We are working with a fantastic indie game studio based in France who is seeking a talented Cinematic Animator to join their team and work on their exciting new unnanounced title. This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative team and work on a new project from early stages of development.

What will you be doing?

• Animating characters and objects for real-time
• Creating cinematic sequences
• Motion capture sessions
• Ensuring correct integration of animations into the game

• Excellent animation techniques
• Appreciation of anatomy
• Motion Builder
• Able to work with technical constraints associated with level editors and 3D engines

We are working with a fantastic game studio based in France who is seeking an exceptional Lead VFX Artist to join their team and work on their hit RPG action title for PC. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate an exceptional level of knowledge of creating real-time in-game effects as well as researching and visualising spectacular effects.

What will you be doing?

• Creating top quality real-time effects
• Estimating time frames and tracking progress
• Implementation of feedback from the Art Director
• Collaborating with key stakeholders

• 5+ years in the games industry working with Unreal Engine/CryEngine
• 1+ released AAA title under your belt
• Educated to degree level in visual effects or similar
• 2D art tools e.g. Photoshop...
• VFX editors e.g. Fume, PopCornFX...
• Compositing software e.g. After Effects,,,
• 3D software e.g. Houdini, 3DS Max...
• Game editors e.g. Unigine, Uniy, Unreal...
• Scripting e.g. HLSL...
• Knowledge of real-time practices and workflows
• Understanding of shader systems and particle driven effects
• Physically Based Rendering
• Knowledge of modelling, texture mapping, post processing and materials
• French and/or Korean a bonus

We are working with a fantastic game studio based in France who is seeking an exceptional Lead Animator to join their team and work on their hit RPG action title for PC. 

You will be given the opportuinity to develop integral features of this epic project, including human, creature and object animations, and will demonstrate your artistry through a deep understanding of how to positively impact the player experience.

What will you be doing?

• Development of keyframe animations
• Providing improvements to motion capture animations
• Implementing animations into the game engine
• Optimisation of the production process
• Overseeing the Animation team

• 6+ years in Animation in the games industry
• Educated to degree level in Animation
• 1+ RPG/fantasy title under your belt
• Management experience
• Motion Builder
• CryEngine a bonus
• French and/or Korean a bonus

We are working with a world leading AAA game studio based in the Midlands, UK who are seeking an exceptional Lead Animator to join their team and work on their famous pillar racing titles. You will be given the opportuinity to join an award-winning team and help the studio realise their creative vision.

What will you be doing?

• Managing the Animation team
• Creating animation for a wide range of areas including animals, characters, props, vehicles...
• Motion capture and keyframe
• Participating in the improvement of the animation pipelines
• Mentoring junior members of the team

• 3D software e.g. 3DS Max, Maya, Motionbuilder...
• Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio showing a variety of animation styles
• Appreciation of the human form
• Animation networks

Benefits

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

Application

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1908.

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

We are working with an independently owned console game studio based in the South of Germany who is looking for a Senior Level Artist to join their team and work on their pillar titles as well as some exciting upcoming projects. The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to take ownership of the game's level art and also some 3D asset creation.

What will you be doing?

• Developing level and open area composition with respect to memory technical constraints 
• Painting and sculpting landscapes
• Modelling and texturing 3D real time assets e.g. props, weapons, rocks...
• Integrating assets into the game engine

• 5+ years' experience in Level Art
• 3+ released titles under your belt as a Level Artist
• Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio showing a variety of art styles such as cartoony, realistic, stylised
• Experienced in normal mapping and high and low level modelling
• Able to reproduce 2D concept art into 3D
• Knowledge of texturing, CG shaders and lighting
• 3D editors e.g. Unreal...
• 3DS Max, Substance Painter, Photoshop and Zbrush
• Skills in Worldmachine, Subtance Designer a bonus

This studio offers great work life balance, a great salary package, holidays and a state-of-the-art office.

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

To apply to this position please send your CV to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting job reference number 1903.

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

• 2+ 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...

Application

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

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

We are working with a fantastic AAA game studio based in the UK who is seeking an exceptional Senior UI Artist to join their team and work on their successful racing titles. This is a great opportunity to join an innovative studio and work from anywhere in the world.

What will you be doing?

