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Game World Building Artist 3 #1129

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A renowned game studio currently working on AAA console title is looking for World Building Environment Artists to join our team to assemble and set dress levels and maps. We are looking for candidates with a strong desire to work in the Sci-Fi genre and a strong command of art foundations like silhouette, color, light and composition to create highly optimized game environments.

Candidates will be experienced in working closely with design to build fun worlds while balancing visual impact and storytelling. Candidates should have a strong understanding of the construction process for modern, large scale game environments that accounts for gameplay requirements. The ideal candidate must be highly effective and positive in ambiguous situations, able to self-motivate to high performance, manage your time effectively and react quickly to changing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and set dress levels and maps.
• Working closely with design, build fun worlds while balancing visual impact and storytelling.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the construction process for modern, large scale game environments that accounts for gameplay requirements.

Keywords provides a competitive compensation package, good benefits and a casual, fun, productive and supportive working environment. We empower people to perform to the best of their ability with our “can do” attitude. We appreciate and embrace flexibility and learn at every opportunity to grow ourselves through experience, training and tackling new challenges. This is what makes us Keywordians .

Network Requirements

During WFH or if remote, the following is required for this type of position:

• Internet speed of at least 500 Mbps or 1 Gbps, wired connection preferred, to ensure work is not impacted by connectivity/latency issues
  • Make sure to run and repeat speed tests throughout the day, as it can fluctuate during peak hours
  • Candidates must provide a screenshot of their speed test result
    
  • Agency must include speed test screenshot as part of the submission process for consideration

• Candidate is committing to meeting the network requirement by their start date if an offer is received and mutually accepted

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience working with game environments
• Shipped multiple titles on multiple platforms
• Excellent World Building and scene composition skills.
• Experience with large scale environment construction.
• Experience with FPS games.
• Owned and shipped multiple levels and maps.
• Experience with Autodesk Maya required.
• Artist must have knowledge of modern game asset development process.
• Artist should have strong time management and communication skills.
• The ability to quickly grasp new technical concepts required.
• Game Editor centric workflow experience a plus.

Bonus

• Experience with audio systems, dialogue, and subtitles
• Experience with font rendering systems
• Experience working with strings, character arrays, and queues
• Experience with agile development processes and task-tracking systems such as Jira or Azure DevOps

Benefits

At KeyWords we provide all our contingent workforce with:

• Paid Time Off (including sick days and holidays)
• 401k (3% matching)
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits