Lead 3D Artist

6 days ago

City of London United Kingdom Skillsearch Limited Full time

Skillsearch is helping a games studio find an experienced Lead 3D Artist (Generalist) who is keen to build beautiful stylised and unique worlds while nurturing and leading the art team. This full-time Lead Artist role is based in London and comes with an attractive salary and benefits package.

You will be working with the Lead Designer, Lead Programmer and Producer, and you will lead the art team on a new and exciting IP, taking responsibility for ensuring the game has a unique style and is polished to a high quality. You need to be happy turning your hand to a wide range of 3D game art production skills, from modelling, texturing, and VFX, to lighting, shaders and look dev.

In your first few weeks in this Lead 3D Artist role, you can expect to:

  • Provide regular feedback and reviews in a clear and constructive way, ensuring that artwork is of a high quality
  • Direct the creation of concepts from the concept art team and manage the translation to in-game assets
  • Work with other departments to develop effective art pipelines
  • Mentor less experienced artists and manage outsourcing where required.

To apply for this Lead 3D Artist role, you will need to be happy turning your hand to a wide range of 3D game art production skills, from modelling, texturing, VFX, to lighting, shaders and look dev. You will also require the following:

  • Experience using Unity and at least 8 years of industry experience
  • Good artistic fundamentals, with the ability to effectively communicate critique and artistic intent to others
  • Comfortable with common Game Art tools such as 3DS Max/Blender, Substance Designer/Painter, Zbrush and Photoshop
  • Lighting, shader, and scene setup knowledge.

As a vital member of the team and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach and commitment, you'll receive a favourable salary and the chance to join a passionate and welcoming team.

To apply for this full-time Lead 3D Artist job in London, please contact Jay from Skillsearch at today. Please refer any friends or colleagues for this role or direct them to our Careers page on our website.

This remote-first studio in Brighton, work with talent across the UK to deliver the best games possible whilst allowing their team to work comfortably and flexibly in their own spaces. The award-winning studio carries the essential ingredients of unbridled enthusiasm, distinctive ideas and fearless audacity into every project they work on.

Here at Skillsearch, we're a recruitment company. In the simplest form, this means we place people at new companies - but it's so much more than that. For the past 30 years, we've been busy helping people (like you) with sought after skills find jobs in the Games, Interactive and Enterprise Systems industries all around the globe. Our company comprises a team of dedicated consultants that work across various niche technologies, including Games, Virtual Reality, AR and XR, Workday, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and eCommerce. We are always exploring other cutting-edge markets. Follow us to see a few of the jobs we're working on, find out which events you can see us at, and keep up with news in the technology, gaming and interactive world. Welcome to Skillsearch

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