• Building beautiful user interfaces
• Branding and core UI documentation
• Implementation of core user experience features

• 5+ years' experience in the games industry in UI design
• 2+ released AAA titles under your belt
• Console/mobile game experience
• Full game lifecycle experience
• GUI tools
• Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects...
• Appreciation and knowledge of UI implementation tools
• Knowledge of implementation pipelines
• Demonstrable skills in Visual Design
• Graphic Design and Motion Graphics
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Console TRCs a bonus
• Adobe PremierPro and InDesign a bonus

This company offers a competitive salary, a state of the art office, generous holiday allowance and fully remote work.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1885.

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

We are working with a fantastic AAA game studio based in the UK who are seeking a talented Lead Technical Artist to join their team. This is a great opportunity to join an innovative studio and work from anywhere in the world. You will be an integral member of the team, leading technical artists and driving forward the quality of in-game art and animation.

What will you be doing?

• Leading the Technical Art team
• Collaborating with Tools and Rendering teams to implement pipelines
• Maintenance of internal art processes
• Investigating run-time performance and proposing solutions

• 5+ years in the games industry
• 1+ released AAA title under your belt
• Previous Lead experience
• 3DS Max/Maya scripting
• PBR shader creation
• Understanding of art creation pipelines, asset export and process automation
• Passion for games and driving visual fidelity within them
• Strong problem-solving and creative thinking skills, good communication skills across all levels

This company offers a competitive salary, a state of the art office, generous holiday allowance and fully remote work.

Application

Please e-mail your CV to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1884.

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

We are working with a fantastic AAA game studio based in the UK who is seeking a talented Vehicle Artist to join their team. This is a great opportunity to join an innovative studio and work from anywhere in the world. You will be granted responsibility to express your artistic flair and passion for vehicles while working on a beautiful AAA title. 

What will you be doing?

• Modelling the exteriors and interiors of the vehicles
• Creating low poly renditions of detailed meshes
• Ensuring progress is reported on frequently
• Ensuring in-game physical and visual aspects are implemented realistically
• Developing relevant shaders set ups
• Evaluating and implementing final vehicles into the game engine

• Previous experience modelling high quality vehicle assets 
• 3D Studio Max
• Photoshop and Substance Painter
• UV mapping
• Low poly modelling 
• JIRA a bonus
• Knowledge of animation, textures and skinning a bonus

This company offers a competitive salary, a state of the art office, generous holiday allowance and fully remote work.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1883.

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

We are working with a fantastic AAA game studio based in the UK who are seeking an exceptional Principal VFX Artist to join their team and take ownership of the studio's VFX direction. This is a great opportunity to join an innovative studio and work from anywhere in the world.

What will you be doing?

• Championing the VFX style and vision
• Creating VFX assets and creation pipelines
• Building previs concepts
• Providing support to gameplay requirements
• Documentation of VFX production and implementation procedures

• Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio showing real-time particle effects and photorealistic textures
• Ability to work on particle effects in an Digital Content Creation tool e.g. Nuke, 3DS Max, Maya, Houdini, After Effects...
• Strong ability with 3D game engines
• Photoshop
• Specular, diffuse and normal maps
• 3D software e.g. 3DS Max modelling, UV...
• Scripting experience
• Knowledge and understanding of in-game shaders
• Programming experience a bonus
• Previous professional experience with physics and destructibles a bonus

Benefits

This company offers a competitive salary, a state of the art office, generous holiday allowance and fully remote work.

Application

We are working with a fantastic AAA game studio based in the UK who are seeking an exceptional Principal VFX Artist to join their team and take ownership of the studio's VFX direction. This is a great opportunity to join an innovative studio and work from anywhere in the world.

What will you be doing?

• Championing the VFX style and vision
• Creating VFX assets and creation pipelines
• Building previs concepts
• Providing support to gameplay requirements
• Documentation of VFX production and implementation procedures

• Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio showing real-time particle effects and photorealistic textures
• Ability to work on particle effects in an Digital Content Creation tool e.g. Nuke, 3DS Max, Maya, Houdini, After Effects...
• Strong ability with 3D game engines
• Photoshop
• Specular, diffuse and normal maps
• 3D software e.g. 3DS Max modelling, UV...
• Scripting experience
• Knowledge and understanding of in-game shaders
• Programming experience a bonus
• Previous professional experience with physics and destructibles a bonus

BenefitsThis company offers a competitive salary, a state of the art office, generous holiday allowance and fully remote work.

