We are working with a leading studio based in Leamington Spa who is looking for a talented Senior Vehicle Artist, with solid 2D and 3D automotive design skills, who will create bespoke and licenced vehicles.

Skills required

• A min of 3 years as a Vehicle Artist, with an impressive portfolio showcasing your skills
• AAA experience, with a released title
• 3D modelling skills (low and high poly)
• PBR workflow experience
• Art packages such as Maya, 3DSMax, Photoshop
• Unreal engine
• Understanding of optimisation and mesh topology techniques
• V-Ray rendering knowledge will be a bonus

Application:
Please forward your updated Word formatted CV and your latest portfolio to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 1993.

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

Our client is a leading global mobile game publisher who looking to appoint a talented Senior Concept Artist, with mobile and hyper casual games experience to join their internal production on a remote working basis. You will be part of a team who will help develop and publish a very popular game.  

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the rest of the team on the project
• Work closely with the Producers, Game Designers, Developers
• Assist the art teams to develop good aesthetics
• Graphic designing tasks for logo, banners, etc.
• Production of beautiful art assets for casual games  
• Design of illustration, characters, scenes, props etc.
• Liaise with the VFX teams to produce drawings

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years in the mobile games industry
• Experience as a Senior concept Artist, with an impressive portfolio  
• Good hand-drawing and graphic skills

• Illustrator, Photoshop, Illustrator experience and / other design software

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word formatted CV and your latest portfolio to lynelle@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2643.

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

We are working with a well-established VR developer who is looking to appoint an experienced Lead Artist to manage their talented team of artists, who will be working on their AAA VR action shooter game.  

 What will you be doing?

• Reports to the Senior Lead Artist
• Liaise with the other Leads and the production team
• Assist the Creative Department Manager with the art team’s development
• High-level planning and set deliverables, and ensure timeous delivery
• Manages and communicate any potential risks
• Ensure the project adheres to the defined art style, vision, and strict quality
• Manage the team to deliver in-game assets – 3D meshes, textures, environments, characters, animations, shaders, lighting, and UI
• Manage, mentor, and motivate the team
• Set the standards high regarding best practice, processes, and procedures

Who are you?

• Proven experience as a Lead artist in the games industry, with a full development cycle 
• A minimum of 5 years, with a pc or console titles
• Solid team management experience
• Expert Jira and Confluence knowledge

Benefits

This studio offers competitive salaries, flexible working hours, income tax reduction for eligible expats, great work life balance, working with in a diverse and collaborative environment.

Application

Please email your Word or PDF CV to cvs@big-planet.biz along with your updated portfolio/ reel quoting reference 2630.

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

Our client is situated in a beautiful region in the South of France, and they are looking to appoint a highly skilled Technical Animator, who will create game-ready animations for their hit action RPG title.  

Responsibilities

• Works closely with the Lead
• Liaise and collaborate with the Design team and the developer
• Deliver an engaging user experience
• Create character animations – concepts, rigs, animations and pipelines
• Setting up and managing character behaviour graphs
• Provide constant input and feedback

Requirements

• Experience as a Technical Animator in the games industry
• A minimum requirement of 1 year, with an amazing reel to showcase your skillset
• At least 1 published title – pc/console
• Solid animation design, pipeline and procedures oi
• Unreal/Unity
• Maya

Application

Please email your updated PDF or Word formatted CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2075.

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

Our client is situated in a beautiful region in the South of France, and they are looking to appoint an experienced Lead Environment Artist, a team player and collaborator, who will create amazing environments for their hit action RPG title.  

Responsibilities

• Effectively manage the team
• Mentor and work closely with the Artists to produce high quality content
• Set schedules to deliver with-in production timelines
• Maintain the quality of the game environments
• Provide constant feedback

Requirements

• Solid experience as a Senior Environment Artist, with an amazing portfolio of environment art
• A min of 5 years in the games industry
• Ideally RPG/action/fantasy type of games
• Excellent 3D skills
• 3DS Max, ZBrush and Photoshop  
• People management skills

Application

Please email your updated PDF or Word formatted CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2057.

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

We are working with a co-development studio who works with global AAA clients, working on multiple and exciting projects, offering plenty of variety. They are looking to appoint an experienced Technical Artist to join their growing team, who will support the art and animation teams.

