• Own environment creation from early concept and blockout through final in engine implementation and polish • Build large scale environments, vistas, and landmark spaces with strong composition, readability, and atmosphere • Create high quality environment assets, including modular kits, hero assets, and supporting props • Develop and implement complex materials and shader setups to support environment fidelity and variation • Translate concept art into fully realized, performant in game environments while maintaining artistic intent • Take responsibility for in engine scene assembly, layout, set dressing, and world building • Optimize environments for performance, memory, and scalability across target platforms • Define and maintain best practices for environment implementation, including asset setup, material usage, and scene organization • Collaborate closely with technical art and engineering to solve pipeline and performance challenges • Identify risks related to environment scope, performance, and production timelines, and propose solutions early • Contribute to visual consistency across the project by upholding and reinforcing the established art direction • Mentor other artists through feedback, knowledge sharing, and raising the overall quality bar • Be a feature owner for the Environment art team. • (Optional but valuable) Contribute to lighting and mood creation to enhance environment storytelling

• Design, build, and maintain animation pipelines and workflows from DCC tools through in engine implementation • Develop tools and systems that improve animator efficiency, iteration speed, and consistency • Create and maintain high quality character rigs, including deformation systems and control rigs • Implement and own animation systems in engine, including state machines, blending systems, and runtime behaviors • Build and support automation systems for NPC animation, including scalable and reusable solutions • Collaborate with engineering to develop performant animation systems and tools • Optimize animation systems for runtime performance, memory usage, and scalability across large numbers of characters • Support motion capture pipelines, including ingestion, cleanup workflows, and integration into the game • Research and implement modern animation techniques such as motion matching, procedural animation, and runtime IK systems • Debug and troubleshoot animation issues across the pipeline, from rigging to runtime • Define and enforce best practices for animation setup, naming conventions, data structures, and workflows • Partner closely with animators, designers, and engineers to ensure animation systems meet gameplay and visual goals • Identify risks in animation systems and pipelines, and proactively propose solutions • Contribute to pushing the visual and technical boundaries of character animation within the project

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign

• Produce high-quality video creatives in 2D and 3D – You’ll own the full production of engaging, polished assets that meet a high visual bar and capture player attention • Deliver strong visual storytelling through motion – Using composition, color, animation principles, and staging to create emotionally engaging and high-performing creatives • Work across a modern production stack (After Effects, Blender, Unity) – Collaborating closely with creative developers and adapting to technical workflows beyond traditional motion design • Leverage AI and new technologies to optimize production – Identifying when and how to use AI tools effectively to increase speed while maintaining creative control • Contribute ideas and push creative boundaries – Bringing your own perspective, proposing concepts, and helping the team continuously improve quality and innovation