Senior Environment Artist

Responsibilities:

• Work with lead artist and other artists to ensure consistency between vision and implementation of environment assets
• Understand and follow style guides to guarantee the consistency of the game
• Create believable and photorealistic environments within CRYENGINE
• Create game-ready assets given the technical limitations
• Supervise and mentor junior artists on the team
• Provide and accept direction
• Explore new technologies on the given platforms to achieve best possible results
• Work within inter-disciplinary teams of artists and level designers
• Work together with our tech-art department to improve workflow
• Coordinate with other studio groups including level design and production to achieve project objectives
• Complete all tasks in a timely manner and to a consistently high-quality standard
• Demonstrate a desire to learn and grow professionally

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience in game development
• Last and/or current-gen console experience
• Expert understanding of current game art processes, limitations and dependencies
• Strong ability to create believable, realistic environments in a real-time engine 
• Strong knowledge of 3ds Max or Blender, Photoshop, Substance Designer / Painter, and Zbrush
• Strong knowledge of common real-time game engines
• Established interpersonal and organizational skills
• The ability to manage and supervise mid-level and junior artists and willingness to carry out mentorship tasks 
• Ability to deliver and receive constructive feedback 
• Good English communication and writing skills
• Positive, problem-solving and team-oriented attitude
• Be proactive and self-motivated, work without direct supervision