What will you be doing?

• Advise Technical Art Leads of resourcing concerns and productions risks
• Support the Art and Animation Team
• Assisting with resolving technical issues
• Streamlining workflows
• Improving performance and creating toolsets
• Help to establish and maintain project art pipelines from inception and throughout the project life-cycle

Who you are?

• An experienced Technical Artist with an updated portfolio showcasing your skillset
• A min of 2 years in the games industry with at least 1 published title
• Understanding of modern rendering, shading and lighting techniques
• Maya and/or 3DS Max and some knowledge in Python
• Good understanding of a PBR workflow
• Understanding of the technical limitations of current console hardware

A bonus:

• MEL and/or Maxscript knowledge
• Unreal Engine or Unity
• Maya API and programming in C++ or C# is advantageous
• 3 published titles

Benefits

Market related salary, flexible working hours, private medical and dental insurance scheme and so much more!

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2617.

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

We are working with a co-development studio who works with global AAA clients, working on multiple and exciting projects, offering plenty of variety. They are looking to appoint a skilled Senior UI Artist with keen eye for detail, to join their growing teams, producing quality of our UI artwork.  

What will you be doing?

• Reports to the Lead UI Artist, and help define clear visual goals, create best practice artwork and help to oversee the UI Team quality

• Exploring new techniques, assist with concepting new ideas and refining the UI to enhance the player experience

• Create high-quality 2D UI art, from wireframe prototypes and concepts, through to implementation in game, bug fixing and polishing

• Collaborated with other departments and working as part of a multidisciplinary Art Team.

• Motivating and inspire artists, to flourish and help promote a culture of collaborative innovation
• Manage outsource artwork, including all communication, feedback and implementation

• Update tutorials, documents and technical guides to improve efficiency in the art pipeline

Who you are

• An experienced UI Artist in the games industry, with an updated portfolio showcasing your UI or UX skills
• A min of 3 years in game development
• Experience with modern UI animation processes, strong sense of timing for animating UI elements

• A clear understanding of art fundamentals; colour theory, proportion, layout, composition, typography, iconography and use of negative space.
• Knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator in particular)
• Experience in Figma / Adobe XD or similar prototyping tool and in After Effects.

• Various other tools and processes used in game development, including current game editors such as Unreal.

• A collaborative team player, a professional, flexible, and a calm approach with the ability to adapt with change.

• An interest and passion for new game art techniques and emerging UI/UX trends

Benefits

Market related salary, flexible working hours, private medical and dental insurance scheme and so much more!

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2620.

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

We are working with a co-development studio who works with global AAA clients, working on multiple and exciting projects, offering plenty of variety. They are looking to appoint a highly skilled Lead UI Artist to join their growing teams, to create graphics and world-class user interfaces for their projects and also overseeing all the UI artwork.

What will you be doing?

• Create beautiful icons, menus, buttons and front-end HUD graphics, for engaging and intuitive interfaces - from wireframe prototypes and concepts, through to implementation in game, bug fixing and polishing
• Collaborate with other departments to make the user experience intuitive and useful
• Exploring new techniques and refining the UI

• Inspire, motivate and mentor the UI team to produce consistent high-quality work
• Ensure the consistency between initial vision and final assets.
• Promote processes and pipelines, define budgets and create concise documentation of best practices
• Schedule the art workload and monitor output
• Update tutorials, documents and technical guides to improve efficiency in the art pipeline

Who you are

• An experienced Lead UI Artist in the games industry, with an updated portfolio showcasing your UI or UX skills
• Experience with modern UI animation processes, strong sense of timing for animating UI elements

• A clear understanding of art fundamentals; colour theory, proportion, layout, composition, typography, iconography and use of negative space.
• Knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator in particular)
• Experience in Figma / Adobe XD or similar prototyping tool and in After Effects.

• Various other tools and processes used in game development, including current game editors such as Unreal.
• Technical and creative problem-solving skills
• Experience of mentoring and sharing technical knowledge with junior team members

• An interest and passion for new game art techniques and emerging UI/UX trends

Benefits

Market related salary, flexible working hours, private medical and dental insurance scheme and so much more!

