Realistic 3D Material Artist, Senior

The next great challenge is coming:

As Material Artist, you will work with the Environment & Props team to develop materials that push the realism within the games. You’ll help define material and asset workflows, improve existing practices, and build a library of materials to be used by all art disciplines.

Requirements

• Work closely with leads and art teams to create high-fidelity materials via Substance Designer/Painter;
• Help build and maintain the studio's Substance library of materials & utilities;
• Help build and maintain complex in-engine materials using a proprietary material editor;
• Work with the Art Manager and Production to deliver time estimates for texture/material creation;
• Be proactive and self-motivated, and research new tools and techniques to create more efficient and visually appealing environments;
• Create documentation & tutorials, and requirements for the new pipelines & techniques;
• Collaborate with 3D artists, designers, and other development teams to understand and meet content creator needs of the game;
• Creates environment assets and scenes while considering hardware and design limitations and the overall art vision of the project;
• Mentors less experienced members of the team.

Would be a plus

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in AAA game development or credit on at least one AAA title as material artist;
• Portfolio demonstrating a wide variety of tiled and one-to-one materials created using both procedural and 3d sculpted techniques and showing attention to detail, plausibility and an aesthetic eye;
• Expert skills in Substance Designer/Painter;
• Solid understanding of PBR rendering and the interaction between materials and lighting;
• Experience working with game engines and various real-time rendering software;
• Prior knowledge and experience crafting 3D environment assets and scenes demonstrating;
• Solid understanding of color theory and experience creating balanced color palettes with strong appeal;
• Good sense of form, volume, structure, and silhouette;
• Strong understanding of composition and balance;
• Solid understanding of efficient low poly mesh techniques;
• Strong UV layout techniques;
• Understanding of Texel density, memory limitations, etc.;
• Ability to follow concept/reference and ability to work with a wide range of styles with minimal concept and direction;
• Strong understanding of modular level creation methods;
• Experience with high poly sculpting and modelling software such as Z-Brush & Maya;
• Good verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong time management, organisationals skills, and ability to prioritise tasks/requests in order to meet deadlines.