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Absurd Ventures · 1 month ago

Senior Level Artist

San Rafael

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $135K/yr

5+ years exp

Absurdventures is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Level Artist to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will support both internal and external art teams by creating large-scale environments that meet the highest visual standards of projects.

BroadcastingDigital MediaMedia and EntertainmentPodcastTV

Responsibilities

Work closely with design counterparts to establish scale and composition of a region or space in white-box form while meeting high level design and art goals

Collaborate with production, modeling, and art direction in the planning of world building assets and kits. Define detailed asset lists, following the asset request pipeline to fully realize each unique region and POI of the game

When required, create scale proxy assets and Jira briefs for use in kit development, following an established asset pipeline with the modeling lead

Narrative set dressing and world building in-engine, including landscape painting and sculpting natural environments as well as urban environments, from white-box to polish stages

Experience working with a variety of common and custom art tools, including level instances, blueprints, and procedural content generation and its application to a large open world and variety of biomes

Proactively identify issues of quality and performance. Be responsive in addressing and troubleshooting bugs related to graphics, performance, and gameplay

Qualification

Unreal Engine 53DS MaxMayaZbrushBlenderSubstance SuiteModular asset creationPBR workflowsSelf-managementResearch skillsCommunicationFlexibility

Required

5+ years of experience in the video games industry and at least one shipped AAA title

Proven proficiency in one or more of the leading software packages. 3DS Max, Maya, Blender, Zbrush, Adobe suite, Substance Suite etc

Strong sense of scale, proportions, and composition

Experience with Unreal Engine 5 preferred. Otherwise, familiar with modern level editor workflows and game development pipelines. (Unreal, Unity, or Proprietary Engine)

Knowledge of the UE5 nanite asset pipeline, including modeling and physically based rendering (PBR) texture and material workflows

Experience with modular asset creation and world building techniques

Strong communication and cross-departmental skills, particularly with the level design department

Flexibility and self-management skills to juggle tasks and assignments depending on high level production needs

Ability and confidence to proactively research and learn new Unreal 5 skills, techniques, and bug fixes that appear over the course of production

Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Game Art, related field, or equivalent industry experience