Description
As an
Environment Artists at YAGER you will work with level designers to build game
spaces from initial concept phase to the final polished, playable stage. Your
primary duties, under the direction of the art director and senior artists, are
in 3D modeling, texturing, and world building. You are expected to collaborate
with technical artists and production to assure that areas are beautiful as
well as technically feasible within timeframe budgets.
Responsibilities
· Create assets from proxy phase to final
shippable quality
· UV mapping and baking
· Generating materials (using normal maps
diffuse maps, specular maps, plus PBR)
· Collaborate with level and narrative
designers to create environments which balance aesthetics with playability and
technical feasibility
Qualifications
· 2+ years of
experience in professional game development
· A gifted eye for
helping to develop and work within a designated artistic style, and to execute
according to the overall art direction and project goals
· Experience with Unreal 4 tools and workflows
including materials and content optimizations
· Fluency in 3DSMax, ZBrush or Mudbox and
Photoshop
· Solid knowledge of
composition and shape balance
· Adept propagation
skills, specifically with modular asset building sets
· Ability to take and apply direction and work well in a team environment
· Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in
writing
· Passionate about videogames
Desirable skills
· Thorough
understanding of shading models both real time, and non real-time
· Strong understanding of architecture
· Experience working
in Sub-D, Nurbs, or other high-end modeling formats
· Quixel Suite
Employment details
- Full-time and on-site
- Status: employment
or freelance
- Start: as
soon as possible
Interested?
If this sounds like you, and you love to work in interdisciplinary
teams with a flat hierarchy, please send us your application using our online
form.