We’re looking for a Lead Artist to join our award winning team in Middlesbrough (UK), home to the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline and countryside. Step into a world where your creativity shapes an iconic game. As a Lead Artist at Double Eleven, you’ll be specialising in creating a diverse range of environments using all of the latest art production techniques, help schedule the creation of the assets as well as leading fellow artists If you're looking for a role that blends artistic freedom, technical innovation, and leadership on a high-profile project, this is it.
Recently, we collaborated with Rockstar Games to bring Red Dead Redemption to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC, partnered with Obsidian Entertainment on Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5 and we've enabled millions to conquer Minecraft Dungeons! In this role you will be helping our team to create new adventures for Vault Dwellers around the world.
Double Eleven is a place where our people come first. Our 400-person team proudly represents over 30 nationalities. We strive to avoid crunch, we offer flexible working hours to allow you to truly enjoy work/life balance whilst making great games and any overtime is always planned, optional and paid. We can support UK relocation and have both a dedicated People and Operation teams on standby to assist you.
Interested? We kindly ask all applicants to submit a portfolio to support their application. We’re afraid applications without an accompanying portfolio will not be considered and on this occasion, we’re unable to sponsor a visa for this role.
Would you enjoy
* Helping to create beautiful games
* Being part of an amazing team working on multiple AAA titles
* Being trusted to work independently and proactively to the highest standards
* Working with experienced teams in the industry
What you'll be doing
* Work directly with Art Director and Production in coordinating art resources, schedules and priorities based on project needs
* Provide direction to environment artists for aesthetic and technical considerations
* Will need to fully understand and work around existing art pipelines
* Be hands on with the art team producing benchmark assets to style and brief of project
* Required to help lead the production and creation of art assets for the projects
* Able to communicate and deliver assets cooperatively and independently within a 3rd Party production environment
* Has expertise with PBR, lighting, rendering, and material authoring
* Collaborate with Production to prioritize work, identify issues in JIRA, and escalate them to production, ensuring tasks have sufficient information
* Reviews work for quality and carries out various supervisory responsibilities
* Proactive in finding answers and able to clearly communicate issues and direction to the team
* Capable of owning development of, and delivering, content while leading by example
* Ensure the team maintains high-quality artistic results and milestone delivery, while encouraging effective communication and professionalism
* Receives and provides critique in a professional manner
* Able to manage and mentor career development of 3D Artists at various skill levels
* Leading a team of talented artists
What we're looking for
* Has proven game cycle experience as a Senior or Lead Artist
* Shipped at least one title as a Senior or Lead Artist
* Experience in working with 3rd Party project
* Advanced understanding of 3D packages, Photoshop, Substance Designer/Painter, and Zbrush
* Passion for 3D environment art, set dressing, lighting and texturing
* Demonstrates excellent foundational skills, including composition, design, structure, silhouette and colour theory
* Excellent understanding of the environment art pipeline, dependencies and overall scope of the project
* Demonstrates an ability to work with detailed concept art or reference art materials
* Excellent leadership and mentoring abilities, as well as interpersonal skills
* Organised and practices good time management skills
* Finds creative solutions for technically challenging tasks
* Experienced in managing direct reports
* Experienced working in an Agile workflow
Qualifications
* All relevant qualifications considered
Working life at Double Eleven
* Start your day any time between 8:00am and 10:00am
* 35 working hours per week with a 1 hour lunch break (with the opportunity to flex down to 30 minutes or up to 2 hours)
* Opportunity to apply for hybrid working (up to 2 days working from home per week)
* 28 days annual leave (20 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday)
* 1 day leave for your birthday and 1 day leave if you’re moving house
* Up to 10 days discretionary annual leave during our end of year break
* Potential for annual performance bonus
* 5 additional days annual leave for 5 years service and a further 5 days annual leave for your 10 years service milestone
* A brand new, state-of-the-art studio facilities that includes a market hall serving nutritious, subsidised meals, round-the-clock gym access, an auditorium and more
* Free breakfast options, juice, hot drinks and fruit
* Employee referral bonus (up to £2000!)
* Electric Car Scheme
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Free game codes, game swag and merchandise
* Family-friendly leave available
* Christmas Saving Scheme
* Free parking
* Best-in-class tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity Professional development and wellbeing
Professional development and wellbeing
* Vitality Private Healthcare, discounts and rewards for you, your spouse and children (upon the successful completion of your 6 month probationary period)
* Access to mental health and wellbeing support via Plumm (includes 4 free video therapy sessions per month for both the employee and up to 3 family members aged 18+), unlimited text therapy, courses, meditations
* A personalised development plan with dedicated support tailored to your growth and goals
* Access to an accredited Academy providing professional qualifications (and access to 500 UK discounts and offers via TOTUM when registered as a student)
* A dedicated Workplace Experience team responsible for work environments, workplace and quality of employee life services to help foster collaboration, creativity and innovation
* In-studio wellbeing programmes and People team support
Team Life
* Free activities via our Bus Tours programme (where on occasion, partners and children are welcome to join you)
* Many team events to celebrate team and game milestones
* Sponsored team activities including football, basketball, book club, movie club and more
* Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network
Ways to reach us
If you have a general query or if you need support with your application and/or an alternative way to apply, please do not hesitate to contact our Talent team at jobs@double11.com