Sub-Lead Level Artist

OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs experienced developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, and is currently working on titles Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn.

TASKS:

• Managing a team of Level Artists team: task planning, prioritization, time management and quality control;
• Reviewing levels and providing feedback on composition, lighting, environmental detail, and gameplay readability;
• Mentoring and guiding a team: onboarding, feedback, training on pipelines and tools;
• Level dressing in Unity, including blockout iteration and final scene polishing;
• Placing environment assets, props, decals, VFX, and gameplay markers;
• Working on level lighting and atmosphere in collaboration with Lighting, VFX, and Environment Artists;
• Contributing to sprint planning and task estimation;
• Сollaborating closely with Level Designers, Game Designers, Technical, Lighting Artists and Programmers;
• Improving pipeline through documentation, guidelines, checklists, and technical standards;
• Monitoring technical performance of scenes.

REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Level Artist or Environment Artist and a portfolio showcasing your work;
• At least one released game title you worked on;
• Team leadership experience: coordinating artists, participating in planning and reviews, and owning the final quality of levels;
• Strong experience working with Unity: scenes, prefabs, NavMesh, LODs, light probes, basic lighting setup;
• Experience working with 3ds Max/Maya/Blender;
• Understanding of URP/HDRP(or similar rendering pipelines);
• Understanding of basic composition principles, flow of levels and optimisation (LOD, instancing/batching, streaming).
• Russian language skills at B2 level are necessary due to the team's Russian-language production pipeline and internal communication.
  
  Pluses:
• Experience working with Houdini  and procedural tools;
• Skills in level design or game design.
  
  

BENEFITS:

• Comfortable offices (if you want to work from office) fitted with areas for recreation and games, coffee points, and snacks;
• Convenient work schedule: adjust work time to your preferences and/or work remotely;
• Strong internal community: we are passionate about what we do. Outside of work, we engage in activities together like playing tabletop games in the office or on Roll20;
• Environment for personal growth: work together with the best professionals and enjoy the benefits of our developed mentoring system and training courses;
• Competitive salary based on the interview, opportunities for career growth.