Application

Please e-mail your CV as well as your portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1878.

We are working with a fantastic AAA game studio based in the UK who are seeking a talented and passionate VFX Artist to join their team. This is a great opportunity to join an innovative studio and work from anywhere in the world. You will be given the opportunity to work with a successful game studio and create original and beautiful VFX for their pillar titles.

What will you be doing?

• Championing VFX, constantly looking for opportunities where they may enhance the game
• Understanding the value that VFX components can add to all aspects of the gameplay experience
• Working with technical delivery teams to solve technical challenges that keep our VFX at the cutting edge

• 1+ released title under your belt as a VFX Artist
• Able to demonstrate real-time particle effects
• Experience with 1+ game engine
• Previous experience working with 1+ Digital Content Creation tool on physics and destructibles e.g. Maya, Houdini, 3DS Max...
• Photoshop
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Coding/scripting a bonus

This company offers a competitive salary, a state of the art office, generous holiday allowance and fully remote work.

Application

Please e-mail your CV to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1882.

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

We are working with a leading AAA game studio based in Yorkshire, UK who is looking for a Lead 3D 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 an independently owned console game studio based in the South of Germany who is looking for a Lead 3D Artist to join their team and work on their exciting upcoming titles. The successful candidate will be leading a team of 3D Artists and bringing to life the vision of the studio's projects through the Unreal Engine.

What will you be doing?

• Overseeing the production of 3D assets including vehicles, buildings, props and weapons
• Managing outsourcing managers
• Ensuring consistency of style as well as technical requirements
• Evaluating and setting priority tasks
• Regular feedback sessions with the 3D Art team
• Providing improvements to the asset creation workflow

• 5+ years in the games industry in a Senior 3D Art role
• 3+ released titles under your belt as a 3D Artist
• 1+ released title under your belt as a Lead 3D Artist
• Strong leadership skills
• Knowledge of 3D real time engine technical restraints
• Skilled in both realistic and stylised art styles
• Hard surface modeling
• High poly and low poly baking workflow
• Zbrush, Substance Painter, 3DS Max and Photoshop
• Substance Designer, Marvellous Designer, Speedtree and World Machine a bonus
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4 a bonus
• Previous experience working on console games a bonus

This studio offers great work life balance, a great salary package, holidays and a state-of-the-art office.

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

To apply to this position please send your CV ideally in Word format to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting job reference number 1870.

We are working with an independently-owned console studio based in Southern Germany who are looking for a passionate UI/UX Designer to join their team.

The successful candidate will be working on everything from wire-framing the core UI system to creating UI, icon and motion graphic assets for immersive menus and in-game diegetic UI. 

What will you be doing?

• Ensuring menus and interfaces reflect artistic deliverables while being intuitive and within technical limitations
• Implementing effective interfaces, front-end and in-game HUDs
• Documenting and processing tasks, effectively prioritising and scheduling work-load with minimal guidance
• Taking an active part in researching new techniques, processes, tools and trends to improve workflows business-wide

• Experience of user interface design for video games
• Excellent UX design skills
• Solid graphic design and illustration skills
• Expert with standard art tools of the trade (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)
• Experience of UI mock-up / wireframing software
• Knowledge of flow and function of interfaces and their navigation, as displayed on portfolio
• Experience of game engines and the relevant tools for them, capable of learning new tools
• Methodical, self-motivated and a logical problem-solver, understanding the value of teamwork and able to translate direction into innovation
• An excellent communicator, passionate for games and possessing an eye for aesthetics in layouts, web-design, print and typography experience advantageous

Please forward your CV to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1867.

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

We are a GDPR compliant company.

We are working with a fantastic independent VR game studio based in the heart of the Netherlands who is looking for a motivated 3D Animator to join their team and breathe life into their exciting project. The successful candidate will be developing the gameplay experience through mo-cap editing, keyframe and story-telling animation.

What will you be doing?

• Building character, creature and object animations as per the studio's stylistic vision
• Participating in animation implementation into the game engine
• Working to improve the animation pipeline

Who you are

• 2+ years' experience in a similar role
• Maya and related animation tools
• Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality 3D animations 
• Appreciation of body motion, physics, FK and IK
• Understanding of movement e.g. anticipation, overshoot, squash and stretch, follow-through...