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2619.

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

We are working with a co-development studio who works with global AAA clients, working on multiple and exciting projects, offering plenty of variety. They are looking to appoint a talented Senior Character Artist to join their growing team, creating beautiful Characters for their projects.

What will you be doing?

• Liaise and working closely with Art and Animation Leads
• Help to oversee the Character Art Team
• Support and mentor the Associate Artists
• Produce characters in varying art styles - efficient topology ready for skinning for animation
• Ensure quality is maintained throughout the project
• Liaise with the tech team, to improve workflows and tools

Who you are

• A min of 4 years in game development, with an impressive portfolio showcasing your variety of character art
• Maya, 3DS Max, or similar
• Solid Zbrush and Substance Painter experience
• Marvelous designer experience and making hair for real-time characters
• Game engine experience - Unreal, Unity, Cry Engine etc.

Benefits

Market related salary, flexible working hours, private medical and dental insurance scheme and so much more!

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2618.

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

We are working with a co-development studio who works with global AAA clients, working on multiple and exciting projects, offering plenty of variety. They are looking to appoint a highly skilled Senior Technical Artist to join their growing tech art team.

What will you be doing?

• Work closely with the Lead Technical Artist regarding resourcing concerns and production risks
• Take ownership of specific features of the game
• Mentor the Technical Art Team
• Creating and integrating in-house toolsets and create materials/shaders
• Establish and maintain project art pipelines
• Collaborate with the artists and offer feedback to improve the performance of the in-game assets while maintaining visual fidelity.
• Adhere to schedules and promptly feedback concerns regarding any aspects of the project
• Draft technical guides to improve efficiency in the art pipeline

• Promote a culture of collaborative innovation.

Who you are

• An experienced Senior Technical Artist with an updated portfolio showcasing your skillset
• A min of 4 years in the games industry
• Understanding of modern rendering, shading and lighting techniques
• In-depth knowledge in Python.
• Good understanding of a PBR workflow
• Understanding of the technical limitations of current console hardware

An added bonus:

• MEL and/or Maxscript knowledge
• Unreal Engine or Unity
• Maya API and programming in C++ or C# is advantageous
• 3 published titles.
• At least two full project cycles in an intermediate art position.

Benefits

Market related salary, flexible working hours, private medical and dental insurance scheme and so much more!

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2616.

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

We are working with a studio situated in London, who is looking to appoint a highly talented and artistic Lead Cinematic Animator to join their growing team of developers, who will have the opportunity to drive and further develop a strong team.

What will you be doing?

• Develop, direct, and carry the standard for cinematic animation at every phase, from concept, previs, to final animations implemented in the cinematics
• Excellent cinematic storytelling
• Varied animation styles and up to date with the latest animation techniques and innovations
• Plan, prepare and supervise motion capture
• Work closely with other disciplines to resolve any technical difficulties
• Maintain project quality
• Productive internal workflow and beneficial relationships with external partners
• Collaborate with other sub-disciplines such as Level Design, Lighting and VFX

Who you are

• An experienced Lead Cinematic Animator with an updated portfolio showcasing your skillset
• A min of 3 published games
• At least 1 AAA title
•  Game or film experience working on story and action-oriented sequences and cut scenes
• Motion Builder, Maya or other equivalent 3D animation program

An added bonus:

• Unreal cinematic tools or equivalent
• Create high quality animations for characters, facial, props and vehicles for cinematics.
• Understanding of gameplay and cinematic content interact with each other
• Experience working with external partners and vendors

Benefits

They offer a comprehensive benefits package.

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2624.

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

We are working with a studio situated in London, who is looking to appoint an experienced, creative and highly talented Art Director to join their growing team of developers, who will motivate and  lead the art and project teams, collaborate with all disciplines, to deliver visuals of the highest quality.  

What will you be doing?

• Take ownership of the project, and drive the artistic visuals of the project – communicate with the internal art and external teams
• Collaborate with the project’s leadership team, ensuring the visuals of the game and comply with the narrative, technical constraints and game play
• Review output and provide feedback
• Drive and set quality
• Liaise and work closely with production
• Liaise with the Art leads – ensure high quality standards are maintained throughout the project, delegate tasks
• Grow and build the art team – recruit and external development partners

Who you are?

