One Player Mission’s client has become one of the highest selling games of all time with over 70 million copies sold! They are now incredibly excited to be recruiting for their new Unannounced Project.

They are looking for a Hard Surface Artist who will play a significant role in the art team’s efforts to produce detailed, modular and high-quality surfaces.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Some experience creating real time hard surface assets, and shipped at least one AAA title
• Proven work with hardsurface assets in different styles
• Strong knowledge of one 3D DCC software, Substance Painter
• Working knowledge of Fusion 360, Zbrush, Maya and Unreal Engine 4/5
• Solid understanding of the artistic and technical fundamentals of the game art production pipeline (High Poly, Low Poly, UV, Bake, Texturing, Optimization)
• A strong understanding of colour theory, form, silhouette and mechanical design
• Effective communication and organizational skills? A passion for playing and making games with an affinity for shooter games is a plus
• Ability to concept original weapons/gameplay assets is a plus

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Author realtime hardsurface assets with an emphasis on first person weapons with minimal supervision.
• Provide feedback to other team members and external vendors.
• Collaborate with the team lead and the broader team to solve technical and aesthetic challenges

BENEFITS:

• 25 paid + 4 extra paid working days off a year
• An allowance to cover the Dutch mandatory health insurance
• Relocation package
• Pension scheme
• A commuter allowance
• Full assistance with visas and the 30% ruling applications when the candidate is eligible

And many more!

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214428!

Role posted by

Mitchell Gibson

One Player Mission are pleased to be working with an exciting AAA studio located in Malmo, Sweden. They’re seeking a Core Systems Engineer to join their team.

They are extending their team focused on building the tech for their next ambitious project. The project is their own proprietary IP and they are looking for a Core Systems Engineer who share their values and passion for creating the best games possible.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Great C++ programmer.
• Shipped at least one game on consoles.
• A good understanding of how to design, implement, and work in a feature-rich game engine.
• A solid understanding of profiling and optimization for speed and memory.
• An understanding of how to run tasks concurrently safely and efficiently.
• Driven by supporting the whole team and disciplines.
• A true collaborative spirit – who ensures smooth and efficient communication between disciplines.

DESIRABLE (Good to have):

• Game engine or renderer development experience.
• Experience working with Unreal Engine 4 and/or 5.
• Deep understanding of concurrency and how to optimize it, both on the CPU and GPU.
• Knowledgeable of how modern rendering pipelines and techniques work

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214418!

Role posted by

Daniel Fox

One Player Missions client is seeking an experienced Product Marketing Manager to join their studio based in Lille, France.

You will develop and successfully implement the marketing strategy for the studios catalogue of exciting Action, Adventure, Strategy and Simulation games!

REQUIREMENTS:

• Previous brand / product marketing experience in the PC / Console video games industry. 
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken. 
• Self-driven, organised, conscientious, creative and proactive. 
• Have in-depth knowledge of videogames and are also aware of the constraints related to video game development. 

RESPONIBILITIES:

• Work closely with producers and follow the games’ development.
• Draw up marketing plans tailored to each game with support from the PR, community, digital and creative teams.
• Monitor the production of marketing assets.
• Work directly with marketing strategy, asset distribution, media plans, etc.
• Define and implement monetisation and pre-order offers.
• Support the sales team with bespoke sales tools and take part in sales meetings.
• Participate in organising trade shows
• Manage the marketing budget you are responsible for.

BENEFITS: 

• Hybrid Working (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
• Relocation Package to Lille or Paris.
• Have ownership over your product and creative ideas
• Restaurant Vouchers
• Stock Options
• 25 days paid holiday (can earn up to 10 additional days)
• Flexible work hours

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 developer based in Sweden that has been creating brilliant games for over a decade. Their recent titles have received critical acclaim and commercial success on PC and Console.

They are seeking an experienced Senior Animation Programmer to join their latest projects. As a Senior Animation Programmer you will be working closely with the animation director and the engine animation specialist programmer.

