THE STUDIO We are a company for gamers, by gamers. We believe that truly good and deeply compelling games are timeless and will ultimately prevail over fine-tuned shallow addiction cycles. Our mission is to make deeply engaging and technically outstanding games, while embracing all the opportunities of cross-platform, new business models and a games industry in flux. We are looking for motivated and highly skilled people who share our love for making outstanding games. You will need to be ready to take on the task of being part of a small but experienced and dedicated team, not be afraid to get your hands dirty, and have a can-do attitude. Join us! It’s going to be a thrilling ride. SENIOR TECHNICAL ARTIST As a Senior Technical Artist you’ll be guiding the development of high quality tools and features for a world-class, cross-platform proprietary game engine. You will work with Artists and Engineers to develop tools that enhance our quality bar and allow our artists to ship high quality content. Your primary responsibilities will be building and extending the tools in Maya to improve content creation workflows, R&amp;D-ing new features, and helping to evangelize and guide the art direction of the game.Responsibilities:<ul><li>You will use your communication skills to keep stakeholders and development teams aligned.</li><li>You will help the Art Manager to create and implement action plans for the department's future success, emphasizing training and development.</li><li>Use your knowledge as a 3D generalist to provide support for all art tools</li><li>Collaborate with engineers to help develop and evolve our pipelines</li><li>Build scripts in python that help improve and optimize the art pipeline</li><li>Use Pyside2/PyQT to create intuitive and efficient tools for artists</li><li>R&amp;D new tools and emergent technologies to improve our pipelines</li></ul>Required Skills:<ul><li>Minimum 4 years professional experience in games as a Technical Artist</li><li>One or more high quality shipped titles on Mobile, Console, or PC</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Graphic Art, or a related field</li><li>Intimate knowledge of Maya </li><li>Excellent Python skills</li><li>Write scripts using OOP and Python standards</li><li>Performance and Memory optimization experience</li><li>Excellent spoken and written communication</li><li>Experienced with designing and building tools in an iterative model</li><li>Able to work closely with an Art Director / Art Manager to drive and evangelize the artistic vision of the game.</li></ul>Bonus Skills:<ul><li>Build advanced rigs for characters, creatures and other assets using Maya</li><li>Experience rigging for a AAA game</li><li>Experience with Substance or Houdini</li><li>Experience creating procedural level content</li><li>Have experience creating complex shaders</li><li>Experience writing C++ plugins</li><li>Have worked on mobile games and understands the limitations and constraints</li><li>Writes tools with an eye for great UI/UX to optimize artist workflows</li><li>Experience working on proprietary engines for games</li><li>Experience authoring runtime animation graphs to create high-quality animations for games</li><li>Passionate gamer that loves working with small teams</li></ul> games. You will need to be ready to take on the challenge of being part of a small but experienced and ambitious team, not be afraid to get your hands dirty, have a can-do attitude and a willingness to go the extra mile. For those up to the challenge, it's going to be a thrilling ride.<h3>QA LEAD</h3>As the QA Lead, you’ll join our international and fully remote development team, working side by side with programmers, designers, artists, and producers to build the next generation of cross-platform AAA games. You’ll be responsible for testing all aspects of our game and ensuring that it meets both the functional requirements required by our partners and the level of quality that we strive to achieve with all of our products.You’ll be expected to participate in design meetings with engineers, designers, and other developers to actively identify ways to reduce testing complexity and give early feedback on new systems and features to improve our ability to deliver a quality product to our players. You’ll then be responsible for developing the test plans and ensuring that they are executed for each and every feature of the game.Lastly, you’ll be working with the Senior Director of Operations and the rest of the operations and production teams to ensure we have adequate time to test our games before every major release or milestone.Responsibilities : <ul><li>Working with the entire development team, develop a test strategy and implement test plans and other test materials and documentation</li><li>Participate in design and cross discipline meetings to ensure QA priorities are taken into account with each feature or system</li><li>Perform ad hoc exploratory testing along with detailed testing based on documented test plans</li><li>Proactively guide QA prioritization efforts based on recent checkins, fixes and changes to the product</li><li>Regress bugs as they are completed by the development team</li><li>Setup and maintain regular QA processes that ensure the builds are tested at minimum daily and any blocking issues are flagged immediately</li><li>Maintain knowledge of the product's development and scheduling changes to support QA effectiveness, focus, and communication</li><li>Represent QA in cross department meetings</li><li>Work with the Operations and Production teams to ensure that there is enough time scheduled for testing prior to any release or milestone.</li><li>Take the initiative to identify, prioritize, call-out, and suggest solutions to problems both big and small</li><li>Proactively make process improvements project wide, identify patterns and new solutions</li><li>Share your thoughts about how to level up the QA discipline across the company to make the company a better place to work, improve the development process, and help deliver amazing shared gaming moments to players.