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Rogue Company - Senior Environment Concept Artist

Hi-Rez Studios is looking to hire an experienced Environment Concept Artist to join our Rogue Company team, and work at our studio in Alpharetta, Georgia.

At Hi-Rez, you will have an opportunity to be part of an innovative environment that embraces new and different ideas. We are a passionate and enthusiastic bunch who love video games and value teamwork. We have incredibly talented individuals who are empowered to create, & challenged to learn. All of this means more opportunities for you to unleash your energy, collaboration, and dedication.

Come join the creator of the critically acclaimed SMITE, Paladins, Tribes: Ascend, and Global Agenda as we embark on exciting new game projects!

What our Environment Concept Artist do:

• Develop environments and narratives with bird’s eye view concepts, mood paintings, architectural drawings and prop concepts.
• Iterate on game assets with production artists via paint overs, studies, and group critiques.
• Reinforce gameplay with interesting visual and narrative environmental solutions.
• Follow Art Direction to maintain visual style of the game, and create designs that stay within technical constraints.
• Participate in critiquing your work and the work of other artists.
• Assisting with paintovers of images of models in progress to help direct and guide modellers towardsa more effective product
• Create callout pages of real world reference for materials and construction

Who we are looking for:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in creating concept artwork for animation, film, or video games.
• Experienced with digital content creation tools such as Photoshop, Painter, etc.
• Clean, mechanical drawing skills.
• Experience working with realism.
• Strong grasp on perspective.
• Superior eye for light, value, composition, color, staging, and detail in environmental design.
• Ability to assist in the development of a distinct visual style and a passion to push it to the next level.
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate with multiple teams.
• A passion for architecture, high tech, future, and outdoor environment concepting.
• Excellent work ethic, self-motivation, and ability to take constructive feedback.
• A love of video games.

Preferred candidates have:

• Experience in creating visual designs that support gameplay oriented goals.
• Working knowledge 3D art techniques and software packages such as Maya, 3Ds Max, Blender, Fusion 360, Zbrush, or Mudbox.
• Strong foundation in the traditional arts, including but not limited to architecture, landscape painting, and illustration.
• Have shipped an AAA PC or console title as a concept artist
• Experience with Unreal 3/4 engine.