One Player Missions client is looking for an Art Outsource Manager to join their team. They are comprised of a seasoned group of developers recognised for their work creating action-packed console and PC games.

The successful candidate will be a central figure in managing and coordinating the art outsourcing process, ensuring seamless integration of external and internal artistic efforts. They will be responsible for maintaining the outsourced production schedule, quality control of outsourced work, and acting as the primary liaison between the studio and external partners.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in leading people or managing teams.
• Experience in project management, ensuring deliverables are timely and at the required quality standards.
• Proven experience creating game ready assets in at least one major modelling package, along with knowledge of other industry standard tools such as Photoshop, Substance Painter, Substance Designer and Zbrush.
• Experience with game level production, with a heavy focus on layout, composition, and visual hierarchy.
• Established game development experience.
• Strong aptitude for art software including proprietary tools.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• CV in English.
• Provide a portfolio of work demonstrating solid understanding in modelling and texturing 3D assets while maintaining technical restrictions and guidelines (Preferred)
• Prior experience working in a AAA environment. (Preferred)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the preparation of assignments for external teams.
• Be a point of contact for all external 3D art that takes place on the project.
• Work with both internal and external production teams to establish estimates and maintain an outsource production schedule.
• Be the primary point of asset review and feedback for the partner studio, giving clear feedback to push quality to ensure it hits our benchmarks.
• Create benchmark documentation and asset examples based off of the Art Director’s and/or Lead Artists’ feedback and direction.
• Revise and adjust models and textures as needed in an effort to achieve the best quality possible.
• Maintain an outsource production schedule and manage multiple deliveries from different Artists/teams daily.
• Coordinate frequently with our internal Artists, Tech Artists, Animators, and Leads to process and export assets into the game engine and troubleshoot as needed.
• Attend regular check in calls with our external partners, to review their progress.

BENEFITS:

• Step by Step relocation & VISA support
• Hybrid working
• Working on best-in-class AAA console games
• Highly competitive salary package
• Access to the latest tools and technology
• 5 Wellness Days on top of 25 Vacation Days!

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +441206 214428! 

Role posted by

Mitchell Gibson

One Player Mission’s client is a Swedish game studio comprised of a seasoned group of developers recognised for their work creating story-driven games.

Boasting an impressive back catalogue of action-packed console and PC games, which have won numerous awards and reached both commercial and critical acclaim.

They’re looking for a Senior Tools Programmer to join their team. In this role you will be responsible for the architecture and implementation of tools for the development of our games. You will collaborate closely with other teams and stakeholders of the studio, for example design, gameplay programmers, and artists.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive experience in designing, developing, implementing, and supporting tools and editors
• Excellent C++ skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent 3D math skills
• Ability to find shortcomings in and improve tools and designs
• Proven ability to work with others
• Good organization and time management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self-motivated team player with very strong work ethic and cooperative attitude
• Passion for making GREAT games

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architect and implement tools and editors in C++ for engine and gameplay features, with an eye to a high-quality end-user experience
• Write clean, professional and maintainable code
• Create high-quality, performance-minded code
• Be an active advocate for system features and tools that would improve the production process
• Actively work to improve the user experience of the tools for people within the studio without requiring explicit direction
• Identify the need for new tools and functions to improve the workflow
• Guide and mentor other programmers on the team

DESIRED SKILLS (good to have):

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or comparable work experience
• Prior experience with idTech and Qt
• First person shooter experience

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +441206 214418!

Role posted by

Daniel Fox

One Player Mission’s client is a Swedish game studio comprised of a seasoned group of developers recognised for their work creating story-driven games.

Boasting an impressive back catalogue of action-packed console and PC games, which have won numerous awards and reached both commercial and critical acclaim.