</li></ul>Requirements:<ul><li>3+ years of QA experience</li><li>1+ years of leadership experience</li><li>Professional demeanor with a team-focused attitude &amp; positive mentorship style</li><li>Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace, TestRail and/or other relevant test case management tools</li><li>Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills</li><li>Strong understanding of testing processes and procedures</li><li>Ability to learn quickly and apply that new knowledge immediately</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Experience testing games on cross platform titles</li><li>Experience testing games in all phases of a development lifecycle</li></ul>Bonuses:<ul><li>Experience working in cross discipline game teams</li><li>Experience working on a subscription based game</li><li>Experience working in a remote environment</li><li>In depth understanding of game developer workflows</li><li>Any level C++, Python, or similar programming experience</li><li>Bilingual in Spanish, Portuguese or other languages </li></ul>The base annual salary range for this position in the United States is $70,000 - $170,000. The base salary is just one part of the overall compensation package. SEMC also offers a package of benefits, including, healthcare coverage, unlimited PTO, a remote work environment, flex working schedule, parental leave support, 100% 401k match on the first 3% of your contribution, and paid local hangout meals and events. For more details on the full benefits package please visit this link. All full time roles are also eligible for annual bonuses and equity. This base pay range is for the United States only and does not apply to international locations. The range for each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by location and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Do you feel like you don’t meet each and every requirement on the job description? Many people don't apply for jobs unless they feel they exceed at every one of these job requirements. It’s very important for us at SEMC to ensure we have a diverse and inclusive group of talent, so please go ahead and apply even if you feel that you’re not a “perfect” fit! You just might be what we’re looking for!

<h2>ABOUT SPLASH DAMAGE</h2>We believe that games play better with friends. For more than 20 years, we’ve been creating team-based multiplayer experiences that have entertained tens of millions of players all over the world and forged countless new friendships along the way.Our studio culture is rooted in our open, friendly, and collaborative environment. Our games are made by people from all over the world, from our entry-level Fresh Talent hires to industry veterans, and we believe that fostering that diverse culture is the best way to build both our games and our studio. We have won numerous awards, including a ‘World-Class’ accreditation by Best Companies and being named one of the UK’s 100 Best Large Companies to work for.While our offices are based in Bromley, UK, our people have access to progressive working patterns that give them the flexibility to decide how to do their best work.Benefits:We offer a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family, including:<ul><li>Work your way with access to progressive working patterns including hybrid and fully remote</li><li>Substantial performance-related pay system on top of your basic compensation, along with enhanced pension contributions and our life assurance scheme</li><li>Bespoke VISA and relocation packages for you and your family, with support from our team throughout the whole process</li><li>25 days of holiday and 8 Bank Holidays a year, plus our annual studio closure between Christmas and New Year’s</li><li>Private Medical and Dental Cover for you and your family, along with a 24/7 digital GP service</li><li>Extensive Mental Health support, with Line Manager Mental Health training, a group of Mental Health First-Aiders, and on-site or remote counselling</li><li>Our bespoke Learning and Development course framework to help you grow as an employee, manager, and leader</li><li>Industry-leading fully paid 30 weeks maternity leave &amp; 10 weeks paternity leave</li></ul><h2>THE ROLE</h2>Whether they are hard surface architectural, mostly organic or a fusion of both, the worlds that the Environment Artists create here at Splash Damage are not only spectacular in terms of their visuals but are lovingly crafted game play spaces.We trust our Senior Environment Artists to build awe inspiring worlds that play and perform well with high-quality assets that are delivered on time and within the technical specifications required for the game to be performant.Splash Damage is looking for a Senior Environment Artist to join our growing teams of talented developers, helping us to create exciting games that are expertly built and enjoyed by millions.You Will:<ul><li>Create standalone and modular Environment assets varying in scale and complexity.</li><li>Model assets using reference photographs and concept Art materials.</li><li>Work with the Lead Environment Artist to create high quality environments in keeping with the project's visual direction.</li><li>Produce work within performance specifications under strict deadlines.</li><li>Review and implement your work using the game editor.</li><li>Trouble shoot asset errors and action creative feedback.</li><li>Collaborate with other sub-disciplines such as Level Design, Lighting, VFX and Tech Art.</li><li>Coach and mentor junior level staff through knowledge sharing.</li></ul>You Have:<ul><li>An up-to-date portfolio filled with examples of Environment work.</li><li>A strong understanding of shape, form and composition.</li><li>Proven abilities in optimised 3D asset creation.</li><li>Solid experience of PBR workflows.</li><li>Proficiency with industry standard modelling tools such as 3D Studio Max and Maya.</li><li>Experience working with Photoshop, Substance Painter.</li><li>Good communication skills.</li><li>The ability to work well within a team.</li><li>Worked with industry standard asset tracking software such as Jira.</li></ul>Bonus Points for:<ul><li>An understanding of the impact of Environment Art on Level Design.</li><li>Experience working within Unreal Engine 4+</li><li>Skills with supporting software such as Zbrush and Substance Designer.</li><li>A mixture of hard surface and foliage asset modelling skills.</li><li>Set dressing and beautification pass experience.</li></ul>Splash Damage is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.

