Job Opportunities In The UK

After earlier looking at possible job opportunities in and around Lincoln, I’ve decided to look at 3D modelling jobs throughout the UK.

While looking for video game modelling jobs in the UK, I found that the main jobs roles available are for environment or character modelling. As I will most likely be looking for environment or prop modelling jobs, I’ve chosen a couple of the best to look at.

The first two jobs opportunities I found are in Edinburgh. Beside the two I’ve chosen, there are also a number of other modelling roles available in the Edinburgh area. This shows that in this part of the country, there is clearly a growing video game industry which is likely to expand even further in the future. 

The first job, found here http://gamesjobboard.jobthread.com/job/environmemts-artist-social-mobile-games-united-kingdom-scotland-interactive-selection-1cddc2cba0/?d=1&source=site_recent, is for an environment modeller at a company creating games for mobile platforms. Whilst modelling for mobile games isn’t something which I had considered, getting an entry level job at a company in a city with an expanding video games industry would undoubtedly be beneficial for my career. Another job opportunity currently available in this area, found here http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=Job&su=f3Q9VfwH&c=qYo9Vfwa&j=oCCbZfw8&s=Indeed, is for a junior prop artist at Rockstar North. Rockstar North are one of the largest games companies in the company, so getting a job here definitely offers the possibly of a successful career. As this job would also involve modelling for games designed for next gen technology, I feel it would be much better suited to the work I want to do.

Moving slightly further south, there is a job opening, https://uk.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/74939528?trk=jserp_job_details_text, as an environment artist at Ubisoft in Newcastle. Ubisoft are another huge company, with a long history of successful games. Whilst this job role is aimed more at an intermediate level, in the requirements it does say that while industry experience is a bonus but ultimately a high enough quality of work could be enough.

The next job opportunity, https://cloudimperiumgames.com/jobs/48-Environment-Artist, is for an environment artist in Manchester. The company is called Cloud Imperium, a company who have only been going since 2012. As they are a much newer company than the other companies currently offering jobs, they are still going through a period of rapid expansion. Getting an entry level job here would give me the chance to be a part of this expansion which would no doubt help to improve my CV if I later went looking for another job elsewhere.

The final two jobs available, both as environment artists are at Rockstar Leeds, http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=Job&su=faQ9VfwO&c=qYo9Vfwa&j=oM9tYfw6&s=Indeed, and Creative Assembly in Hosham, http://careers.sega.co.uk/careers/creative-assembly/environment-artist-0?source=Indeed.com, Both of these jobs are for entry level positions at some of the largest UK based video games companies. Getting jobs here would not only allow me to expand my skills and create the sort of high quality assets I’m aiming to make, but as they are such big companies, job experience here would likely allow me to get any high level job I applied for in the future.

The UK currently has a massive video game industry, which is ever expanding. There are numerous jobs available right across the country at companies ranging from rapidly expanding indie outfits to huge, world renowned video games studios. The video games industry how now become on the UKs success stories, with this trend of expansion likely to continue giving me a great chance of a starting a successful career after leaving university.