They’re looking for a Senior Tools Programmer to join their team. In this role you will be responsible for the architecture and implementation of tools for the development of our games. You will collaborate closely with other teams and stakeholders of the studio, for example design, gameplay programmers, and artists.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive experience in designing, developing, implementing, and supporting tools and editors
• Excellent C++ skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent 3D math skills
• Ability to find shortcomings in and improve tools and designs
• Proven ability to work with others
• Good organization and time management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self-motivated team player with very strong work ethic and cooperative attitude
• Passion for making GREAT games

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architect and implement tools and editors in C++ for engine and gameplay features, with an eye to a high-quality end-user experience
• Write clean, professional and maintainable code
• Create high-quality, performance-minded code
• Be an active advocate for system features and tools that would improve the production process
• Actively work to improve the user experience of the tools for people within the studio without requiring explicit direction
• Identify the need for new tools and functions to improve the workflow
• Guide and mentor other programmers on the team

DESIRED SKILLS (good to have):

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or comparable work experience
• Prior experience with idTech and Qt
• First person shooter experience

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +441206 214418!

Role posted by

Daniel Fox

One Player Missions is delighted to be working with an exceptional co-developer who has an amazing back catalogue of AAA games! 

We are looking for a Lead Technical Artist to manage and mentor their Tech Art team on upcoming projects. You’ll be responsible for the development and streamlining of tools and processes, for increasing art efficiency and for establishing and maintaining project art pipelines from inception and throughout the project life cycle. 

REQUIREMENTS:

• A proven track record as an art leader with excellent communication skills.
• Strong performance and quality focus, embracing technical challenges in real-time game art.
• Dependable, committed, and continuously looking to learn and improve.
• In-depth knowledge of current game development practices and a passion for new game art techniques.
• Experience in mentoring and sharing technical knowledge with junior team members.
• Leadership skills marked by positivity, enthusiasm, and effective listening.
• Collaborative team player with a flexible, professional approach and adaptability to change.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and streamline tools and processes for art efficiency.
• Establish and maintain project art pipelines.
• Support art and animation teams, resolving technical issues.
• Define budgets and optimise artwork to meet performance standards.
• Collaborate with artists whilst providing feedback to maintain visual fidelity while optimising in-game assets.
• Lead specific game features if needed.
• Ensure all artwork adheres to guidelines regarding naming conventions, texture layering structures etc. 
• Create documentation and tutorials for art pipeline processes.
• Monitor and support the ongoing technical artwork across the studio.
• Conduct inductions and reviews for new team members, providing feedback on performance.
• Mentor and manage the Tech Art team, fostering a culture of collaborative innovation.

BENEFITS:

• Remote | Hybrid | Onsite work options.
• 25 days holiday (+ extras for length of service).
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Flexible working hours.
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance & Eye Care.
• Employee Share Scheme.
• Anti-crunch professional working environment.
• Income Protection and Annual Bonus.
• Free Parking, Tech and Bike Scheme.
• Company Socials and Annual Events.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 425!

Role posted by

Jon Norfolk

One Player Mission’s client is a Swedish game studio comprised of a seasoned group of developers recognised for their work creating story-driven games.

They can boast an impressive back catalogue of action-packed console and PC games, which have won numerous awards and reached both commercial and critical acclaim.

Looking for a talented Network Programmer to join their studio! In this role your job is to tackle the game networking layer and we believe the person that will be best suited for this job is already experienced with real-time and low-latency object replication.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Have experience from at least one full cycle of a AAA game production.
• Demonstrate and apply strong problem-solving and debugging skills in C++.
• Write clean, professional, well commented and maintainable code.
• Show good knowledge of mathematics for 3d game development.
• Understand a large set of the many components that makes up a modern video game and show capabilities of independently take on tasks.
• Experience with networked gameplay and object replication in a client-server model.???????

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architect and implement features in C/C++, that is CPU, GPU and memory efficient, with an eye to a quality end-user experience.
• Develop, extend and debug AI, tools, physics, animation, rendering, UI and gameplay code while respecting platform and design constraints, with focus on your area of expertise.
• Collaborate well with programmers and other disciplines involved in the day to day work.
• Review code written by programmers across the studio and collaborate with them to improve code quality.
• Help mentoring less experienced team members.
• If required, debug, modify, extend or use the tools pipeline as necessary.
• Construct solutions for unforeseen design problems in a timely manner.
• Proactively provides suggestions on how to utilize new technologies and tools and implement them into our workflow.

DESIRED SKILLS (good to have):

• Broad understanding of interactions between different gameplay systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of online matchmaking services.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +441206 214418!
 

Role posted by

Daniel Fox

One Player Mission is excited to be working with a AAA developer known for making exceptional quality Character Action Games!