• An experienced Art Director with at least 1 shipped title, and multiple shipped titles as an Artist, with an impressive portfolio
• 2D/3D asset creation
• Knowledge of various video game disciplines
• PBR workflows
•  3D modelling tools and painting/illustration software
• Jira or similar asset tracking software

An added bonus:

• Unreal engine
• Zbrush, Substance Painter and Designer
• Shipped AAA titles as an Art Director
• World building and narrative experience
• Experience formulating and developing IP
• An interest in a wide range of visual media and art forms beyond video games

Benefits

They offer a comprehensive benefits package.

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2614.

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

Our client is an exciting games studio looking for a Senior Cinematics Artist to join their talented art team to work on their upcoming UE5 projects. This role can be offered fully remotely or hybrid at their beautiful studio in the South-West of England.

Your cinematic expertise will cover a broad range of key areas including lighting, performance direction, cinematography and editing. Alongside this, you will be working closely with animators, artists and programmers to develop and share a vision for the cinematics on their upcoming titles.

What will you do?

• Manage, support, mentor and develop team members in your department
• Act as a hiring manager for future titles in cinematics
• Identify and manage risks within the schedule with the Production department
• Create bespoke motion graphics content to use within the game
• Improve processes, prototype new tools, example levels and workflows in your department
• Work with Production involving the planning and production tasks relating to all aspects of the department, including Jira agile workflows
• Create documentation related to your discipline for training and support purposes
• Alongside Production and leadership work towards creating and managing budgets for the department

Who you are?

• 4+ years of experience in the games industry, working with cutscene/cinematic related work
• Strong knowledge of storytelling, film language and cinematography technique
• Solid understanding of JIRA, WWise and Unreal Engine
• Ability to deliver high quality cinematic projects on time
• Excellent English written and verbal communication
• Comfortable working cross discipline

Benefits

• Fully Remote/ Hybrid work models
• No crunch/ flexible hours
• Private Health Insurance
• Supportive work environment – with work socials and opportunities to further progress your skills

Application

To apply send CVs to apply to cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2552.

Big Planet is an equal opps recruitment agency and GDPR compliant.

Our client is an award-winning studio known for creating successful and cutting-edge games. They are looking to appoint a highly creative and talented Senior Concept Artist with a passion for world building, who will realise their vision.  

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Art Director and Lead
• Establish the Art Director’s vision through sketches to paintings, storyboards, mood boards and paint-overs to support art, design, gameplay and storytelling
• Create style guides for outsourcing briefs
• Support the vendors with base material
• Effective communication with the artists and provide feedback

Requirements

• Sound experience as a concept artist – a minimum of 8 years of experience
• Games or film industry experience
• Basic understanding of game engines
• 3D software experience – at least one as a foundation for paint work and pre-viz
• Comprehensive knowledge of composition, perspective, colour theory, anatomy, real-world materials, and lighting

Benefits

This studio offers a very competitive salary and wonderful company benefits.

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word formatted CV and your latest portfolio to 

cvs@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2605.

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

Our client is an award-winning studio known for creating successful and cutting-edge games. They are looking to appoint a talented Lighting Artist with a passion for world building, an artistic eye and ability to interpret reference and concept art.

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Lead Lighting Artist
• Work with the Art Directors, establishing the image quality and moods
• Create light settings for their interior and exterior environments
• Set up image effects processes and technical requirements
• Provide feedback to the lighting team

Requirements

• A min of 3 years in the games industry as a Lighting Artist
• An impressive portfolio showcasing your skills
• Solid 3D asset creation and lighting skills - have an artistic eye and ability to interpret reference and concept art
• Strong knowledge of the composition of scenes
• Real-time rendering engine experience

 
Benefits

This studio offers a very competitive salary and wonderful company benefits

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word formatted CV and your latest portfolio/showreel links to 

lynelle@big-planet.biz quoting reference 2601

My client is working on an exciting and new project, and they looking to appoint an experienced Senior UI/UX Designer to join their team,who will add value as a specialist and help to define a new subgenre, as they embark on a big and ambitious project.

 What will you be doing?

