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Senior Material Artist (Contract)
1 year ago
We’re ArenaNet. We make the games we want to play and infuse them with innovation, hand-crafted detail, and creative passion. As developer and publisher of the award-winning Guild Wars game series, we’re proud to share our passion for the online worlds we’ve created with over 11 million players worldwide.
We are looking for a Contract Senior Material Artist join our team. This is a 6 month contract position.
As Senior Material Artist, you will…
- Play a critical role in defining the look and feel of our materials.
- Create high quality textures and materials.
- Oversee the development of a material library.
- Support artists in authoring and application of materials.
- Collaborate with Tech and Art in the design and implementation of material pipeline.
What This Role Requires
- Professional game industry experience as a Material Artist or Environment Artist with knowledge of material pipelines.
- Portfolio of work demonstrating artistic and technical skills with a range of realistic and stylized materials.
- Expertise in Substance Designer and Painter as well as other industry-standard material authoring software.
- Solid understand of PBR rendering and material/light interaction.
- Excellent collaboration and communications skills.
Nice To Have
- Experience with Unreal 4/5.
- Familiarity with procedural content generation
- Familiarity with working with photogrammetry.
- Ability to work in multiple art styles.
- Familiarity with working with traditional media.
This contract position compensation is an hourly rate plus any overtime if applicable. Please note that the listed hourly rate is a general guideline only. We take into consideration the geography in which you live and your experience and qualifications when determining final pay. This role is eligible for benefits through a third party employing agency. Agency benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and flexible and dependent care spending accounts.
Hourly Pay Range
$44 — $57 USD
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