3D Environment Artist (Lead)

· Lead a team of internal and external 3D artists.

· Collaborate with Art Director, designers, engineers and producers to balance creative vision with production realities and ensure artistic goals are met within technical performance targets.

· Sculpt/model UV & texture meshes in a PBR pipeline.

· Intake outsourced assets and ensure that they are game tech and design compliant.

· Verify the quality of objects in the game, and make improvements where necessary to fit technical constraints and artistic direction.

· Be an active mentor and role model for the art team. Work to maintain morale and create an atmosphere of creativity and enthusiasm.

· Be directly responsible for delivering Art assets with top notch quality from team

· Implement 3D environment assets correctly in Unreal game engine.

· College Diploma/Degree in graphic design, 3D, video game development or equivalent training.

· 8 years’ games industry experience with industry 3D packages, preferably Maya, 3DSMax & ZBrush, with minimum of 1 to 2 years of Lead level experience.

· Experience working on published AAA games a strong advantage.

· Expert knowledge of Maya, 3DSMax, ZBrush and Substance Painter.

· Expert knowledge of Photoshop.

· Excellent knowledge of Art production on AAA games (PBR, Shader and optimization)

· Strong portfolio showing 3D art skills and demonstrating a high level of artistic creativity.

· Expert knowledge of 3D pipelines and asset management

· Familiarity with Unreal Game Engine

· Familiarity with game development cycle.

· Good understanding of architecture and Props with respect to environment.

· Knowledge of Python, MEL, MAX Script or a programming language (C++, C# etc.) an asset

· Good organization and time management skills.

· Excellent English communication skills (spoken and written).

· Coaching/mentoring skills.

· Considerable understanding of video games and broad video game culture.

· Self-motivated and agile.