Senior 3D Artist - Envionment | Helsinki
Savage Game Studios was formed in 2020 by industry veterans from studios such as Rockstar, Insomniac, Supercell, Wargaming and Rovio. In 2022 we joined PlayStation, making Savage the founding studio of the PlayStation Studios Mobile Division.
Our Mission is to make action games with epic stories to foster lasting connections with players around the world. We’re f earlessly exploring bold new ideas and our goal is to make high-quality, visually stunning games for mobile devices.
Why do our people love it here?
Games - We live and breathe games, playing together regularly and having games at the heart of everything we do. We prioritise our players and deeply understand them, which drives everything we do.
People - Our People are Powerful Together. We believe that excellence is reached through team collaboration and a culture of feedback. We’re made up of passionate, collaborative and humble people. We’re committed to hiring a diverse team and we believe in treating people fairly. A great workplace is one where you feel like you belong. We are building a team of people who understand, empathise, collaborate, listen and connect. We want to create equal opportunity for all and give everyone a fair chance.
Pioneers - We’re pioneers. We aim to create experiences that will push innovation and gaming on mobile. Think of everything you love about console games and imagine having that in the palm of your hand. You’ll be able to directly impact Savage Games by joining us, early on in our mission.
Inspired - Savage Games is a perfect home for those looking to make great games. We're hiring professionals who believe their best work is yet to be done. If you want to make an impact, have more autonomy, work on truly innovative mobile IPs, and want to work with a team of welcoming, open and honest teammates, Savage is the place for you.
We’re committed to creating a diverse team. If you feel that you might be interested in the role, even if you don’t hit 100% of the criteria, please don’t let that put you off. Get in touch with us. We believe in passion and potential.
The Role:
We are currently seeking a Senior 3D Environment Artist to join our team.
You will be responsible for creating environments and setting the visual direction for the levels by setting up lighting and placing assets. As a young studio, your work will have a significant impact on the final performance and quality of all our projects. Working closely with other departments your work will help to set our games apart to stand out in the mobile action games market.
If you are passionate about creating visually stunning environments that push the boundaries of what is possible in mobile games look no further! We offer a collaborative environment where every team member is encouraged to share their ideas and expand the limits of what we can create.
Responsibilities
- Create, manage and expand on the assets for the game’s core environments. Work closely with and support Level Design to maintain a flexible iterative approach
- Take ownership of the look of the environments by creating environment 3D assets from versatile modular sets to unique hero assets.
- Work closely with the level artist and level designer in order to provide the best environment assets possible for their needs
- Collaborate with different disciplines and Leads to plan and prioritize workloads and workflow improvements
- Analyze and maintain performance and visual fidelity of the environments with the technical department
- Experiment and research alongside Tech and Art direction with an understanding of the product enabling better world-building and visual choices
- Give feedback, support team morale, and facilitate free and open creative communication
- Work with outsourcing partners by providing feedback and project-specific 3D asset creation guidelines
Required Skills
- Experience in games production as an environment artist, a 3D artist or equivalent (e.g. Senior Artist)
- Expert understanding of shape, composition and colour
- Good technical understanding of game engines and strong awareness of the performance and optimization
- Expert proficiency in 3D and 2D content creation tools of your choice
- Strong understanding of creating modular environment asset sets
- Self-motivated with excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Excited to work within a stylised art style
- Portfolio examples of beautiful environment assets you have made that show your understanding of form, composition and colour
Desirable Skills
- Unreal Engine experience
- Experience in mobile game development
- Traditional art skills and passion for art in general
- An interest in architecture and nature as a visual inspiration
Why join us?
Although we’re a new company, we’re committed to making this a great place to work, so this is only the beginning of our benefits
- Annual bonus
- Paid lunches
- Budget towards commuting costs
- Gym or sporting subscription to spend as you wish
- Home internet provided
- Mobile Phone
- Educational budget: for language learning, self-training, attending conferences, buying games and books etc
- Financial and practical assistance with relocation through our relocation partner and a relocation budget
- Twice yearly off-sites, this year we held one in Berlin and one in Helsinki
- PVG - Pizza, beer and games on the last Friday of every month
- 30 days holiday plus additional days from Christmas and New Year
- Discounts on PlayStation products and games
We're an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.