Content Artist

Description

CONTENT ARTIST

 The content artist position will be responsible for crafting 3D high poly models, textures, UV maps and materials for current gen & next gen titles. The content artist is our general artist position at Gearbox, so it’s a great place to be a part of every aspect of game art creation and culture!

 Responsibilities:

•  Create exciting and attractive assets that are detailed and interesting
• Contribute and interact with level designers, directors, concept artists and other art leads to achieve visual goals that match gameplay, aesthetic and performance objectives
• Work from concept art, style sheets, or reference to achieve these goals
• Collaborate and provide feedback to fellow artists or external partners to ensure we’re working together to meet project’s artistic expectations
• Work alongside level artists to craft new or additional art sets to meet necessary aesthetic goals ensuring our environments look awesome
• Creating props, pickups and other miscellaneous art needs

 Skills Required:

•  Have excellent 3D hard surface and organic modeling skills
• Able to craft assets from beginning to end (model, UV map, texture, material creation)
• Be proficient in 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, Substance Painter and Zbrush
• Understand what it means to implement and import art into a game editor / engine
• Excellent communicator and team player -- here at Gearbox we thrive on collaboration and working together to meet our project artistic goals
• Be passionate about making games

 Experience:

• Minimum of  3 – 4 years professional experience
• Unreal 4 engine experience a plus
• Technical material creation a plus
• Experience in team leadership a plus