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 We are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Technical Artist who is ready for a new challenge and has experience working on multiple titles. As Senior Technical Artist, you will be the driving force constantly pushing the quality of art within the game. You will work alongside the tech art team, as well as working directly with art teams, programmers, and other key stakeholders on a daily basis. Flexible working at Creative Assembly includes hybrid, fully remote within country of employment for eligible roles, and in-studio. We recognise that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and empower our teams to define the working patterns which work best for them, which may mean different things for different teams and roles and at different times. This role can be offered as hybrid or fully in-studio. Further details can be discussed during the recruitment process. Key Responsibilities You will work with your team providing technical support to the artists across multiple projects.  On a day-to-day basis you will: <ul><li>Be able to manage time effectively, be a versatile problem solver and have the expertise to inspire and mentor others to excellence</li><li>Create, maintain, and review workflows, tools, and pipelines, leading by example</li><li>Look for opportunities to improve and optimise the art teams’ workflows and processes, as well as introduce new practises across the Total War art team as a whole</li><li>Actively look for innovative and creative ways to improve the workflow and quality of the art content</li><li>Liaise with programming teams and bridge communications between project teams, departments, between the total war team and console team at CA. </li></ul>Knowledge, Skill and Experience Essential <ul><li>Excellent problem-solving and communication skills</li><li>Relevant programming or scripting experience in languages such as Python/C++/C#</li><li>Strong understanding of 3D math (linear algebra, vector and matrix math)</li><li>Experienced in Houdini throughout at least one AAA title development cycle</li><li>Procedural generation experience.</li></ul>Desirable <ul><li>Experience with C++</li><li>Production experience with 3DS Max</li><li>Substance Designer / Painter experience</li><li>Have experience as an artist in the games industry</li><li>Previously shipped AAA titles in an equivalent role</li></ul> About Creative Assembly It’s an exciting time to be a part of our craft-led studio as we push boundaries, creating deep and detailed experiences that last.  Our teams are diverse from across the world, from trainees to industry veterans who constantly challenge us and make sure we are striving for the best within our games and our studio life. We are united through our shared values of Quality, Focus, Teamwork, Respect and Trust and we win awards for our culture and our people-centric approach, having won a Best Place to Work Award for six consecutive years. We invest in our people, the studio, and our projects. We are a company that’s secure and safe – you don’t need to worry about job security at CA. We’ll give you the creative freedom, tools, support, and development to achieve your potential.  Our studios are based in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria, including several bespoke state-of-the-art audio suites and a dedicated motion capture facility.  We offer many benefits to support you and your family including: <ul><li>Flexible working: hybrid, fully remote within country of employment for eligible roles, and in-studio working </li><li>Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs) </li><li>Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays </li><li>Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents, with support throughout the process from our dedicated Relocation Specialists </li><li>Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening </li><li>Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, and all UK Bank holidays </li><li>Annual discretionary studio bonus </li><li>Join our award-winning education and social responsibility programme; the Legacy Project, as an industry ambassador to mentor and educate others </li><li>Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance </li><li>Opportunity to join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group </li><li>Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme with free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site </li><li>Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library </li><li>Free breakfast in the studio every day - toast, bagels, pancakes, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, smoothies, juices, milkshakes and more in our fully stocked kitchen </li><li>Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme and onsite confidential sessions </li><li>In-studio heavily subsidised massage therapy </li><li>Discounts for home technology, travel insurance, corporate gym membership, cinema tickets, holidays, trips out and Ikea vouchers, and many local businesses including estate agents </li><li>Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer Festival, Christmas Party plus a separate Children’s Christmas Party. We also have Cinema days and wrap parties for game releases </li><li>Studio community activities such as life drawing, creative writing, Pilates, Walking Challenges, Couch to 5k, basketball, game and movie evenings, board game club, 5-a-side football, CA Choir, Sword fighting (yes, sword fighting) and loads more.</li></ul>Our studio sites have disabled access. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