• Report to the Lead Game Designer
• Contribute to the full cycle of UX/UI
• Create fantastic UI Art, analyse designs and express your UX designs
• Research solutions, provide feedback,communicate designs with the production team
• Analyse playtests and surveys
• UX/UI workflow improvements

Who you are

• A formal qualification and relevant video games experience
• An impressive portfolio showcasing your UX/UI skillset
• A minimum of 5 years as a UX/UI designer, with a released title
• Figma, Miro, Adobe suite  

An added bonus if you have the following:  

• Unity
• A MOBA/ MMORPG player
• Web and mobile UI design
• BI/Data background

Benefits

Remote working, or an option to work on-site in Copenhagen, relocation assistance, excellent remuneration. 

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word CV along with your latest URL portfolio/showreel links to 

cvs@big-planet.biz quotingreference 2572.

We are an equal opps recruitment agency and GDPR compliant.

Slovenia is known as ‘the green heart of Europe’, with its diverse and magical natural landscapes and rich cultural heritage; a charming country situated between the Alps and the Adriatic. The studio is situated in Ljubljana, the capital city, considered to be an undiscovered gem.

Following their successful release, my client is embarking on a new project. They are growing and looking to appoint a talented Senior 3Dartist with solid modelling and texturing skills to join their team. 

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the graphics and production teams
• Create amazing and high-quality 3D environment art and props
• Ensure all work meets the vision of the project and delivered timeously
• Optimisation of scenes and assets
• Establish and streamline technical pipelines
• Adhere to the strict limitations of the project
  

Requirements

• A 3D artist with a minimum of 3 years in the games industry
• An impressive portfolio, showcasing your skills  
• Technical abilities - lighting, shaders, texturing,rendering
• Unreal game engine
• Maya and other 3D graphics software

Benefits

Competitive salary, profit share, relocation assistance,flexible work hours and remote work days.

 
Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word formatted CV and your latest portfolio to 

lynelle@big-planet.bizquoting reference 2577.

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

Our client is based in sunny Barcelona, is a top-rankingmobile games studio and they are looking to appoint a creative and talented ConceptArtist, with an eye for detail and a team player, to join their marketing art team.You will be a key player in the creative process, who will provide key elementsfor their marketing campaigns.  

Responsibilities

• Works closely with the Product Marketing Manager
• Analyse data with the User Acquisition team
• Collaborate with the outsourcing department
• Create briefs and static assets
• Produce competitor benchmarking, create storyboards and briefs
• Create animatics and videos
• Liaise with team members
• Maintaining best practices and keep up to date of new trends in the mobile games space

Requirements

· Min of 2 years as a Concept artist in gamesdevelopment or someone from the advertising industry

· A multidisciplinary art skillset

· Data analysis

· A passion for user acquisition

· Solid Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator. A goodknowledge of Adobe After Effects experience

An added bonus, if you havethe following skills:

· Mobile games experience

· Understanding of Digital and traditionaladvertising best practices

· Unity

· 3D Software

Application

Please forward your updated PDF or Word formatted CV and yourlatest portfolio to 

cvs@big-planet.biz quotingreference 2549.

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

My client is one of the leading game developers in Germany, with their modern office based in Frankfurt. They develop RPG games, and they are looking to appoint a creative and highly skilled Senior VFX Artist to join their multi-national team of artists.  

What will you do?

· Collaborate, support and work closely with the art,programming and game design teams

· Conceptualising, creating and implementing high quality in-game VFX

· Maintain the visual direction of the game and deliver1st class visual effects

· Assist with technical tasks and offer solutions based on the project’s requirements

Who are you?

· A min of 5 years as an artist in the games industry, ideally pc and consoles games

· Solid experience as a VFX artist, with an impressive portfolio showcasing your real-time VFX skills

· Strong understanding of art, gameplay and animation principles

An added bonus if you have the following skills:

· Cinematic post-production and experience in 3Dmodeling, 2D texture creation and offline simulation tools

· Knowledge of current state of the art games,films and top-notch development techniques

· Understanding of rendering pipelines

· Creation of complex shader networks and scripting

Application

To apply please forward your updated Word formatted CVto cvs@big-planet.biz alongwith your latest URL portfolio/ showreel quoting reference 2467.  

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