AI Summary
Join Double Eleven as a Lead 3D Artist to create iconic games, lead a team of artists, and work on multiple AAA titles. As a senior artist, you'll be responsible for creating high-quality 3D assets, leading the production of art assets, and mentoring junior artists. With a focus on artistic freedom, technical innovation, and leadership, this role is perfect for experienced 3D artists looking for a new challenge.
Key Highlights
Lead a team of 3D artists
Create high-quality 3D assets
Work on multiple AAA titles
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Flexible working hours
Optional overtime
Paid annual leave
Birthday leave
Moving house leave
Discretionary annual leave
Annual performance bonus
Free breakfast options
Free game codes
Game swag and merchandise
Family-friendly leave
Christmas Saving Scheme
Free parking
Best-in-class tools and workflows
Professional development and wellbeing
Vitality Private Healthcare
Discounts and rewards
Mental health and wellbeing support
Personalised development plan
Access to an accredited Academy
Dedicated Workplace Experience team
Job Description
We're looking for a Lead 3D Artist to join our award winning team. Step into a world where your creativity shapes an iconic game. As a Lead 3D Artist at Double Eleven, you'll be specialising in creating a diverse range of assets 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 plus-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.
Due to the studio closing for the Christmas break on December 18th, it's likely we won't update you regarding your application until January 2026.
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
- Work directly with Art Director and Production in coordinating art resources, schedules and priorities based on project needs
- Provide direction to asset team 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
- Reviewing work to meet the technical requirements and following best practices for the highest quality
- 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
- 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, Zbrush and Marmoset Toolbag
- Excellent knowledge with unwrapping, modifying, and creating UVs
- Passion for highly detailed 3D assets and texturing for game ready assets
- Demonstrates excellent foundational skills, including composition, design, structure, silhouette and colour theory
- Excellent understanding of the hard-surface 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
- All relevant qualifications considered
- 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
- 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
- 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
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