About the Company

Digital Shamans are professional video game developers and freelance artists, whose common passion is creating art for video games.
We form an outsourcing studio to help developers make their games faster, while raising artistic, emotional and production value.

We concept design and create fully functional, performance friendly 3d game assets and environments.
Also providing assistance in game development itself, accessing project repositories and work in game engines.

In our core is a small, collaborative, quality and self-development oriented savvy team, which consists of both game dev veterans and bold young artists. We stand strongly about work-life balance and create a bubble of working environment where respect, appreciation and understanding are essential and decisions are being made in respect of our established values. Where every team member is valued for the perspectives and results brought to the table.

Nothing done well is insignificant.

Open Vacancies:

Senior 3D Artist (Freelance)
Experienced 3D Artist (Freelance)

Unity Senior Environment Artist (Freelance)
 
Operations Assistant (Part-Time Contract)
Project & Art-Outsource Manager (Part-Time Contract)

Unity Senior Environment Artist (Freelance)

About the role:

As a freelance Unity Environment Artist, you will be working remotely on project assignment-base, from anywhere in the world and with full flexibility in regard to working hours.
Joining us in creating expansion content for the critically acclaimed, realistic in style, VR shooter on Oculus Quest 3, developed using Unity.

Responsibilities and Expectations:

Responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to the following:  

• Creating interesting, appealing and performance friendly combat arenas (locations) of high artistic value and technical quality, by working independently and collaboratively with other artists and level designers.
• Level art; set dressing, setting up lighting, atmospheric & vfx effects, etc. Assisting in level prototyping.
• Utilizing, implementing and curating (if needed), the existing assets from our assets library or marketplaces.
• Creating new substance materials, textures and 3d assets ranging from bespoke hero assets to modular environmental assets. Including destructible and interactive assets with simplest of animations.
• Baking lightmaps, creating collisions, occluders and other technical meshes.
• Providing frequent updates and participating in feedback loops.
• Working with and testing the levels in Oculus Quest 3 on a daily basis.
• Taking ownership of visual aspects of environments and related assets, by reassuring their quality and compatibility throughout production, until final sign off.
• Knowing and expressing production needs.
• Contributing to existing pipelines, style guides, technical guides and studio best working practices.

Enriching and maintaining overall visual game design, creating interesting and believable assets within technical constraints.

Skills & Requirements:

• Skills representing 6+ years of relevant professional experience as an artist and a portfolio supporting it.
• Among multiple titles you worked on, at least one that was released, was made in Unity Engine.
• Proficiency and experience with the whole environment art content creation process with Unity.
• Experience with game art content creation process. Based either on references or concepts.
  
  
  
• Experience working in both environments; office studio and from home as a freelancer is welcomed.
• Understanding the importance of communication and collaborative problem-solving skills.
• Growth mindset. Critical and independent thinking.
• High level of creativity and independence with little oversight.
• Being a self driven and assertive individual with developed good tasks and time management skills & practices. 
• Proven ability to prioritise and execute ideas within a time schedule and other production requirements.
• Successfully handling undertaken scope of work and responsibilities, while working with a bigger picture in mind.
  
  
  
• Strong foundation of art skills. Understanding of composition, form, colour and light in relation to crafting environments. 
• Understanding what makes the environment interesting, believable and appealing. 
• Great sense of spatial relations, structural logic, colours, composition, purpose, form and styles.
• Ability to provide clear and consistent feedback and critique based on art direction and any technical considerations.
• Experience with and strong understanding of current generation production pipelines and workflows.
• Strong understanding of modular asset creation and use workflows.
• Understanding of level design requirements and meaning of gameplay and storytelling in environment creation.
• Strong narrative and environmental storytelling skills with regards to set dressing and world building.

Additional Information:

We're a super friendly, tight-knit team of passionate creatives who value growth, empathy, and collaboration.
If you bring passion and experience, even more exciting opportunities may open up for you!
We foster a culture centered around continuous personal and professional development, and we’re proud to support that every step of the way.
Freelance artists may get the opportunity to join Digital Shamans core team, with fixed term contract or employment (English residents only).

How to Apply?

Please apply by sending your application on the address: jobs@digitalshamans.co.uk

Experienced 3D Artist (Freelance)

As an experienced freelance 3D Artist, you will be working remotely per assignment from anywhere in the world with no requirement to relocate and with full flexibility in regard of working hours.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following:  

• Working independently and collaboratively by assisting external and internal teams in creating game assets and potentially also environments of high artistic value.
• Working in a variety of art styles or chosen ones; ranging from realistic ones, through stylised to cartoony.
  Possibly ranging in subject from organics to hard-surface.
• Knowing and expressing production needs.
• Taking ownership of assets by reassuring their quality and compatibility throughout production, until final sign off.
• Contributing to development of pipelines, style guides, technical guides and studio best working practices.

