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Our people can be based “where they do their best work” from either our HQ or from their home (UK based only / VISA sponsorship available). However occasional travel to HQ office will be required for key meetings and events.

At Dovetail Games we are passionate about empowering our people to build beautiful worlds, craft breath-taking games and do the best work of their career to deliver our vision: “By Enthusiasts, For Enthusiasts”.

We are situated in a river-front studio in the heart of the Historic Dockyard in Kent, UK. We are growing fast, developing our games using cutting-edge technology and delivering these on multiple platforms: PC,

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well as Next Generation platforms, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X

Do you have the desire, vision and the ability to recreate and simulate Train Sim World? Come and join us at Dovetail Games!

We are looking for a Senior Artist to have the drive, the quality, technical excellence and artistic vision of Train Sim World! Working closely with both the Lead Artist and Development Manager, the successful candidate will be set the visual bar and steer the development of the product.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Artists and the Lead Artist to help set the visual bar for our railway environments.
  • Creating realistic, high quality 3D assets that will cover an expansive range including stations, buildings, bridges, clutter assets as well as a wide range of natural objects.
  • Maintaining visual consistency across projects
  • Mentoring junior members of the Art team, assisting them with day to day best working practices and helping guide their discipline development.
  • Maintain visual fidelity, modelling density and texture scale consistency across all assets.
  • Follow art pipelines, workflows and performance budget limitations

Person Specifications

  • 3 years plus in the gaming industry
  • Shipped at least 1 PC or next-gen console title
  • Excellent professional knowledge of Unreal Engine 4
  • Knowledge of Houdini beneficial
  • Expert with 3D Studio Max, Maya and other industry standard art tools.
  • Ability to create art assets to a high standard
  • Experience in the mentoring of artists
  • Good understanding of CG techniques and technologies

About Dovetail Games

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities and diversity, and all applicants will be considered on their merit, qualifications, competence and talent regardless of any protected characteristics.

  • You will have a direct and significant impact on the future of our games
  • You’ll experience an environment where you will be challenged but supported
  • We have an industry leading work-life balance
  • We are developing games across multiple platforms using cutting edge technology
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • Pension scheme
  • My Rewards benefits package including health cash plan, cycle to work, eyecare and tech
  • Free parking
  • Free fruit, tea & coffee and a stocked pantry
  • Access to funded fitness events and health checks.
  • Regular social and sporting activities, including charity fundraising.