced and highly trained and skilled Principle Technical Animator to join them, to support their great team and deliver awesome games.

What will you be doing?

• Collaborate with the Leads and the teams and support the projects’ needs
• Create and design models and rigs
• Manage with workflow
• Resolve any technical issues
• Ensure and enhance the quality of the assets
• Maintain documentation for the technical animation
•  Develop, manage, mentor and lead the junior team members

• Experience as a Principle technical Animator in the games/VFX or film industry
• Python in Maya
• Strong coding standards and practices

• Gameplay technical animation experience
• Experience in 3DS Max and PyMax
• Working with Jira, Shotgun, and their APIs
• Facial animation experience

We are working with an award-winning game studio based in London who is looking for an experienced and highly skilled Technical Animator on a contract basis, to support their highly talented and passionate teams, in order to create awesome AAA games.  

What will you be doing?

• Collaborate with the teams to create and design rigs, models and systems
• Resolving technical issues – debugging any animation issues
• Test animation/rigging tools
• Adhere to the pipelines to improve animation and rigging workflows
• Ensure and enhance visual quality of assets

• Technical animation/rigger with games, VFX or film industry experience
• Python in Maya
• 3DS Max and / motion builder experience
• Programming skills – C++, Maya API and Plugin writing is a bonus
• Gameplay technical animation would be a bonus

We are working with an award-winning game studio based in London who is looking for an experienced and highly skilled Senior Technical Animator/Rigger, to support their talented and passionate teams, to create and deliver awesome games.  

What will you be doing?

• Support the content and animation teams
• Developing techniques and pipelines to improve animation, assets and rigging workflows
• Problem solving – debugging any animation related issues
• Testing, setup and export in-games and cinematic assets
• Ensure and enhance quality of assets

• A skilled Rigger / technical animator with games/VFX or film industry experience
• A min of 5 years’ experience
• Complex rigging with advance facial/body/puppet rigging exp
• Expert Maya and/ motion builder skills
• Python

• C+++ / Maya API + plugin writing
• 3DS Max and PyMax
• Experience with gameplay technical animation
• Jira/Shutgun

We are working with an award-winning game studio based in London who is looking for a creative UI Artist to join their highly talented and passionate team to produce their next AAA title.

What will you be doing?

• Liaise with the Directors and Leads on the project
• Work closely and collaborate with the team of developers to create high quality User Interfaces
• Creating high quality assets for game interfaces
• Adhering to the studio's functional and aesthetic vision
• Documentation of style guides

• Experienced UI artist in the games industry with an amazing portfolio showcasing your skills
• Modern UI design principles
• Graphic elements and motion animation skills
• Core graphic design skills e.g. layout, colour, font formats, typography...
• Appreciation of composition and colour theory
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects
• Unreal 4
• 3D Software skills

We are working with a AAA game studio based in the Midlands, UK who is looking for a Texture Artist to join their team and work on their exciting new RPG title. You will be responsible for creating a wide range of materials and textures required for this open world project.

Who you are

• 1+ shipped AAA game on any current-gen console platform


• Appreciation of the technical aspects required for current-gen art production


• Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio showing texture and Substance work 


• Photogrammetry


• PBR rendering and Light Interactions


• Zbrush/Mudbox


• Lighting/Photography skills a bonus


• Knowledge of Photogrammetry Workflows a bonus


• Material pipeline implementation and maintenance a bonus



Technical requirements





• Excellent skills in Substance Designer


• Substance Painter


• Shaders


• Asset optimisation


• Efficient tileable texture creation



BenefitsThis studio offers a competitive salary, private healthcare, a bonus scheme and free breakfast.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1745.

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

Are you passionate about Animation Engineering?

Big Planet is looking for a hardworking Animation engineer to join a high end client working on world-class games based in a great AAA studio, situated in Royal Leamington Spa.

Being a phenomenal animation engineer will combine your detailed knowledge of animation technology, techniques and performance considerations on console platforms with first-rate C++ and software architecture to become a key member of a new engineering team.

The engineering team is full of friendly, passionate people solving interesting problems, and also provides a great environment for professional growth.

What we need from you:

• Experience of working on published console titles


• Strong C++ and software skills


• Knowledge of animation systems


• Excellent communication skills


• A real passion for games

Perks of the job:



• Competitive salary


• Private health care


• Flexi Hours


• childcare vouchers scheme


• Unforgettable company outings


Interested in this role?

Please forward your CV to Bonnie@big-planet.biz quoting reference 942.

We are an equal opportunity recruitment agency and value diversity. We do not discriminate.

We are a GDPR compliant company.

Technical Artist contract role AAA Studio Midlands UK Ref 2093We have a contract role for a Technical Artist at a AAA games studio situated in Leamington Spa. We are looking for a skilled Technical artist, a team player, who will collaborate and offer technical support to the teams.

Immediate start (if possible), rates negotiable.  

Skills required...

• Games industry experience, with a min of 3 years as a Tech Artist


• Unreal / Blueprints


• Good generalist tech art and animation skills such as shaders, optimisation, rigging, lighting etc


• Art packages such as Maya/ 3DSMax / photoshop


• Console or PC games experience



Application:
Please forward your Word formatted CV and your portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2093.

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

New vacancy – Senior 3D Animator Games Studio Canada Ref 2094 

We are working with a highly successful games and digital services studio based in the beautiful city of Quebec, Canada looking for an innovative and forward-thinking Senior 3D Animator to join their studio, to deliver high-quality work.  