REQUIREMENTS:

• You must be fluent in English, both verbally and in writing
• You must be a good C++ programmer
• You should be willing to listen and learn
• Team player willing to help
• Ability to design and optimize code
• Prior experience working as an animation programmer   

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the animation and design leads to create animation systems that support gameplay needs for live titles
• Edit and improve existing animation features
• Support the animation tech team in creating rapid prototypes
• Create, manage or troubleshoot blueprints in UE5
• Mentoring the animation team to improve understanding of integration and animation systems

DESIRED SKILLS:

• You have experience with Unreal Engine Blueprints
• Used Perforce before
• Prior experience working on a root motion based animation system

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

Role posted by

Paul Chittock

One Player Mission’s client is a developer based in Sweden that has been creating brilliant games for over a decade. Their recent titles have received critical acclaim and commercial success on PC and Console.

They are seeking an experienced UI Programmer to join their latest projects. The successful candidates will join their engine team becoming involved in all aspects of UI.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Good with C++
• Passionate about developing strong UI and User Experiences
• Team player willing to listen, help and learn

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create best UI possible for their games
• Work closely with UI/GD artists
• Work closely with GPP to design easy to use UI
• Make sure that any feature you are assigned functions in multiplayer if needed
• Make sure UI code is optimized
• Always looking to improve yourself as well as the code you have

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience with UE4
• Blueprint, Slate and UMG
• One shipped game
• Previous experience doing UI
• Used Perforce, git and svn before

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

Role posted by

Paul Chittock

OPM’s client is a first-party Xbox Game Studio that are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun.

The successful candidate will work with Gameplay teams to deliver character-driven gameplay systems as well as take ownership of the design and implementation of combat features, Enemies, 3C’s and traversal.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Previous Game Design experience, ideally on a AAA title. 
• Highly motivated and flexible approach to your work. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience with Text-based or visual scripting tools. 
• Previous Combat Design and 3C’s experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Take ownership of features within the game and both creating and maintaining high-quality designs.
• Use propriety tools to implement features to the highest standards. 
• Act as a champion of quality while developing highly satisfying, engaging action gameplay. 
• Both mentor and support junior teammates, providing feedback on design work. 

• Flexible working hours.
• VISA sponsorship and Relocation support if required.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• 25-day holiday allowance, plus bank holidays.
• Private Healthcare.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call us directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214427!

Role posted by

Hannah Murphy

Our client is a major Games Developer with multiple studios in the UK. They’re focused on creating fun console games using a world-famous IP.

As a Lead Character Artist, you will be directly responsible for the project-specific throughput and quality of work delivered by the character art team.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Shipped AAA titles in the role of Lead with Project experience throughout preproduction to delivery
• Keen interest in managerial skills, overseeing the work of other team members and mentoring and developing them.
• Authoritative and confident with Character Art direction
• Excellent artistic eye for quality and ability to ensure consistency in results.
• Excellent communication and organisation skills to manage relationships at all levels within the Company and externally
• Able to make decisions and manage under pressure while adhering to strict deadlines.
• Practical and methodical approach to both technical and creative problem-solving
• Excellent understanding and proficient use of ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter & Unreal Engine 4
• Development experience and understanding of the technical requirements and limitations of providing Character Art for use in an Unreal Engine 4 AAA Game.

BENEFICIAL:

• Strong traditional Art skills
• Working knowledge and developing expertise in Unreal Engine 5
• Experience implementing and maintaining development pipelines.
• Practical & Active interest in emerging Software and technologies related to meeting the required High Quality of Character Art
• Scripting capability for pipeline / tools efficiency
• Relevant degree or equivalent level qualification.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Creative and Technical Direction of a team of Character Artists
• Work closely with the Head of Characters and Art Director to ensure the creation and implementation of character art to project specific requirements.
• Conduct regular Art Reviews and liaise with External Partners to ensure approved content meets both Project and IP specific requirements.
• Work closely with Production in coordinating character art resources, schedules and priorities based on project needs.
• Organise and manage effectively by delegating work and monitoring output
• Ensure a high benchmark is set and retained by the team for Artistic results, Delivery of Milestones, Encouraging effective communication and a professional attitude
• Work closely with all departments in pipeline to ensure efficiency and quality of results that are optimised appropriately for intended platforms.
• Identify and enter relevant issues into JIRA, ensuring sufficient information is given.
• Provide feedback on tools and working with the programming department to ensure tools provided are as accessible and productive as possible