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 As the Lead Technical Artist on our New Project, you have an excellent opportunity to make your mark on the new title from Creative Assembly’s in-house team in Sofia, Bulgaria. You will lead a small team of technical artists and animators, bringing innovation to the project and empowering the wider art team with contemporary tools, techniques and processes. Key Responsibilities As the Lead Technical Artist for the project, you will have significant experience of leading, mentoring and nurturing the development of other artists. As well as managing the technical art team, conducting regular reviews and overseeing their career development, you will be responsible for enhancing visual quality, performance and art efficiency on our project. Communication is critical to the success of this role. You will be proactive in communicating progress, solving problems across the team, and sharing across the wider project where relevant. You will be able to communicate well and collaborate with the team to develop new features, processes, and pipelines. You will be expected to drive new technology and art production techniques, taking responsibility for ensuring the content produced by the art department is both technically appropriate and efficiently produced. As the Lead Technical Artist, you will support &amp; extend a rich python framework of tools to increase the productivity and efficiency of the content teams. Knowledge, Skill and Experience Essential <ul><li>Demonstrable experience of leading and developing other artists</li><li>Previous experience in a technical art or lead role on multiple shipped AAA titles</li><li>Ability to communicate effectively across a team</li><li>Fluent in cutting edge art authoring techniques and processes</li><li>Experience designing and maintaining tools in a production environment</li><li>Expert knowledge of one or more 3D software packages (Maya, 3ds Max, Blender)</li><li>Expert knowledge of Python</li><li>Unreal Engine production experience</li><li>Practical experience and a strong comprehension of PBR</li></ul>Desirable <ul><li>Houdini production experience</li><li>Experience with VFX</li><li>Working knowledge of a variety of content creation software, such as: Substance, Marvelous Designer, Fusion, Marmoset, Quixel, etc.</li><li>Experience in other scripting and programming languages (PyMel, Maxscript, C#, C++, etc.)</li></ul> About Creative Assembly It’s an exciting time to be a part of our craft-led studio as we push boundaries, creating deep and detailed experiences that last. Our teams are diverse from across the world, from trainees to industry veterans who constantly challenge us and make sure we are striving for the best within our games and our studio life. We are united through our shared values of Quality, Focus, Teamwork, Respect and Trust and we win awards for our culture and our people-centric approach, having won a Best Place to Work Award for five consecutive years. We invest in our people, the studio, and our projects. We’ll give you the creative freedom, tools, support, and development to achieve your potential. Flexible working at Creative Assembly includes hybrid, fully remote for eligible roles, and in-studio. We recognise that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and empower our teams to define the working patterns which work best for them, which may mean different things for different teams and roles and at different times. Our studios are based in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria, including several bespoke state-of-the-art audio suites and a dedicated motion capture facility. We offer many benefits to support you and your family including: <ul><li>Flexible working: hybrid, fully remote within country of employment for eligible roles, and in-studio working</li><li>Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)</li><li>Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life insurance, and free health care screening</li><li>Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays</li><li>Annual discretionary studio bonus</li><li>Join our award-winning education and social responsibility programme; the Legacy Project, as an industry ambassador to mentor and educate others</li><li>Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance</li><li>Opportunity to join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group</li><li>Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme</li><li>Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library</li><li>Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen</li><li>Office massages</li><li>Discounts for home technology and for gym membership cards, as well as Food and Utilities vouchers</li><li>Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases</li></ul> Our studio sites have disabled access. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief

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 Position at Creative Assembly
