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Principal Artist - Generalist (PEI)

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play mobile gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…

As Principal Artist for our Acadia studio, you will be at the forefront of the development of our flagship game, Transformers: Forged to Fight, and one of our unannounced games currently in development. Your daily interactions with producers, designers, programmers, and other artists will enable you to sustainably create and release phenomenal game content.

You are highly creative and skilled and enjoy wearing different hats as an artist. Constantly pushing yourself and honing your skills, you enjoy exploring new methods and tools that allow you to improve your craft. You thrive on receiving and giving constructive critique, sharing knowledge, and bringing something new to every project.

Having the flexibility to work from where you believe you can have the most significant impact is important to us. We know that one size doesn’t fit all - every team has the flexibility to find the right balance between in-office, remote, and hybrid in-office/remote. This role is open to being fully remote in the Maritime provinces (PE, NL, NB, and NS), and we support the basic setups for our employees.

In this role, you can expect to:

• Sculpt stylized characters, environments, and props that are both visually striking and organically correct
• Produce fantastic and interesting concept designs for various facets of world creation, including character design, vehicles, props, environment, etc.
• Create lighting, composition, and mood color studies
• Create solid illustrations and renders of game elements to serve as guides to 3D Artists, inspirational guides, or for marketing purposes. e.g., turnarounds, orthographic renders, material guides, etc.
• Drive overall visual quality and best practices across all areas of ownership
• Collaborate and iterate with a passionate in-house team crafting games for mobile and tablet devices
• Grow your skills and experience and share those with other artists
• Be a foundational art leader within our Acadia studio who helps onboard and grow new or junior talent

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

• 6+ years of concept design/visual development experience in video games
• Experience with modeling, animation, and visual effects
• Ability to work on hard surface, industrial, and organic subject matter
• Ability to work with a broad range of subjects and aesthetic styles
• Working knowledge of Photoshop, Maya, and Zbrush. Other 3D programs are a plus!
• Strong understanding of texturing techniques within Substance Painter
• Working knowledge of Unity
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, time management, and organizational skills
• Strong passion for gaming, especially in the mobile space
• Experience in a production environment

To take it up a notch, you will also have:

• Experience with Perforce, Jira, Confluence, Slack, and the Google Workspace
• Experience with agile development and workflows
• Experience collaborating with external vendors or outsourcing
• Experience with graphic or marketing design

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:

• We know that one size doesn’t fit all - every team has the flexibility to find the right balance between in-studio, remote, and hybrid in-studio/remote.
• We offer extended health coverage effective day one, with no waiting period, including a flexible health spending account and/or personal spending account! Any leftover amounts from the health/personal spending account can also be automatically added to a group TFSA.
• EQ Care that provides you a way to remotely interact with healthcare providers, available 24/7 to get prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
• We provide an employee assistance program to ensure our people’s mental and emotional well-being.
• Everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program for their RRSP.
• We offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off (no worrying about how much time has been earned), as well as paid time off for volunteering.
• We encourage development through educational support, training sessions, skill development, knowledge sharing, and more!
• We encourage our team to help us hire the best talent through our referral program where they can earn up to $5,000 for a successful referral hire.

Compensation band: $91,400 - $152,400 base salary.

Excited by this opportunity? We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in North America, including Vancouver and Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.