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Environment Artist

We're currently looking for an Environment Artist who can set a high bar for quality, consistency and visual aesthetic for environment art in all of Proletariat’s game projects. The ideal candidate is a talented 3D artist who enjoys perfecting environment art that serves the needs of gameplay, real-time performance metrics, and artistic vision. This person has experience creating beautiful environment assets in 3D pipelines, can create work in a variety of styles, understands performance budgets for real time 3D, is a skilled communicator and loves taking ownership on projects. Applicants should submit a resume and current portfolio of work. Qualified applicants may be expected to complete a small art test.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with our Art Director, Game Designers, Software Engineers and Product Managers to design and iterate on in-game environment art
• Works with tools in UE4 (or equivalent) and other 3D authoring software to create game environment assets from rough draft through production quality
• Works with performance in mind to ensure that assets meet performance budgets.
• Work with Project Management to maintain clear and consistent goals
• Work in an organized manner. Can follow data structure and provide feedback.
• Generates and meets time estimates

• Provide and manage feedback on assets from external vendors

Requirments:

• 5+ years of experience creating and delivering high quality environment art for games
• Experience creating beautiful environmental assets that meet performance budgets using a variety of tools including; Zbrush, Maya, Photoshop, Substance Painter and UE4 (or equivalent)
• Experience creating assets in both realistic PBR and more stylized material pipelines
• Understanding of traditional art principles including composition, design, shape language, and color theory
• Experience working in an iterative, agile environment
• Excited to improve visual skills, learn new techniques and applicable technology.
• Self-directed, receptive to critique and feedback
• Enjoys playing a wide variety of games

Bonus:

• Non-game 3D asset creation experience
• Deep experience with Unreal tools (blueprints, shaders/materials, cascade etc.)
• Illustration/Concept Design experience