A bonus...

• Unreal Engine 4 experience
• Rigging and skinning experience 
• Scripting e.g. MEL, Python...
• 2D animation skills 

Benefits

You will be given the opportunity to work in a creative and collaborative environment, have a great work-life balance and no crunch. This is an inclusive studio that values their staff, offering on the job training as well as competitive salaries.

Application

Please e-mail your CV to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1865.

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

We are working with an exceptional indie game studio based in France who are seeking a talented Technical Artist to join their team and work on their exciting new simulation project. This is a unique opportunity to apply and develop your technical art skills in a creative environment.

What will you be doing?

• Developing and documenting game art pipelines
• Technical art reviews
• Identifying possible improvements to the efficiency of the current processes and production pipelines
• Streamlining modelling, texturing and visual effects

• Programming shaders e.g. GLSL/HLSL
• Knowledge of pipeline and console rendering techniques
• Appreciation of the technical limitations of optimisation levers
• CG-oriented programming languages
• Image manipulation
• C++/Python/C#
• 3D software packages e.g. 3DS Max...
• Some knowledge of MaxScript
• Substance/Houdini

We value our staff and believe in a great work life balance, good relocation package, competitive salaries, health insurance, meal vouchers...

Application

Please e-mail your CV as a Word document to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1862.

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

We are working with a highly successful indie game studio based in France who is looking for a talented UI Artist to join their team and work on their upcoming simulation title. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exceptional studio and work on their exciting and unique project.

What will you be doing?

• Building animated designs for the game's menus
• Developing game features and in-game interfaces
• Ensuring the UI style is aligned with the studio's vision
• Ergonomic problem solving
• Participating in other art areas e.g. marketing...

• Educated to degree level in the video game field
• Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio showing a variety of different art styles
• Excellent knowledge and experience with Ergonomics and Interface Design
• Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD, after effect...
• Iconography and typography
• HTML/CSS/JS
• Web design

This studio values their staff and believes in a great work life balance, good relocation package, competitive salaries, health insurance, meal vouchers...

Application

Please e-mail your CV to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1858.

Our client, a leading AAA games studio, have an amazing, unannounced project in early phases. They need an exceptional Senior Technical Artist to join the team.

Overview:
Our client is an independently-owned studio in Southern Germany and all about crafting engaging game experiences. 

The Role
By setting great examples and helping to mentor more junior developers, you will lead the team in planning and implementing solutions to support all aspects of game development.
You will maintain a consistently high standard of support across all disciplines on the project, and work with other Technical Artists in the studio to improve general development practises.
You should have a pragmatic and practical approach to working with technology, with experience of pushing the technical limits and ensuring the Art team can work efficiently and comfortably. 
 
What will you do?

• Making of in-house tools using Max, Houdini, substance...
• Supporting Art and Tech teams as and when needed.
• Fixing hold-ups in production and pipeline.
• Improving and researching best content and production practices.
• Responsible for Technical Art docs.
• Acting as intermediary between Art and Engine programming teams on a daily basis to facilitate production needs.
• Reviewing scenes and addressing issues with relevant stake-holders.

• 3+ years of experience as a mid/senior Technical Artist on shipped titles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong proactive problem-solving attitude
• Demonstrable knowledge of modern game content creation workflows
• Extensive application scripting experience (e.g. Blueprints, Python, MAXScript, C++ or Javascript)
• Solid understanding of real-time physically-based materials & rendering (PBR)
• Passion for games and game development 
• Experience with Unreal Engine, especially UE4 Strong digital art skills (modelling, texturing, lighting)
• Knowledge of programming languages such as C++ or C#

Our client is an independently-owned studio in the Midlands, involved in the crafting of engaging a AAA RPG experience that garnered numerous awards and nominations world-wide. They now seek to add a talented Lighting Artist to their studio at Senior Level to help deliver their next generation of hits.

What will you do

• Collaborating closely with Lead Artists and the Art Director to establish and maintain a distinct and coherent artistic style and mood from inception to release
• Stay in communication with both Design and Technical Art departments to mediate between design objectives and technical constraints, delivering within both quality and performance standards
• Take ownership of the realisation of engaging, visually impressive levels fit for AAA, maintaining a high degree of quality, efficiency and consistency across your work

We are working with a world-leading AAA racing game studio based in the Midlands, UK. This studio is seeking a talented and passionate Texture Artist to join their team on a 12-month contract to work on their famous pillar titles. 