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identifying and ensuring all employee relations matters for a team of Character Artist (including absence, performance, and conduct).
• Adhering to Company policies and procedures in liaison with Human Resources
• Ability to establish trust within an open team structure
• Able to provide structured critic to steer and reach the end goal
• Supporting the recruitment of new employees in conjunction with Human Resources
• Regularly reviewing employee performance through appraisals and 1-2-1’s to ensure performance targets and expected behaviours are delivered
• Identify and arrange any required on-the-job training and coaching
• Ensure sufficient documentation within the Character Artist discipline is maintained

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214413!

Role posted by

Mitchell Gibson

One Player Mission are proud to be working with a small development studio based in Los Angeles working on some of the most well-known AAA games franchise’s known worldwide.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of C++ programming and Unreal Engine in AAA games.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Solid experience within a Graphics/Rendering games capacity
• Experience in optimisation, systems architecture, profiling, tooling, and reporting.
• Expert understanding of real time rendering
• Strong C++ expertise and multi-threaded programming techniques; ability to code and architect various core engine systems
• Thorough knowledge and competent application of 3D math, rendering algorithms, and data structures
• Proven performance and memory optimisation skills
• Strong communication and competence in working with technical artists to develop and iterate on features/tools
• Excellent knowledge of a broad range of graphics APIs and shader languages including DirectX and OpenGL/GLSL
• Experience with current console game rendering
• Exposure to third-party tools like Houdini, Substance Painter, and Z-Brush in terms of how they can function in a graphics pipeline

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Create engineering solutions for visual performance problems in Unreal Engine
• Enhance and maintain rendering speeds of the game across multiple platforms
• Working closely with the art team to understand and anticipate needs for the product and developing systems and tools to support them
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and analyse rendering systems and art pipelines
• Support graphics best practices and share knowledge within the studio
• Keep up to date on current techniques, research, and best practices

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 418!

Role posted by

Daniel Fox

Project: Next Gen Console Games

One Player Mission have partnered EXCLUSIVELY with a new studio looking to create a world class and genre defining AAA Open World title for release on Next Gen consoles.

You will be joining an industry powerhouse in terms of publishing and development.

This is an opportunity to join a team of highly skilled coders based in Barcelona at the beginning of this journey where you will own your area of expertise and contribute fully to the creation of the game.

This truly is something special and you will have input in building a culture that balances productivity, innovation, learning and healthy communication for the future of the studio.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Ability to architect from high-level systems to low-level performance tweaks using C/C++.
• Superb background, having worked on at least one shipped AAA games as a Senior or Lead programmer.
• Strong understanding of Unreal Engine and how to expand it.
• Solid understanding of all game engine systems to cooperate with and discuss requests from other departments and generate cost-effective pipelines.
• Professional experience and deep understanding of building game engine elements.
• Professional experience with Unreal Engine in a modern console environment.
• Keen desire to join a brand-new team and projects.
• Ability to work in highly collaborative, interdisciplinary, and iterative environment.
• Strong appreciation and understanding of the development processes, workflows, and tools.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Cooperate with all departments to identify requirements and develop a structure that supports rapid prototyping while keeping code stability.
• Harmonise with QA, Build Engineers and Level Design team to define the best coding processes that balances rapid iteration with stability.
• Represent and champion for the engine coding team to all other parties.
• Coordinate with and complement the gameplay and AI programming teams.
• Coordinate with the team to establish code guidelines, quality goals and performance budgets.
• Fully evaluate platforms to understand and get the most from the latest generation of hardware.
• Constantly monitor the performance of all systems.
• Assist the development of a high-quality engine programming team by being involved in recruitment process.
• Mentor coders to foster a continuous learning environment.
• Offer meaningful feedback to your team through team meetings, one on one sessions and 360 feedback.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214418!

Role posted by

Daniel Fox

Our client is an up-and-coming studio who specialise in rigging and pipeline solutions for one of the worlds largest games developer networks!