Enriching and maintaining overall visual game design, creating interesting and believable assets within technical constraints.

Skills & Requirements:

• Skills representing 3+ years of relevant professional experience as an artist and a portfolio supporting it.
• Production experience and proficiency in working with video game engines.
• Proficiency and experience with game art content creation process. Based either on references or concepts.

• Experience working in both environments; office studio and from home as a freelancer.
• Understanding the importance of communication and collaborative problem-solving skills.
• Growth mindset. Critical and independent thinking.
• High level of creativity and independence with little oversight.
• Being a self driven and assertive individual with developed good tasks and time management skills & practices.
• Proven ability to prioritise and execute ideas within a time schedule and other production requirements.
• Successfully handling undertaken scope of work and responsibilities, while working with a bigger picture in mind.

• Strong foundation of art skills.
  Understanding of composition, form, colour and light in relation to crafting environments.
  Understanding what makes an environment and its elements interesting, believable and appealing.
  Great sense of spatial relations, structural logic, colours, composition, purpose, form and styles.
• Ability to provide clear and consistent feedback and critique based on art direction and any technical considerations.
• Experience and strong understanding of current generation production pipelines and workflows.
• Strong understanding of modular asset creation workflows.
• Basic understanding of game setting and  level design requirements in regard to asset creation.

Additional Information:

Super friendly small working environment of passionate creative people who have a growth mindset and approach others through understanding.
Flexible working hours.

Many more opportunities are available if you have the passion and experience!
We encourage and support continuous professional and personal development, around which our working culture is revolving.

Every freelance artist may become a Digital Shamans' core team member and as such have an opportunity for fixed-term contract or employment if having UK residency.

How to Apply?

Please apply by sending your application on the address: jobs@digitalshamans.co.uk

Senior 3D Artist (Contract)

As a senior 3d artist, you will be working remotely in a flexible and dynamically developing start-up team, on a fixed term contract from anywhere in the world, with no requirement to relocate and with full flexibility in regard to working hours.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following:  

• Working independently and collaboratively by assisting external and internal teams in creating game assets and potentially also environments of high artistic value.
• Working in a variety of art styles or chosen ones; ranging from realistic ones, through stylised to cartoony.
  Possibly ranging in subject from organics to hard-surface.
• Knowing and expressing production needs.
• Taking ownership of assets by reassuring their quality and compatibility throughout production, until final sign off.
• Contributing to development of pipelines, style guides, technical guides and studio best working practices.
• Mentoring and guiding less experienced team members by sharing your experience, expertise and inspiring other team members by setting the right example.
• Maintaining integrity of our studio culture.

Enriching and maintaining overall visual game design, creating interesting and believable assets within technical constraints.
Collaborating with level design to achieve emotional content for players.

Skills & Requirements:

• Skills representing 5+ years of relevant professional experience as an artist and a portfolio supporting it.
• Production experience and proficiency in working with video game engines.
• Proficiency and experience with game art content creation process. Based either on references or concepts.

• Experience working in both environments; office studio and from home as a freelancer.
• Understanding the importance of communication and collaborative problem-solving skills.
• Growth mindset. Critical and independent thinking.
• High level of creativity and independence with little oversight.
• Being a self driven and assertive individual with developed good tasks and time management skills & practices.
• Proven ability to prioritise and execute ideas within a time schedule and other production requirements.
• Successfully handling undertaken scope of work and responsibilities, while working with a bigger picture in mind.

• Strong foundation of art skills.
    Understanding of composition, form, colour and light in relation to crafting environments.
    Understanding what makes an environment and its elements interesting, believable and appealing.
    Great sense of spatial relations, structural logic, colours, composition, purpose, form and styles.
• Ability to provide clear and consistent feedback and critique based on art direction and any technical considerations.
• Experience and strong understanding of current generation production pipelines and workflows.
• Strong understanding of modular asset creation workflows.
• Basic understanding of game setting and level design requirements in regard to asset creation.

Additional Information:

Rare opportunity to take a part in shaping working practices and your own way working environment.
Huge flexibility in choosing exact responsibilities at early stage of team formation.
Super friendly small working environment of passionate creative people who have growth mindset and approach others through understanding.
Flexible working hours.

Many more opportunities are available if you have the passion and experience!
We encourage and support continuous professional and personal development, around which our working culture is revolving.

For British residents there is a future opportunity for employment.

How to Apply?

Please apply by sending your application on the address: jobs@digitalshamans.co.uk

UE5 Environment Artist (Freelance)

As a freelance Environment Artist with vast understanding of Unreal Engine, you will be working remotely per assignment from anywhere in the world with no requirement to relocate and with full flexibility in regard of working hours.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Creating interesting and believable 3D environments of high artistic value, by working independently and collaboratively.
• Working in a variety of art styles or chosen ones; ranging from realistic, through stylised to cartoony.
• Knowing and expressing production needs.
• Taking ownership of environments and related assets, by reassuring their quality and compatibility throughout production, until final sign off.

