Lead Environment Artist

Lead Environment Artist

We are looking for a talented Lead Environment Artist to join our team and create high quality 3D environments for an unannounced project. It is a multiplayer, third-person game with a contemporary setting.

A successful candidate will be a skilled and motivated lead artist with both managerial experience and creative vision, able to direct a team of talented artists in creating beautiful and functional spaces for a multiplayer game.

Candidates local to Ontario, Canada are preferred, but this is not a requirement.

NOTE: For the foreseeable future, all positions at Tactic Studios will be performed remotely, working from home. We are flexible to accommodate the unique needs you may have to ensure a productive, healthy work environment under the present circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of environment artists, assigning tasks, reviewing work, and providing clear, fair, and honest feedback to support the vision of the game.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to art staff, fostering a productive team capable of meeting deadlines and achieving artistic goals.
• Act as a leading member of the art team to develop a stunning and immersive visual experience.
• Create high and low polygon 3D environment assets for exteriors and interiors.
• Create UVMaps, textures, and materials for assets following a PBR pipeline.
• Work with level designers to develop a cohesive layout for 3D assets, resulting in a beautiful, yet functional play space.
• Modify and optimize assets based on artistic feedback and performance or memory limitations.
• Design and conceptualize 3D assets from reference images.

Requirements

• Prior experience as a lead environment artist on a successful modern 3D game.
• Experience hiring, interviewing, forming and managing a highly functional art team.
• Expertise modeling high and low polygon 3D models using 3DS Max or Maya.
• Expertise sculpting in Zbrush.
• Expertise creating textures using a physically based materials system such as Substance painter and designer.
• Experience with a modern 3D game engine such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Understand technical performance and memory considerations and are committed to creating efficient meshes and textures.
• Motivated self-starter with exceptional creativity and strong communication skills.
• Passionate about developing high quality video games.

Bonus Skills

• Experience lighting environments in a modern game engine.
• Ability to create functional 2D illustrations and concepts for 3D assets.
• Experience with 3D animation and rigging.

How to Apply
You will need to provide:

• Portfolio demonstrating high-poly and low-poly 3D assets and textures that you have created. (required)
• Resume detailing your experience. (required)
• Cover letter. (preferred)
• References. (preferred)

Send the aforementioned items either by link or as an attachment to jobs@tacticstudios.com, subject "Lead Environment Artist".