Props Artist

45 Minutes ago • 3 Years + • Prop Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Rockstar North is seeking a talented Props Artist with a passion for creating a wide variety of props for video games. The role involves building diverse props and weaponry, enriching in-game environments and cinematic cutscenes, and focusing on balancing gameplay, destruction, storytelling, and technical constraints. Responsibilities include creating 3D prop art for exterior and interior environments, pursuing high quality in technical approaches and aesthetics, seeking feedback, managing priorities, participating in R&D, and actively learning about prop creation.
Must have:
  • 3+ years of relevant games industry experience
  • Excellent 3D game art creation skills
  • Strong with 3ds Max, Photoshop, Substance Painter/Designer
  • Artistic expertise and flair
  • Grasp new programs and systems quickly
  • High degree of self-direction and motivation
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Comfortable working in a team, under deadlines
  • Strong communication and time management skills
  • Able to prioritize and multi-task
Good to have:
  • Experience with ZBrush, Maya, Marvelous Designer, Blender
  • Keen interest in design, engineering, and mechanics of objects

Job Details

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences. 

Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. 

Rockstar North is on the lookout for a talented Props Artist who possess a passion for creating a wide variety of props for video games.

This is a full-time, permanent and in-office position based in Rockstar’s state-of-the-art game development studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. 

WHAT WE DO

  • We build a diverse range of props and weaponry.
  • We enrich in-game environments as well as cinematic cutscenes, with a focus on balancing gameplay, destruction, storytelling, and technical constraints by finely crafting each prop for form and functionality.
  • We collaborate closely with various teams to create believable and rich worlds.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Create a wide range of 3D prop art used in exterior and interior environments. From complex machinery to organic forms.
  • Pursue a high quality across technical approaches and aesthetics.
  • Proactively seek feedback from Leads and Creative Directors.
  • Manage competing priorities effectively ensuring that all relevant parties are updated.
  • Participate in R&D, problem solving artistic solutions to technical problems.
  • Actively pursue knowledge of all aspects of prop creation – what works, what doesn’t, and what we can do about it.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3+ years of relevant games industry experience.

SKILLS

  • Excellent 3D game art creation skills.
  • Strong with 3ds Max (or similar), Photoshop, Substance Painter/Designer.
  • All-around artistic expertise and flair.
  • The technical ability to grasp new programs and systems quickly.
  • Ability to work with a high degree of self-direction and motivation.
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Comfortable working in a team setting, under deadlines and time constraints.
  • Strong communication and time management skills.
  • Able to prioritize and multi-task.

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

  • Experience with ZBrush, Maya, Marvelous Designer, Blender.
  • Keen interest in the design, engineering and mechanics of the various objects around us in the world.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar’s reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Department. 

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

 

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