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Senior 3D Environment Artist

We are seeking a Senior 3D Environment Artist to join our talented team, with team members based in New York City, Montréal (and some fully remote), working on our new action-RPG title.

The right candidate for this position will work closely with the Art and Design leadership to establish an iconic, stylized look for the next generation of consoles and PC. You will share our passion for thinking differently about how games can look and feel and possess exceptional ability to communicate and demonstrate new ideas. You will be instrumental in defining a cohesive visual style over the entire project.

Responsibilities

• Work with the team to create and populate a wide variety of environments.
• Work with design to support gameplay within the environments.
• Work with engine and tools teams to create new technical ideas and solutions.
• Work with Art Director and Art Production manager to plan and schedule assets for outsourcing when needed.
• Participate in planning and critiquing of the project and collaborate on solutions to feedback .
• Stay up to date on current trends and techniques of asset authoring.

Qualifications

• 3 + years of games industry experience .
• Expert k nowledge of the various components of an environment art pipeline, including terrain generation and navmesh, vegetation, UV and material authoring, LOD , collision mesh creation , post process and lighting.
• O rganic and hard surface skills with an excellent eye for proportions and consistency.
• K nowledge of modular approaches and modular kit set organization and implementation.
• Ability to o ptimiz e for memory and performance while maintaining visual fidelity.
• Experience working in a game engine such as Unreal.
• Able to reliably communicate and produce content in a self-disciplined remote work environment.
• Authorized to work in either the US or Canada

Bonus Points

• Strong design and color theory principles a strong plus.
• Ability to set up and animate simple e nvironment objects like doors and fans in Unreal is a plus .
• Knowledge of procedural asset generation with software like Houdini a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Among Industry leaders in PTO and work life balance
• Flexible Work-From-Home options
• Comprehensive f amily health coverage