Vehicle Artist (Unannounced Project)

Job Overview

DPS Games is looking for an exceptionally skilled 3D Hard Surface / Vehicle Artist to work on the creation of a variety of vehicles and machinery in the next big free-to-play title from Wargaming, the company that brought us World of Tanks and one of the strongest free-to-play PC game companies in the world.

In this role, you will help to create the vehicles & gameplay assets for a new and exciting project under a huge new license partnership. You’ll be passionate about hard surface 3d art, highly conceptual, with a strong mechanical background including animation design, setup and optimisation.

You’ll be a hardworking self-motivated team player, who is able to understand the Art vision for the vehicle team, while developing a solid and efficient pipeline for asset production that will stay in place for years to come.

In this position you will be working within a multidisciplinary team of developers, in a global community and will have the ability to both share your hard-earned knowledge and continue to develop your skill set by learning from your teammates.

We are looking for someone with a good sense of humor who can integrate themselves seamlessly into our team & studio culture.

Reports to

The Vehicle Artist will report to the Lead Vehicle Artist and be based in Guildford, UK.

What will you do?

• Collaborate with the Art team, designers, programmers on object specifications and deliveries
• Work with 3D game assets as required
• Work with pipeline procedures to deliver competitive, cutting edge assets
• Work with colleagues in defining process and pipeline improvements
• Work with high-poly and low-poly models and accompanying texture sets that use advanced shaders

What are we looking for?

• Art production experience in the gaming industry
• A strong understanding of visual language and affordance
• Proven ability to create exceptional high-poly and low-poly models and textures
• A great eye for detail, natural flair & a strong understanding of 3d Art
• Excellent verbal and written skills, and be able to both take critique and give feedback internally and externally in a professional manner
• Strong understanding of PBR shader development and lighting
• Solid knowledge of 3ds Max, Painter, Zbrush, and other 2D/3D applications
• Diligence around both individual and team tasks, schedule and budgets
• Good organization skills with adherence to optimization and asset management

What additional skills will help you stand out?

• BA in art or related field or equivalent experience
• Experience with Substance Designer and other packages
• Unreal 4/5 development experience
• Traditional art skills (drawing, painting, sculpting, photography)
• Concept skills – Ability to visualize and concept environments and props
• Samples of your work displaying clean High Poly to Low Poly bakes, strong understanding of material variation & photo realistic texturing

Benefits

Benefits and perks are tailored to the local market and culture. Our benefits in Guildford include:

• 5 weeks of Annual Leave per calendar year
• Dog-friendly office
• Onsite canteen (with an endless supply of snacks and beverages)
• Video game areas, Warhammer painting station, a bespoke D&D table, Adjustable height desks
• Health Insurance (including family coverage), Life Insurance, Pension contribution
• Mental well-being program (iFeel)
• Wellbeing perks (Mental Health Days, Dedicated Well-being room, Team of Mental Heath First Aiders)
• Career development and education opportunities within the company
• Employee discounts
• Personal Gaming Account 
• Company events 
• Seniority Awards 
• Referral program - you can recommend the best talents to the Company and receive a reward 
• Working in one of the main European hubs for game development
• Startup within a company with 25 years of experience on the market
• To learn more about our studio in Guildford, follow this link: https://dpsgames.com/studio