Environment Art Lead – External Team – Sweden – AAA Games

This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it is safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

Project: AAA Games

Our client is seeking a Lead Environmental Artist to be responsible for the creation and quality as well as planning and prioritization of the outsourced environment artists.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive experience working as a 3D artist in the games industry
• Experience on a minimum of 2 shipped AAA games
• Excellent sense of scale and proportions, materials, color and light
• Fluent in English with superb communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Strong articulate asset creation process and provide the right critical feedback
• Strong experience and knowledge working with shaders, pipeline and PBR
• Understanding and interest in both technical setups and mechanical functions
• Knowledge and understanding of asset creation, in-game model, UV layout, LODs, Collision
• Excellent understanding of real-time graphics with proven experience in creating realistic looking props and buildings

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Quality assurance and feedback to external vendors
• Collaborate with Internal art leadership and experts to establish technical and quality goals
• Build and maintain a library of brief
• Use latest industry software to review incoming art assets through production
• Offer detailed feedback as well as paint overs with note

DESIRES SKILLS:

• Solid experience working with outsource teams and mentoring artist through daily feedback and documentations.
• Expertise in game production and have a proven ability to problem-solve, schedule and monitor tasks
• Great artistic skill set, a good sense of scale and proportions, materials, color and light
• Familiar with project management software, e.g. Jira, Confluence and Shotgun
• Great with time estimations, assessments and prioritizing
• Knowledgeable with Maya, Z-brush and Photoshop
• Photogrammetry experience
• Strong knowledge in Substance designer and Painter
• Great understanding of modular and unit based modelling
• Familiarity working with Unreal, Unity or similar game engine
• Capability to work in a team, communicate well and being proactive
• Structured and technical with experience in outsource management
• Experience from working with vegetation

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 413!

Tagged as: AAA, Environment Art, Swedish