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?

• Reports to the Director of Design Services and the Lead 3D Animator


• Collaborate with the Technical Art Director and the rest of the teams


• Rendering 3D animations - preparing objects, characters, environments.


• Ensuring work meets the design vision and adheres to prototypes


Who you are



• Qualification in multimedia, 3D animation, visual effects or similar


• Experience in animation principles in the video games industry


• Knowledge of 3D production software e.g. 3D Max, Maya, Unity


• Image-editing software e.g. Photoshop


• Appreciation and knowledge of human anatomy and movement


• Asset rigging, texturing and modelling


• Interested in VFX, 2D animation


• English and French speaking


Benefits

This studio offers a competitive salary, health and dental care, free healthy snacks and the opportunity to work in a comfortable and friendly environment on projects which you can be genuinely proud of.


Application

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2094
We are an equal opps company, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR compliant.

 Lead UI Artist AAA Studio Midlands Ref 2099

Our client, an award-winning AAA studio in “Silicon Spa” is looking for an experienced, driven and passionate Lead UI Artist to join their talented team, to create and build a brand new AAA interface.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the UI team and plan and delegate work to the team


• Setting and maintaining the high standards  


• Collaborate with the Art Director and the Art Manager


• Adaptable to the requirements of the project and shape the visual identity of the project 

• Strong graphic design skills, delivering world-class UI in a similar genre
  


• A min of 4-5 years as a UI designer, with a strong portfolio
  


• Good leaderships skills

Great multicultural work environment, excellent salary and bonus scheme.

Please forward your updated CV and URL portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2099

Animation Director  AAA Studio Midlands Ref 2090

Our client is a successful and an award-winning AAA studio situated in “Silicon Spa”. They are looking for an experienced Animation Director to join their talented team to drive and maintain the high quality and standards of their game.     

Animation Director role:

• Work closely with the Art and Cinematic Directors to develop the artistic vision of the AAA project


• Take ownership of the animation production and maintain the look and feel of the game's animation style


• Managing a multi-disciplinary team, supervise and review all the animation pipeline and final delivery from conception to release


• Drive artistic vision and oversee the successful completion of the game aesthetic


• Review the quality levels and maintain the high standards throughout the process

• Relevant game industry experience at Director level
  


• Previous AAA studio projects and multiple high profile console titles under your belt
  


• Highly motivated and able to motivate others, detail-oriented and an effective verbal and written communicator across all levels
  


• Project management pertaining to animation – from start to finish
  


• Running, inspiring, leading and representing the animation team and its output

This studio offers a competitive salary, bonus scheme and wonderful company benefits. 

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

Senior Technical Artist Cross-platform Games Studio Midlands Ref 2080 

Our client is one of the best in its class, a cross-platform game developer situated in the Midlands.  They are growing and are looking to appoint an experienced Senior Technical Artist to join their team of veterans in the industry, to work on their range of highly regarded IPs and different platforms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and communicate with the various teams to find solutions to any technical issues


• Optimisation all art-related elements of their games – materials, lighting. VFX, meshes 


• Balancing aesthetic needs and define and meet all in-game asset budgets


• Resolve snags, maintain and propose optimization developments


• Develop tools & scripts, iterate and archive documentation


• Propose and deliver goals and monitor implementation


• Provide guidelines to the art and code teams regarding best practices


• Develop pipelines

• A minimum of 5 years experience as a technical artist
  


• Multiple shipped titles (across platforms)
  


• C++/ C#
  


• Understanding artistic principles and digital art content tools – Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop, Substance Painter…
  


• Unreal and/or Unity
  


• Your experience with GIT or other version control systems and working in an Agile environment, is a bonus

Please forward your CV Word format and your portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2080.
We are an equal opps recruitment agency, value diversity and do not discriminate. We are GDPR complaint.

3D Animator Mobile Games Studio Spain Ref 1021

Are you a 3D Animator? Do you have experience in the games industry? Are you interested in working for a leading mobile games studio?

This F2P iOS and Android games studio based in Barcelona, Spain, is looking for a 3D Animator to join their team and work on their games.

What will you be doing?

• Animating characters and environments


• Evaluating animations alongside the outsourcing team

• 5+ years as a 3D animator in the games industry
  


• 3D packages e.g. Max, Maya...
  


• Game engines e.g. Unity
  


• Illustration and Photoshop or similar
  


• Interpersonal and communication skills

This studio offers a friendly and comfortable working environment as well as breakfast and lunch, fresh fruit, an onsite gym, monthly events, competitive salary.

Please email me your CV as a Word document to cvs@big-planet.biz, quoting reference 1021.

Lead Artist Mobile Games Spain Ref 1620 

We are working with a leading mobile game studio based in the sunny, beautiful City of Barcelona who is looking for a Lead Artist to join their team and work on their hit titles, enjoyed by millions of players worldwide.

What will you be doing?

• Taking ownership of the artistic development of the games


• Defining the technical pipeline, Art bible and style guides


• Art quality and execution


• Building the roadmaps

• 5+ years in the games industry as an Art Director/Lead Artist or similar
  


• Technical and quality art validation
  


• 3D and 2D software e.g. 3DS Max, Photoshop...
  


• Negotiation and change management

You will be offered top of the range technological resources, fantastic opportunities for career progression, a competitive salary, bonus scheme and will be working with a talented and internationally diverse team.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1620.

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