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Material Artist

Playground Games is looking for a Material Artist to join our talented Fable team here in Leamington Spa

ABOUT US:

We are a premier Xbox Game Studio, crafting genre-defining games that delight players with their accessibility, visual allure, and pure fun. Our diverse and passionate team is currently working on the exciting reboot of the much-adored Fable franchise.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Material Artist, your role will be integral in collaborating with the Environment Art team to deliver high-quality materials and textures for assets, architecture, and biomes.

You will strive for excellence in creating consistent, top-notch environment materials, elevating the visual content of our game. Your ability to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders will be essential in this role.

Our ideal candidate is a proficient Material Artist with a passion for their craft, demonstrated skills in texturing, and a proven track record in the field.

This is a permanent role based at our state-of-the-art studio in Royal Leamington Spa.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Working closely with Leads, Seniors, and multi-disciplinary stakeholders, you'll establish texture and material workflows.
• Create superior environment materials for props, architecture, geology, and terrain.
• Participate in the creation of benchmarks for various asset types, defining workflows and processes for obtaining optimal results. Develop a base material library for use in asset creation.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Experience in material art creation, demonstrated by an online portfolio. Expertise in shader networks and procedural texturing. Familiarity with industry-standard software such as Zbrush, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, and Maya.
• Strong knowledge of PBR workflows and an understanding of how materials behave in the real world.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills, an ability to manage tasks, meet deadlines, address work-related challenges proactively, and a drive for learning and professional growth.

DESIRABLE (NOT REQUIRED):

• Experience working on console games or RPG games. Skills in photogrammetry and using scan data in your work.

This is a phenomenal opportunity to contribute to world-class games alongside a talented and collaborative team at one of the industry's most thrilling first-party game studios.

Playground Games is an equal opportunities studio and encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds.