Senior 3D Environment Artist

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in games as a 3D artist

• 1+ Released title minimum. VR preferred, console and mobile shipped titles qualify

• Experience with VR related workflows and content optimization needs

• Proficient with Unreal 4/5 content creation pipelines and workflows.

• Generalist knowledge in skills such as Unreal Editor asset integration, layout tools, lighting implementation, modeling, and texturing

• Proficient in Maya, Substance Designer, ZBrush and Photoshop

• Experience communicating in a multi-disciplinary team, including engineers, artists, and designers

• Ability to articulate what is strong/weak about the aesthetics and design of the existing product

• Self-motivated, strong work ethic, and able to work independently

• Creative problem-solving and the ability to think outside of the established solutions

• Keen interest in games

Responsibilities

• Polish and tune asset layout for all remaining environmental levels

• Asset optimization, topology reduction, draw call reduction, texture baking, etc

• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop task lists to ensure assignments are progressing in alignment with schedules, milestones and overall project goals

• Work closely with the creative director to create and iterate on level aesthetics

• Optimize and fix bugs in existing levels

Pluses

• Advanced UE4 Shader knowledge

• Demonstrate a broad technical expertise to assist in a wide variety of technical and artistic tasks

• General implementation knowledge in animation, physics and particle systems

• Familiar with Perforce

• Familiar with Confluence

• Familiar with UE4’s rendering pipeline