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 Our awesome Total War art team in CA Sofia has the perfect position for a talented Lead Environment Artist specifically skilled at buildings, props and natural terrain, as well as a keen eye for level building and polishing. The successful candidate will have good experience of modular systems design and prefab design, as well as good technical skills. Please note that a portfolio must be submitted as part of an application for this role. Key Responsibilities As the Lead Environment Artist for the project, you will have significant experience of leading, mentoring and nurturing the development of other artists. As well as managing the Environment team, conducting regular reviews and overseeing their career development, you will be responsible for both the creation of assets and world construction, from architecture to props and level dressing. Communication is critical to the success of this role. You will be proactive in communicating progress, steering your team and solving problems, working closely with the wider development teams and design and concept, to produce an engaging and coherent universe. Knowledge, Skill and Experience Essential<ul><li>Exceptional Artistic ability</li><li>Demonstrable experience of leading and developing other artists</li><li>Ability to communicate effectively across the team</li><li>Deep knowledge of 3ds Max/Maya/ZBrush/Photoshop/Substance</li><li>Industry experience in creating quality 3D environments and other assets</li><li>Knowledge of games development pipeline/environment/engines</li><li>Demonstrated passion for visual environment creation</li><li>Proven experience implementing game environments</li></ul> Desirable<ul><li>All-round art ability</li><li>Love of games</li><li>Knowledge of Substance Designer and Painter</li><li>Lighting, composition and set dressing skills</li><li>Technical art skills</li></ul>About Creative Assembly It’s an exciting time to be a part of our craft-led studio as we push boundaries, creating deep and detailed experiences that last. Our teams are diverse from across the world, from trainees to industry veterans who constantly challenge us and make sure we are striving for the best within our games and our studio life. We are united through our shared values of Quality, Focus, Teamwork, Respect and Trust and we win awards for our culture and our people-centric approach, having won a Best Place to Work Award for five consecutive years. We invest in our people, the studio, and our projects. We’ll give you the creative freedom, tools, support, and development to achieve your potential. Flexible working at Creative Assembly includes hybrid, fully remote for eligible roles, and in-studio. We recognise that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and empower our teams to define the working patterns which work best for them, which may mean different things for different teams and roles and at different times. Our studios are based in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria, including several bespoke state-of-the-art audio suites and a dedicated motion capture facility. We offer many benefits to support you and your family including: <ul><li>Flexible working: hybrid, fully remote within country of employment for eligible roles, and in-studio working</li><li>Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)</li><li>Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life insurance, and free health care screening</li><li>Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays</li><li>Annual discretionary studio bonus</li><li>Join our award-winning education and social responsibility programme; the Legacy Project, as an industry ambassador to mentor and educate others</li><li>Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance</li><li>Opportunity to join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group</li><li>Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme</li><li>Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library</li><li>Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen</li><li>Office massages</li><li>Discounts for home technology and for gym membership cards, as well as Food and Utilities vouchers</li><li>Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases</li></ul> Our studio sites have disabled access. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

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 <h1>Game Artist – Character Team</h1>HARDlight is looking for a Game Artist to join the character team on our successful live F2P games.As a generalist you’ll be creating art that covers a wide range of game art challenges. This is a role that will suit an artist who loves to do a bit of everything! You'll be comfortable creating 3D models, 2D art or particle effects in engine and everything in between.If you don’t quite have all the experiences we are looking for, then this is a role that will allow you to grow your range of game art skills. This role is open to talented juniors, experienced or senior game artists.Our games are played by millions of people weekly with a large active community - come and help our games reach their full potential.<h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Work alongside the lead artist, character artists and animator to help deliver successful characters in the game</li><li>Create low poly 3D models and textures for the character power-ups and weapons</li><li>Create 2D/3D icons for character power-ups and frontend menus</li><li>Create Particle effects in unity for power-ups and new game features</li><li>Work with the designers to concept and mockup new character abilities</li><li>Export, test and iterate your artwork in the game engine</li><li>Create presentation images of your artwork for marketing purposes or review sign-off</li></ul><h2>Essential Skills &amp; Experience</h2><ul><li>Excellent knowledge of 3D software such as 3D Studio Max, Maya, Blender etc...