We are looking for an experienced Houdini Technical artist who will help develop and maintain procedural content generation tools for their art teams to populate beautiful living environments. You will be a part of the pipeline in simulation and destruction of assets for their different in-game scenarios.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Together with artists identify workflows for the procedural creation of both small and large-scale environments and assets. Analyse current pipelines and identify how to improve them with procedural tools.
• Work together with programmers and artists to create and maintain efficient procedural tools for the environment team.
• Be a close contact with the art teams to gather and analyse feedback and improve on the tools accordingly.
• Help simulate a wide range of destruction and epic in-game scenarios.
• Spread their knowledge of Houdini to the rest of the teams.
• Create and maintain documentation.
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues as needed.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Working experience as a Technical Artist on a AAA game.
• Excellent experience in Side Effects Houdini in procedural generation of graphical content and destruction simulation.
• Strong understanding of game development pipelines and processes and applying the principles of procedural generation.
• Experience in prototyping, and present ideas before driving implementation.
• Experience working with Houdini engine.
• Excellent problem solving skills and strong organisational skills.
• Great communication skills and a positive attitude.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical parties.
• Have excellent knowledge in one or more DCC applications. (Modo, Blender, Maya, Max).
• Training and tutoring skills.
• Fluent in English both written and verbal form.

BENEFITS:

• Step by Step relocation & VISA support
• Hybrid working
• Working on best-in-class AAA console games
• Very competitive salary package
• Access to the latest tools and technology
• 5 Wellness Days on top of 25 Vacation Days and generous Swedish bank holidays!

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +441206 214425!

Role posted by

Jon Norfolk

One Player Mission’s client is a AAA developer, with studios in multiple locations who are looking for a talented AI Programmer to join their team. 

You will work on a brand-new video game to be developed and published by the studio. Featuring a wholly original story, players will step into the shoes of the world’s favourite Secret Agent in their very first origin story.

You will be part of the team implementing the studios very own cutting-edge AI tech. The studio have created a brand-new AI framework ready to be implemented across multiple projects. They have their own AI team and want to grow it.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experienced with AI programming from games, preferably AAA. Knowledge of implementing AI behaviour.
• Excellent C++ skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English.
• Open-minded and willing to accept and provide feedback to ensure the highest quality for their systems and gameplay features.

• You will work closely with game designers, level designers, and animation programmers not just to make the game come alive on the screens, but to make the games become a fun AAA experience.
• Take part in the design and implementation of their new AI system.
• Develop additional features and bug-fixes for AI running in their current AI system.
• The AI team is part of the gameplay team, so you will collaborate with core gameplay and animation programmers. Over time, there will be excellent possibilities for taking different roles.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 426!

Role posted by

Daniel Fox

Project: AAA Game

OPMs client, with studios in three beautiful cities, is looking for established Senior Gameplay Producers with strong communication skills to join their team in producing next level gameplay experience for their new, large AAA title.
REQUIREMENTS:

• You have worked as a Gameplay Producer, on a mission team, gameplay team or both, for at least 2 AAA games. You have a deep understanding of the production process and working with different teams, from technical to creative.
• What you will be driving is not the building of an asset, but the building of an experience. That is why it is important that you understand the nuances of bringing an in-game experience together, at AAA standard.
• Very strong workflow development and documentation skills.
• Strong budgeting, controlling, and reporting skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with our Executive Producer in defining the goals for the gameplay teams and break down the necessary milestones into realistic, achievable goals.
• Work closely with the Game Director, gameplay and AI programmers, game and level designers and gameplay animators to build an experience.
• Defining, planning, and executing milestones in line with the project’s overall milestone and release schedule. Creating, updating, and tracking goals, schedules, and budgets in Jira.
• Controlling and reporting progress for the teams involved in the development of gameplay experiences.
• You will determine the development of prototypes, review prototypes, ensure deliverables according to time plan and quality benchmark.
• Work together with the game management team to get approvals at studio and publisher green light meetings.

DESIRED SKILLS (good to have):

• Have project management experience or certifications such as Prince2, SCRUM, Kanban

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 429!

