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Senior 3D Artist: Hard Surface

Title: Senior 3D Artist: Hard Surface

Team : Art

Manager : Executive Director of Art & Audio

Summary

Proletariat Inc. is seeking candidates for a brand new Senior 3D Hard Surface Artist position to work on an unannounced stylized sci-fi game project. The most successful candidate in this role would be a creative and experienced individual contributor who has a passion for creating appealing and believable machinery, gadgets, weapons, and character props in 3D pipelines; can work in a variety of aesthetic styles; understands performance budgets for real time 3D; is a skilled communicator and loves collaborating and contributing on projects. Applicants should submit a resume and current portfolio of work. Qualified applicants may be expected to complete a small art test.

Responsibilities :

• Collaborate with our Art Director, Game Designers, Software Engineers and Product Managers to design and iterate on 3D in-game assets.
• Translate sketches and fully realized concepts into aesthetic and believable 3D models of machinery, props, and weapons
• Can be relied upon to work within production schedules for timely creation of 100% technically solid art
• Work in UE4 (or equivalent) and other 3D authoring software to create game assets from rough draft through production quality
• Work with Art Director and other artists on the team to ensure that 3D assets meet aesthetic quality expectations and technical requirements
• Use independent judgment and creative problem solving outside of established task specifications.
• Solicit and apply regular feedback from Leads, Art Director and other Stakeholders.
• quality control of assets produced by outsourcers, and provide feedback, materials, and guidance to outsourcers in order to maintain aesthetic consistency on projects
• Works with Project Management to maintain clear and consistent goals
• Works in an organized manner. Can follow data structure and provide feedback.
• Motivates peers toward excellence.
• Generates and meets time estimates

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in a 3D artist role, creating and delivering high quality 3d art in an iterative, agile environment.
• Experience shipping at least 3 games as a 3D Artist specializing in hard-surface design preferred
• Experience creating appealing hard-surface assets that are ready for animation and meet performance budgets using a variety of tools including; Maya, Photoshop, Substance Painter and UE4 (or equivalent)
• Experience creating assets in both realistic PBR and more stylized material pipelines
• Understanding of traditional art principles including composition, design, shape language, and color theory
• Understanding of industrial design principles including innovation, aesthetics, thoroughness, and ease of use as well as development, proportion, and mechanical functionality

• Experience working with external service providers/outsource teams
• Excited to improve visual skills, learn new techniques and applicable technology.
• Self-directed, receptive to critique and feedback
• Good communication skills and willingness to collaborate
• Has working knowledge of the games industry and keeps up with innovative games and games that set high visual bars.
• Excited to improve visual skills, learn new techniques and applicable technology.
• Is considered a problem solver
• Illustration/Concept Design experience a plus
• Enjoys playing a wide variety of games