</li><li>Texturing skills in Substance Painter or Photoshop</li><li>Strong 2D art skills</li><li>Experience with working in game engines like Unity or Unreal - Getting your art in and setting it up while also considering performance and technical constraints.</li><li>Ability to absorb, apply and give constructive feedback</li></ul><h2>Bonus experiences</h2><ul><li>Experience of low or high poly character modelling and texturing</li><li>A basic understanding of 3D animation and/or rigging experience</li><li>Simple video editing skills</li><li>Experience of rendering 3d assets in packages like V-Ray or Arnold</li><li>A genuine interest in stylized game art</li></ul>A portfolio demonstrating your work is required<h2>Why work at HARDlight?</h2><ul><li>You'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes life assurance, private healthcare &amp; dental insurance schemes and an enhanced contributory pension scheme</li><li>We offer competitive salaries so that you can stay motivated and focused on making HARDlight the best it can be</li><li>For gaming buffs, we offer free SEGA games on Steam and a home technology scheme, or if you’re more of a foodie, you can take advantage of fresh fruit, cereal &amp; toast every day </li><li>Fitness fanatics will love our discounted gym membership and ride to work scheme. You can find your zen with weekly yoga classes as well as in-house massage therapy</li><li>We pride ourselves on having flexible working hours to ensure that you have a life outside of the office</li><li>The opportunity to be a large part of a small team, developing innovative titles with a huge SEGA back catalogue</li><li>Based in the ‘Heart of England' in stunning historic Royal Leamington Spa, with great connections to London &amp; Birmingham</li><li>We want people of all backgrounds to see themselves represented and included in our work, so we actively seek to diversify our team and bring more voices to the table. All applicants are welcome!</li></ul>

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 Position at Hardlight
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 <h1>Experienced/Senior 3D Character Artist – Character Team</h1>We are looking for a Character Artist to join the character team on our successful live F2P games.You’ll be creating fun, vivid and efficient in-game character models alongside high-detailed marketing renders of your new creations. You love collaborating and helping drive forward new characters that will resonate with our large active community and millions of players - come and help our games reach their full potential!<h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Create low poly game characters and textures with a focus on efficient topology and UVs.</li><li>Create high poly and high detail character renders for marketing and game use</li><li>Take your render to final quality with post-render edits in Photoshop</li><li>Take equal ownership of the game characters. Collaborate with the animators, designers, engineers and VFX artists to deliver the best character experience for our games.</li><li>Export, test and iterate your characters in the game engine</li><li>Create additional art elements such as 3D icons and prop models when necessary.</li><li>Create presentation images of your characters for marketing purposes or review sign-off</li></ul><h2>Essential Skills &amp; Experience</h2><ul><li>Excellent knowledge of 3D software such as 3D Studio Max, Maya, Blender, Zbrush etc...</li><li>Strong texturing skills in Substance Painter or Photoshop in PBR and non-PBR workflows</li><li>Able to skin and rig a character to a basic level for posing.</li><li>Ability to absorb, apply and give constructive feedback</li></ul><h2>Bonus experiences</h2><ul><li>Experience in setting up characters for rendering that demonstrates a solid understanding of lighting, materials and render settings in packages like V-Ray or Arnold</li><li>Experience with working in game engines like Unity or Unreal - Getting your art in and setting it up while also considering performance and technical constraints.</li><li>A good understanding of the human form/anatomy and structure/silhouette</li><li>A genuine interest in stylized characters and textures</li></ul>A portfolio demonstrating your work is required<h2>Why work at HARDlight?</h2><ul><li>You'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes life assurance, private healthcare &amp; dental insurance schemes and an enhanced contributory pension scheme</li><li>We offer competitive salaries so that you can stay motivated and focused on making HARDlight the best it can be</li><li>For gaming buffs, we offer free SEGA games on Steam and a home technology scheme, or if you’re more of a foodie, you can take advantage of fresh fruit, cereal &amp; toast every day</li><li>Fitness fanatics will love our discounted gym membership and ride to work scheme. You can find your zen with weekly yoga classes as well as in-house massage therapy</li><li>We pride ourselves on having flexible working hours to ensure that you have a life outside of the office</li><li>The opportunity to be a large part of a small team, developing innovative titles with a huge SEGA back catalogue</li><li>Based in the ‘Heart of England' in stunning historic Royal Leamington Spa, with great connections to London &amp; Birmingham</li><li>We want people of all backgrounds to see themselves represented and included in our work, so we actively seek to diversify our team and bring more voices to the table. All applicants are welcome!</li></ul>