Role posted by

Rebecca Porter

Project: AAA Game

OPMs client, with studios in three beautiful cities, is looking for established Senior Gameplay Producers with strong communication skills to join their team in producing next level gameplay experience for their new, large AAA title.
REQUIREMENTS:

• You have worked as a Gameplay Producer, on a mission team, gameplay team or both, for at least 2 AAA games. You have a deep understanding of the production process and working with different teams, from technical to creative.
• What you will be driving is not the building of an asset, but the building of an experience. That is why it is important that you understand the nuances of bringing an in-game experience together, at AAA standard.
• Very strong workflow development and documentation skills.
• Strong budgeting, controlling, and reporting skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with our Executive Producer in defining the goals for the gameplay teams and break down the necessary milestones into realistic, achievable goals.
• Work closely with the Game Director, gameplay and AI programmers, game and level designers and gameplay animators to build an experience.
• Defining, planning, and executing milestones in line with the project’s overall milestone and release schedule. Creating, updating, and tracking goals, schedules, and budgets in Jira.
• Controlling and reporting progress for the teams involved in the development of gameplay experiences.
• You will determine the development of prototypes, review prototypes, ensure deliverables according to time plan and quality benchmark.
• Work together with the game management team to get approvals at studio and publisher green light meetings.

DESIRED SKILLS (good to have):

• Have project management experience or certifications such as Prince2, SCRUM, Kanban

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 429!

Role posted by

Rebecca Porter

Project: AAA Game

OPMs client, with studios in three beautiful cities, is looking for established Senior Gameplay Producers with strong communication skills to join their team in producing next level gameplay experience for their new, large AAA title.
REQUIREMENTS:

• You have worked as a Gameplay Producer, on a mission team, gameplay team or both, for at least 2 AAA games. You have a deep understanding of the production process and working with different teams, from technical to creative.
• What you will be driving is not the building of an asset, but the building of an experience. That is why it is important that you understand the nuances of bringing an in-game experience together, at AAA standard.
• Very strong workflow development and documentation skills.
• Strong budgeting, controlling, and reporting skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with our Executive Producer in defining the goals for the gameplay teams and break down the necessary milestones into realistic, achievable goals.
• Work closely with the Game Director, gameplay and AI programmers, game and level designers and gameplay animators to build an experience.
• Defining, planning, and executing milestones in line with the project’s overall milestone and release schedule. Creating, updating, and tracking goals, schedules, and budgets in Jira.
• Controlling and reporting progress for the teams involved in the development of gameplay experiences.
• You will determine the development of prototypes, review prototypes, ensure deliverables according to time plan and quality benchmark.
• Work together with the game management team to get approvals at studio and publisher green light meetings.

DESIRED SKILLS (good to have):

• Have project management experience or certifications such as Prince2, SCRUM, Kanban

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 429!

Role posted by

Rebecca Porter

Project: AAA Game

OPMs client, with studios in three beautiful cities, is looking for established Senior Gameplay Producers with strong communication skills to join their team in producing next level gameplay experience for their new, large AAA title.
REQUIREMENTS:

• You have worked as a Gameplay Producer, on a mission team, gameplay team or both, for at least 2 AAA games. You have a deep understanding of the production process and working with different teams, from technical to creative.
• What you will be driving is not the building of an asset, but the building of an experience. That is why it is important that you understand the nuances of bringing an in-game experience together, at AAA standard.
• Very strong workflow development and documentation skills.
• Strong budgeting, controlling, and reporting skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with our Executive Producer in defining the goals for the gameplay teams and break down the necessary milestones into realistic, achievable goals.
• Work closely with the Game Director, gameplay and AI programmers, game and level designers and gameplay animators to build an experience.
• Defining, planning, and executing milestones in line with the project’s overall milestone and release schedule. Creating, updating, and tracking goals, schedules, and budgets in Jira.
• Controlling and reporting progress for the teams involved in the development of gameplay experiences.
• You will determine the development of prototypes, review prototypes, ensure deliverables according to time plan and quality benchmark.
• Work together with the game management team to get approvals at studio and publisher green light meetings.

DESIRED SKILLS (good to have):

• Have project management experience or certifications such as Prince2, SCRUM, Kanban

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 429!

Role posted by

Rebecca Porter