Splash Damage want an experienced Lead Environment Artist to join their growing team of talented developers, helping them to create exciting games that are expertly built and enjoyed by millions.
As a Lead Artist you will work with Production to prioritise and plan the project’s environment art needs and work with the Art Director to create high quality environments in keeping with the project's visual direction.
Your responsibilities will also include…
Collaborate with other sub-discipline Leads to ensure that the environments serve the wider needs of the project
Maintain a healthy creative team culture
Provide and sanity check task estimates and scope
Review the Environment team’s output, giving constructive feedback
Set quality expectations and provide visual benchmarks
Coach, mentor and develop the team ensuring their growth as a unit and as individuals
Delegate and assign work to team members
Track tasks in Jira and other project tracking software
Work to highlight and mitigate any issues that put the project at risk
Maintain a healthy creative team culture
The skills and experience you'll bring to the role...
Shipped at least one title as a Lead Environment Artist
Strong leadership and empathetic people management skills
Excellent communication skills
A portfolio filled with recent examples of Environment work
A strong understanding of shape, form, and composition
Proven abilities in optimised 3D asset creation
Solid experience of PBR workflows
Proficiency with industry standard modelling tools such as 3D Studio Max and May
Experience working with Photoshop, Substance Painter
Worked with industry standard asset tracking software such as Jira
Bonus points for…
Experience working within Unreal Engine 4+
Skills with supporting software such as Zbrush and Substance Designer
A mixture of hard surface and foliage asset modelling skills
Perks and benefits include…
Substantial performance-related pay on top of your wage
Enhanced pension contributions
Bespoke visa and relocation packages for you and your family