Enriching and maintaining overall visual game design, creating interesting and believable environments or assets within technical constraints.

Skills & Requirements:

• Skills representing 4+ years of professional environment artist experience along with portfolio.
• Among multiple titles you worked on, at least one that was released, was made with Unreal Engine.
• Experience with game art content creation process. Based either on references or concepts.
• Proficiency and experience with the whole environment art content creation process with Unreal 5.

• Experience working in both environments; office studio and from home as a freelancer.
• Understanding the importance of communication and collaborative problem-solving skills.
• Growth mindset. Critical and independent thinking.
• High level of creativity and independence with little oversight.
• Being a self driven and assertive individual with developed good tasks and time management skills & practices.
• Proven ability to prioritise and execute ideas within a time schedule and other production requirements.
• Successfully handling undertaken scope of work and responsibilities, while working with a bigger picture in mind.

•  Strong foundation of art skills.
    Understanding of composition, form, colour and light in relation to crafting environments.
    Understanding what makes an environment and its elements interesting, believable and appealing.
    Great sense of spatial relations, structural logic, colours, composition, purpose, form and styles.
• Ability to provide clear and consistent feedback and critique based on art direction and any technical considerations.
• Experience with and strong understanding of current generation production pipelines and workflows.
• Strong understanding of modular asset creation and use workflows.
• Understanding of level design requirements and meaning of gameplay and storytelling in environment creation.
• Strong narrative and environmental storytelling skills with regards to set dressing and world building.

Additional Information:

Super friendly small working environment of passionate creative people who have growth mindset and approach others through understanding.
Flexible working hours.

Many more opportunities are available if you have the passion and experience!
We encourage and support continuous professional and personal development, around which our working culture is revolving.

Every freelance artist may become a Digital Shamans' core team member and as such have an opportunity for fixed-term contract or employment if having UK residency.

How to Apply?

Please apply by sending your application on the address: jobs@digitalshamans.co.uk

Operations Assistant (Part-Time Contract)

*Experience in the video game development sector required.

As an Operations Assistant, you will be working remotely as a right hand of CEO and with other team members.
Translating directives to practical, daily operations while being mindful of long-term goals and the vision.

This is a growing and versatile role.
Meaning, it starts as a part-time assisting position and eventually will grow to full-time managerial role.

Your core responsibilities will be keeping communication within the team and clients smooth, making sure deadlines are being kept, helping manage risk of our decisions and strategies.

Evolution of the role assumes that mere assisting in day-to-day business operations, will rapidly grow to being responsible for executing long term vision, goals and ideas by defining strategies and setting interim goals by yourself. Along with ensuring that the policies and procedures are in place.
Responsibilities of a Project and Art Manager performed at first too, will eventually separate to another position.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Core Responsibilities

• Communicating with clients and the team.
• Assisting in project management.
• Reassuring that deadlines are being met and team members kept accountable.

Additional Responsibilities

• Helping to turn ideas into reality.
• Supporting in execution of our long term vision and cause by translating it into strategy, goals, tasks and implementing.
• Defining and implementing your own ideas, strategies and practices. It's a playground for all of us.
• Participating in operational risk management.
• Discussing business plans and potential opportunities.
• Taking part in developing procedures, practices, pipelines and the culture.
• Ensuring that existing policies and procedures are being respected and in place.
• Representing our tribe's values, culture and ensuring they are being respected as well.

• Bringing critical thinking to the team.
• Exemplify discipline and organisation.
• Creating documentation of processes for others to follow if needed.
• Creating brief reports summarizing meetings how things go and how everyone is doing.
• Looking for what is not seen.
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• Bringing critical thinking to the team.
• Exemplify discipline and organisation.
• Creating documentation of processes for others to follow if needed.
• Creating brief reports summarizing meetings how things go and how everyone is doing.
• Looking for what is not seen.

Personality, Skills and Requirements:

• Critical thinking.
• High conscientiousness.
• Disagreeableness.
• Growth mindset.
• Experience working in video games industry and understanding creative environment.
• Experience working in a start-up.
• Experience working as Operations Manager.
• Experience working in both environments; from office and home.

Additional Information:

Rare opportunity to take a part in shaping the studio's working practices and create your ideal way of working.
Flexibility in choosing exact responsibilities at early stage of team formation.
Super friendly small working environment of passionate creative people who have a growth mindset and approach others through understanding.
Flexible working hours.

We encourage and support continuous professional and personal development, around which our working culture is revolving.
For British residents there is a future opportunity for employment.

How to Apply?

Please apply by sending your application on the address: jobs@digitalshamans.co.uk