<h2>Playground Games is looking for a Senior Character Artist to join our Fable team on a Permanent basis.</h2><h3>ABOUT US:</h3>As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.<h3>ABOUT THE ROLE:</h3>You will be part of the Character Team, creating the people and creatures of Albion. You will work closely with the Lead Character Artist to deliver high quality game characters, as well as providing feedback and documentation to outsource partners and other members of the team.Our ideal candidate is a highly talented and experienced artist who is passionate about their craft, skilled in sculpting human, animal and creature anatomies, realistic clothing and armour and has examples to prove it.This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa, with the choice of hybrid working.<h3>WHAT YOU’LL DO:</h3><ul><li>Highly realistic sculpting, retopology and texturing</li><li>Close collaboration with the Character, Tech Art, Concept, Tech Animation and Animation Teams to define pipelines and workflow</li><li>Help to mentor and provide and maintain documentation and feedback for the team and our outsource partners</li><li>Integration of characters in engine, troubleshoot rendering and shader issues and balance textures</li></ul><h3>WHAT YOU’LL BRING:</h3><ul><li>A portfolio demonstrating high-quality Character work and AAA games experience. This portfolio can be submitted as a link to a portfolio website or added as an attachment along with your CV</li><li>Passion and enthusiasm to deliver a wide range of characters for a much-loved franchise</li><li>A team player who thrives on collaboration and sharing ideas</li><li>A genuine passion for video games and Fable</li></ul>This is a fantastic opportunity to make characters for a world class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.Playground Games is an equal opportunities studio and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

<h2>Playground Games is looking for a Principal Character Artist to join our Fable team on a Permanent basis.</h2><h3>ABOUT US:</h3>As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.<h3>ABOUT THE ROLE:</h3>You will be part of the Character Team, creating the people and creatures of Albion. You will work side by side with the Lead Character Artist to deliver high quality game characters, as well as providing feedback and documentation to outsource partners and other members of the team.Our ideal candidate is a highly talented and experienced artist who is passionate about their craft, skilled in sculpting anatomy for humans, animals and creatures, along with the ability to produce realistic clothing and armour and has examples to prove it.This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa, with the choice of hybrid working.<h3>WHAT YOU’LL DO:</h3><ul><li>Establish and maintain the benchmark for highly realistic sculpting, retopology and texturing</li><li>Help to define pipelines and workflow in collaboration with the Character Art Lead, and the Tech Art, Concept, Tech Animation and Animation Teams</li><li>Help to provide and maintain documentation and feedback for the team and our outsource partners</li><li>Integration of characters in to engine, troubleshooting rendering/shader issues and balancing textures</li></ul><h3>WHAT YOU’LL BRING:</h3><ul><li>A portfolio demonstrating high-quality Character work and AAA games experience. This portfolio can be submitted as a link to a portfolio website or added as an attachment along with your CV</li><li>Passion and enthusiasm to deliver a wide range of characters for a much-loved franchise</li><li>A team player who thrives on collaboration and sharing ideas</li><li>A genuine passion for video games and Fable</li></ul>This is a fantastic opportunity to make characters for a world class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.Playground Games is an equal opportunities studio and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

<h2>Playground Games is looking for a Material Artist to join our Forza Horizon team on a contract basis.</h2><h3>ABOUT US:</h3>As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are looking to expand our diverse team as we continue driving forward our BAFTA award-winning Forza Horizon franchise, <h3>ABOUT THE ROLE:</h3>As a Material Artist, you will be working with the Environment Art team to deliver materials and textures for use throughout the game world. You will be responsible for creating consistently high-quality environment materials and raising the bar for content in our game. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders so the ability to communicate effectively is very important.Our ideal candidate is a highly skilled material artist who is passionate about their craft, skilled in texturing, and has the track record to prove it.This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa.<h3>WHAT YOU’LL DO:</h3><ul><li>Work closely with leads, seniors, and multi-disciplinary stakeholders to establish texture and material workflows.</li><li>Create high-quality environment materials both for man-made and organic assets, especially terrain.</li><li>Contribute to creating Benchmarks for various asset types and define workflows and processes for obtaining the best results possible.</li><li>Create base material library for use in asset creation.</li></ul><h3>WHAT YOU’LL BRING:</h3><ul><li>A portfolio demonstrating high-quality Material work.</li><li>Strong knowledge of PBR techniques and material authoring.</li><li>Mastery of relevant software packages such as Zbrush, Substance Suite, etc.</li><li>Great understanding of art fundamentals and design principles</li><li>A genuine passion for video games.</li><li>Experience with photogrammetry and using scan data in your work is an advantage.</li></ul>This is a fantastic opportunity to a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.Playground Games is an equal opportunities studio and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

