Asset Lead

Job description

The role We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Asset Lead to oversee the creation, quality, and delivery of high-end CG assets for VFX productions. This role requires a strong artistic eye, technical expertise, and leadership capability across Modeling, Texturing, and Look Development workflows. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading asset artists, maintaining visual and technical standards, supporting production needs, and ensuring assets are delivered efficiently within the studio pipeline. Key skills Proven experience as an Asset Lead in a VFX production environment, with 6+ years overseeing the creation of hero assets, environments, and props across Modeling, Texturing, Surfacing, and Look Development. Strong proficiency in industry-standard tools including Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Mari, and Photoshop, with a good understanding of Arnold renderer. Solid understanding of asset creation pipelines, including clean topology, UV workflows, optimized geometry, and downstream dependencies across Lighting, FX, Groom, and Rigging. Demonstrated leadership and communication skills to mentor artists, conduct reviews, manage task priorities, and deliver consistently high-quality assets across multiple productions. Ability to identify and resolve technical and pipeline challenges in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Familiarity with Linux-based environments; basic scripting knowledge is a plus. What happens next? If you think Outpost sounds like a good fit for you, or you simply want to chat with someone about the role and our culture, get in touch today! Equal opportunities At Outpost we believe that our strength lies in our differences. These help us to take different perspectives, challenge norms and create a special environment based on mutual respect. Outpost is an equal opportunities employer. Employment with us is based on a person’s extraordinary talent and potential. No candidate will receive any less favourable treatment based on their age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual preference, or any other factor that has no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job. We create stunning visual effects for film and episodic projects. The way we work shapes the work we make. What’s different about Outpost? We believe in making people matter at Outpost. We want to build a creative environment where everyone feels valued, treated with respect and able to make a positive difference every day. We’re ambitious and growing quickly but our focus remains on nurturing personal connections, supporting one another as well as making time to celebrate our collective successes. We’re always on the lookout for how we can do things better to enhance the experience of our team, our clients and the world around us. What's in it for you? At Outpost you have the chance to make a valuable contribution, not only to the amazing high end episodic and film productions you’ll be working on, but also in developing the positive culture that we want to spread throughout the VFX community. You will have access to training through online training platforms as well as our own internal learning and development resources to enable you to continue to develop and hone your skills. You will also get to work alongside the incredibly talented, friendly, and genuine individuals that make up Outpost!