You’ll develop realistic and stylised rigs for a variety of humanoid, creatures, and props that’ll go into many different high quality video games.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Previous industry experience as a Character Rigger, Rigging Artist or similar.
• A good understanding of anatomy and motion.
• Great skinning skills.
• Experience with Python.
• Previous experience with Maya API.

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Develop realistic and stylised rigs for variety of humanoids, creatures, props.
• Maintain the quality of current production rigs.
• Maintain and enhance the quality of current internally developed tools and systems.
• Stay up to date with technologies and techniques within the industry.
• Troubleshoot rigging and pipeline issues.

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

• Full time remote contract from where you live now
• Highly competitive salaries to your local market
• The chance to see your work in a wide range of projects!

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214425!

Role posted by

Jon Norfolk

One Player Mission’s client, a developer of popular single and multiplayer multiplatform games, is currently looking for a Senior VFX Artist to join their team in Sweden.

The Senior VFX Artist they are looking for will have broad experience with VFX, both creating and editing and will have both a strong creative and technical background. This Senior VFX Artist will be able to conceptualize, present, and execute ideas within a schedule, while actively participating in technical and artistic problem-solving, and will be able to partner with multiple disciplines to meet project-specific needs.
 

• Extensive Game Development VFX Artist Experience.
• Strong experience with the Unreal Engine 5 Niagara particle pipeline.
• Strong experience with Houdini.
• Portfolio showcasing recent, real-time VFX work.
• Creatively solve issues whilst maintaining performance.
• Ability to effectively take direction from the VFX Lead and Art Director, and to deliver consistently on time.

DESIRED:

• Games industry experience with at least one AAA game credit.
• Experience with Unreal Blueprints.
• Knowledgeable with Unreal Shaders.
• Experience with Photoshop, Substance Designer, Embergen and after effects.
• Experience with some scripting, or more technical aspects are an advantage.
• Experience playing Survival and Open-World genre games.

RESPONISIBILITIES:

• Work collaboratively together with the artists and designers to create, implement and polish a range of environment, weapons, vehicles and character effects.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the direction and mechanics of the game so the VFX feel grounded and cohesive within the world.
• Understand supporting custom toolsets and deliver assets within the confines of real-time engine constraints and programming and animation demands.
• Additional duties include assisting with designs and how it relates to your effects, syncing with technical art for optimization and mentoring more junior members of the team.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 01206 214 415!

Role posted by

Luke Barry

Our client is looking for an experienced and talented Producer to strengthen its team.

In this role you will be directly reporting to the Production Director, and you will be working closely with several other producers and stakeholders to ensure that the day-to-day development runs smoothly. To thrive in this role, we believe you are a go-getter that enjoys responsibility and to see things through with an invested interest in the technical side of game development.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be responsible for the day-to-day development and timely delivery of a section of a major AAA project, to a high quality.
• Coordinate team members from across various departments resulting in the delivery of game features.
• Work with Directors, Leads and other Producers to define milestone goals, both long term roadmaps and short-term sprints, of the area of the game under your responsibility.
• Set up sprints and maintain the product backlog for the areas of the game under your responsibility.
• Track, communicate progress and resolve problems during sprints.
• Develop and maintain both short- and long-term capacity planning methods.
• Coordinate and manage approvals from the appropriate creative and technical Leads.
• Coordinate gameplay/focus test sessions.
• Coordinate and keep documentation of development meetings as needed.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience of development of Gameplay Systems, coordinating Gameplay Programmers, Designers and Animators, is highly desirable.
• Should be comfortable in understanding, and engaging in discussion about, how gameplay features are implemented at the gameplay-systems level. Deep programming/technical knowledge is not a requirement, but the ideal candidate should have an interest in, and be able to engage in conversation about, the inputs that drive the gameplay systems, and be knowledgeable about the major components of the systems that drive the end-user experience.
• Proven experience of working within a modern game development process, including designing workflows, resolving bottlenecks, identifying dependencies, evaluating work quality, and proactively solving problems.
• Have a solid technical knowledge of computer hardware and software.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

PREFERED:

• Prior experience working in a AAA studio. 

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +441206 214413!

Role posted by

Marlon Sorhaindo