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Senior Hard Surface Artist - Original IP Project (f/m/d)
1 month ago
About Us
ABOUT US #TEAMYAGER
YAGER makes computer games and is based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1999 by 5 enthusiastic gamers, we combine long-term experience with a resilient and innovative spirit. We are passionate about creating online action games with rich worlds, focused on social emergent gameplay. Our mission is to give players unique moments they can't wait to tell their friends about.About the Role
As a Senior Hard Surface Artist , you are someone who loves modeling everything hard surface (vehicles, weapons, sci-fi architecture etc.) and cares deeply about functionality. Your primary duties, under the direction of the art director and lead artist, are in 3D modeling, texturing, and world building. In collaboration with technical artists and production you will make sure assets are beautiful as well as technically feasible, while fitting into timeframe budgets.Your Mission
- Creating hard surface assets from detailed concepts or rough sketches, producing mechanically sound results, built to empower animators to push the animation quality to the next level
- Studying, implementing and advancing the quality and art direction of the project with your work, whether it be realistic or stylized
- Collaborating with your team and lead artist to maintain and push the modelling, texturing, and material creation standards, making it easy to produce consistent high-quality results
- Mentoring junior team members, reviewing their work and helping them achieve their best
- Working with outsourcing partners to support the overall production volume
Your Skill Tree
- 5+ years of experience in professional game development
- Experience with modelling and texturing, particularly the ability to leverage modelling or texturing optimization techniques to achieve excellent visual quality as well as excellent technical quality
- Knowledge of at least one content creation tool for modelling (eg. 3ds Max, Blender, Modo, etc.) and texturing (eg. Substance, Photoshop etc.)
- Experience designing weapons, vehicles or similar
- Understanding of scale, proportion, surface properties and articulation
- Ability to take and apply direction and work well in an interdisciplinary team environment
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing
- Passion for videogames
DESIRABLE SKILLS
- Experience with the rigging and animation pipeline for hard surface assets
- Experience working with Unreal Engine
- Understanding of modern real-time rendering pipelines
- Familiarity with bug tracking software (JIRA) and version control system (Perforce)
- Having shipped games in a similar role
- Proficiency in node-based shader creation, enabling you to adapt and expand material features
Ready for the Quest?
We support you all the way
- Get settled. We offer relocation packages and budgets, provide temporary accommodation, administrative support and more.
- We care about your work-life-balance with competitive vacation days and core working hours.
- Green travel at a discount. We have a Company Ticket benefit for the public transportation system in Berlin (BVG or DB).
- We´re pet friendly! Bring your best buddy to the office and make new friends.
We are passionate about growth- Join a diverse & creative team! Over 30 nationalities come together to create thrilling gaming experiences.
- We´re dedicated to see you grow. Receive feedback, internal trainings, workshops and Lunch & Learns and more!
We care about your well-being- (Mental) health matters. We work with various partners to provide you and your loved ones with support for mental & physical health, coaching and counselling and more!
- Stay fit! We offer a gym membership for FitX gyms around Berlin. The best thing about it? There´s one just a ten-minute walk from the office! Or you can choose E-GYM subscription for more flexibility instead.
- Yum! Our equipped kitchen is stocked with beverages and fresh fruits and we hold regular team events.
Our commitment to Diversity
At YAGER we believe that the best gameplay stories are those shaped by other players. We know together is better and we celebrate the uniqueness and strength found in diversity. We know that an aligned and diverse team will outperform the sum of its parts.
Market research shows that some people from less-represented groups in gaming only apply if they meet all the requirements. But we want to encourage everyone to apply, even if they don't think they meet every single requirement. We believe having different perspectives and backgrounds is what helps our teams do their best.
Every hero has a backstory, and we welcome you to share yours with us, and become part of an inclusive team working on creating exhilarating and engaging socially emergent action games. We are committed to creating a safe working environment where a diverse mix of talented people come together to make great games for everyone and to increase diversity and inclusion in the game development industry.Is this role Remote, Hybrid or Berlin based?
This role can be fully remote or hybrid at our Berlin office.
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