<h2>Playground Games is looking for a Character Asset Integration Artist to join our Fable team, on a contract basis.</h2><h3>ABOUT US:</h3>As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun. We are excited to be rebooting the much-loved Fable franchise and are expanding our diverse team to create a new classic in the action RPG genre.<h3>ABOUT THE ROLE:</h3>You will be part of the Character Team, creating the people and creatures of Albion. You will work closely with the Lead Character Artist to prepare briefs, provide feedback and documentation to outsource partners and integrate assets delivered from them into the gameOur ideal candidate has experience of creating of highly realistic characters and a passion for working with outsource partners to deliver themThis is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa.<h3>WHAT YOU’LL DO:</h3><ul><li>Review character assets from our outsource vendors and provide clear and concise feedback</li><li>Submit assets into Perforce and integrate them into our game engine</li><li>Work closely with the Character Art, Outsource vendors, Concept and our Tech Animation and Animation Teams</li><li>Provide briefs and maintain workflow documentation for our outsource partners</li></ul><h3>WHAT YOU’LL BRING:</h3><ul><li>A keen eye for spotting everything from file naming errors to sculpted details not matching concepts</li><li>Experience of working within game engines, specifically importing and setting up art assets</li><li>Knowledge of Shotgrid for task tracking and feedback</li><li>A genuine passion for video games and Fable</li></ul>This is a fantastic opportunity to make characters for a world class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.Playground Games is an equal opportunities studio and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

<ul><li>Job Title - Technical Artist - Casual Mobile Games</li><li>Reports Into - Head Of Art</li><li>Location - Remote</li></ul>A Little Bit About Kwalee…Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.What’s In It For You?<ul><li>Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win </li><li>Quarterly Team Building days</li><li>Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! </li><li>Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best</li><li>All the equipment that you need to be properly set up</li></ul>Are You Up To The Challenge?As a Technical Artist, you are the bridge between several teams; technology, art, QA and production. Through your efforts the team should be able to produce their best work in a shorter space of time because of the tools and processes you help create, and our games should be able to appeal to the biggest audiences because you will help make them visually more interesting and run smoothly on a wide range of devices.You can either work remotely, in our Leamington office, Lisbon office or in our Bangalore office surrounded by a great bunch of people!Your Team MatesWith the stroke of their brushes, our game art teams bring vibrance and colours to the lights and clockwork of our Kwalee games. As creative doers, they not only offer look and feel, but they also use time and business constraints to solve aesthetical challenges unsolvable by clever design.What Does The Job Actually Involve?<ul><li>Working closely with the art team and other team disciplines to create tools, techniques and pipelines that makes it easier and faster for artists to create their best work</li><li>Create shaders, effects and visual improvements that to elevate the look of the game</li><li>Collaborate with the Art Leads to help elevate the art expectations for the game and create plans to help realise them.</li><li>Support the technology team and create tools to help make it easier for creativity and technology to co-exist.</li><li>Optimization of game assets to ensure that the game runs as well as it can on the broadest range of devices.</li><li>Providing feedback based on your expertise on a wide range of games.</li></ul>Your Hard Skills<ul><li>A minimum of 3 years experience in a Tech Art role, working in Unity, on commercially released products.</li><li>Thorough knowledge of the Unity engine, particularly optimization, VFX, shaders and render pipelines.</li><li>Detailed knowledge of art creation packages, including Photoshop, 3DS Max, and other industry standard tools.</li><li>Coding / prototyping skills.</li><li>Skills in animation, motion design and/or special effects</li><li>Experience with UI implementation inside of Unity.</li><li>Excellent pipeline definition skills, able to define how art goes from the team into the game.</li><li>Ability to work creatively in a demanding team environment.</li><li>Absolute passion for playing and making video games, especially mobile games.</li><li>Strong creative ideas and imagination, able to entertain players with challenges, humour, surprises and fun.</li><li>Positive attitude, self driven and able to work alone or as part of a team.</li></ul>Your Soft SkillsKwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.A Little More About KwaleeFounded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

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