Freelance Senior Environment Artist - Lively, UK

At Lively, we pride ourselves on making games full of character. The world is fun and silly and sad and infuriating and banal and beautiful and ugly, and all of those things have a place in our games.

Lively hunger for difference, we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, products, and community. Lively is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are currently looking for a Senior Environment Artist to join our team.  We have a particularly exciting project involving action packed race tracks which we are seeking a talented individual to champion.

Duties:

• Reports to the Lead Environment Artist, coordinating with team leads on art objectives.
  
• Owns the production of a track’s dressing, following the pipeline and delivery.
  
• Coaches and mentors a prop artist helping with the work, making a significant and direct contribution to the creation of quality artwork.
  
• Influences the defining look and feel and communicate art style principles to the team
  
• Leads by example; demonstrate, communicate, and exemplify clear expectations for quality
  
• Proactively assists in defining the art pipelines and best practices against industry benchmarks
  
• Explores new techniques and technologies to achieve the best possible results.
  
• In the most wholesome way imaginable, loves what they do, and we can tell. (This isn’t a codeword for crunch. The day is over. Go home. So to speak...)
  

• Experience owning the dressing of environments in a previous game team producing a AA or AAA product
  
• Ideally a First in fine art, computer animation, digital media design or relevant degree
  
• Exceptional portfolio that demonstrates a breadth of ability and traditional drawing skills
  
• Solid understanding of 2D/3D art packages; Maya/Max, Substance, Photoshop, ZBrush etc
  
• Expert knowledge of Unity, multiple shipped games using this engine
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Demonstrable time-management and organisational skills
  
• A creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills
  
• Enthusiastic team player, positive and outgoing personality with a can-do attitude
  
• Genuine commitment to personal development
  
• A love of creating unforgettable, utterly loveable gaming experiences for the audience!