The successful Texture Artist will have experience with the technical side of the art and will be able to communicate on a technical level.

As this is a contract role, only candidates from the EU will be considered.

Who you are

• 1+ released current-gen AAA title under your belt
• Able to demonstrate a portfolio showing top quality texture and Substance work
• Technical experience e.g. asset optimisation, shaders, tileable texture creation...
• Texture creation packages e.g. Substance Designer/Painter
• PBR rendering and Light Interactions
• Zbrush/Mudbox
• Appreciation of current-gen production workflows
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Photogrammetry/Lighting a bonus
• Implementation and maintenance of material pipeline experience a bonus

Benefits

We offer a great work-life balance, excellent bonus scheme and some of the best salaries in the industry. 

Application

Please e-mail your CV as well as your portfolio to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1802.

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

We are working with a leading family-friendly mobile game studio based in the South of England who is looking for a talented UI Artist to join their team. This is an ideal role for a passionate UI Artist to gain some valuable experience in a AAA environment and to develop their skills.

This contract will last for a period of 3-6 months. 

What will you be doing?

• Working in a multi-disciplinary team of artists, designers, producers and coders
• Creating assets of a high quality in line with the studio's production goals
• Prototyping multiple concepts
• Estimating timescales to ensure milestones are delivered

• Previous experience with mobile/console games
• Able to demonstrate a portfolio showing a variety of UI/UX projects
• Experience with UI in Unity including the associated tools and animation system
• Prototype wireframing
• Iterating and solving usability issues
• Modern animation processes
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/After Effects/XD/Figma

Benefits

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 1800.

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

We are working with one of the top independent game studios in the UK who is seeking a talented UI Artist to join their office based in the South of England. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful and ambitious cross-platform studio and work on their exciting new project for console.

What will you be doing?

• Providing the game user interface with top quality artwork
• Ensuring accuracy and technical usability of your work
• Able to assimilate your work into a variety of artistic styles
• Quality checking menus and in-game assets 
• Making sure your work is annotated clearly for swift handover to other disciplines
• Supporting your art for transition into the game

• Previous experience in the games industry in a UI Art role
• Knowledge of art fundamentals and composition UI
• Appreciation of motion for improved UI
• Able to work with specific platform requirements
• Design software e.g. Adobe CS, Flash...
• UI game tools e.g. NGUI...
• UI or interactive design as well as UX pipelines and workflow

Benefits

This is an excellent opportunity to work with one of the UK's biggest game studios. This studio offers medical and dental care, a great pension and annual bonus scheme, a state-of-the-art working environment, no crunch and 25 days of holiday.

Application

Please e-mail your CV to jane@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1798.

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

(Remote working possible)

We are working with a leading AAA game studio based in the West Midlands, UK who is seeking an exceptional Lead Lighting Artist to join their team and work on their highly successful pillar racing titles. You will be given an integral role in guiding the studio vision and creating a beautiful player experience. 

What will you be doing?

• Taking ownership of the studio vision both technical and artistic
• Identifying tools and pipelines
• Defining goals and progression paths for tools
• Testing internal and external tools

• Previous experience in the video games industry with real-time lighting
• Able to demonstrate a strong portfolio showing technical credentials and excellent artistic creativity
• Adobe Suite
• 3DS Max
• Photoshop
• Generation of grading and Look Up Tables
• Leadership skills and experience

We are working with an award-winning independent multi-platform game studio based in the Midlands, UK who is seeking a talented Unity Technical Artist to join their passionate team and work on their family-friendly pillar platform titles. 

What will you be doing?

• Creating and optimising shaders
• Providing guidance to the art team on best shader creation practices
• Using diagnostic and profiling tools to improve and optimise game content
• Testing and developing new features and visual effects

• Previous experience in the games industry including current gen console hardware
• Strong Unity experience
• Knowledge of 3D rendering pipeline
• Maya
• Shader programming
• Content creation software e.g. Zbrish, Photoshop, Allegorithmic Substance Designer/Painter 
• Python, C# and C++
• Maya rigging a bonus