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Senior Environment Artist
Vicarious Visions / Activision | Albany NY 12201 USA | Full Time | Posted: 03/09/2013
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Come join Vicarious Visions, one of the most dynamic and creative game developers in the video-game industry. For over 15 years, VV games have been pushing technical boundaries to deliver addictive gameplay and immersive art bringing both characters and worlds to life on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, iPhone, and many other platforms. Vicarious Visions, located in Albany, NY, has gained critical acclaim with hit titles such as Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2®, Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero: On Tour®, Tony Hawk's American Sk8land, Spiderman 2®, and Transformers®. Vicarious Visions' leading edge technology and games have been part of the system launches for the Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Playstation Portable and more. We are a team of talented, energetic, and highly motivated individuals. Our people come from all areas of the globe, bringing a very diverse mix of styles to our games. It also makes for a very cool place to work. We offer competitive salaries, relocation, and full benefits. Check us out at www.vvisions.com.
Job Descriptiontop
Senior Environment Artist
Vicarious Visions, developer of numerous award winning games, including Skylanders Spyro Adventure, Guitar Hero: On Tour, Tony Hawk, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is seeking a passionate, motivated, and experienced Senior Environment Artist to join our team of talented developers in creating next generation games for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Art Lead and cross-discipline team leads to coordinate in planning, scoping and prioritizing work.
- Work closely with the Art Director to develop environments that enhance game mechanics and traversal and establish the aesthetic benchmark for our games.
- Meet established quality standards by creating visually stunning models which are balanced against runtime performance.
- Maintain close communication with the technical direction to keep updated on the engine's evolutions and constraints
- Ability to stay current with the latest tools, technologies, and techniques to help shape our pipelines.
- Balance quality with efficiency when working under tight deadlines.
- Follow and maintain pipelines and technical requirements.
- 5+ years of experience in environment modeling, workflows and techniques
- A degree in fine arts or equivalent work experience.
- Strong traditional artistic skill.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and succeed in a diverse work environment.
- Self-motivated team player who proactively seeks feedback and communication.
- Ability to quickly learn new software and adapt to company proprietary software.
- Technical problem solving is a must.
- Excellent knowledge of the game development process and interactions between art and design.
Come work with us on our exciting new titles! We offer a modern work environment, an outstanding compensation and benefits package, a fun, team environment, impressively affordable living, and an exceptional quality of life! Please apply at http://www.vvisions.com/
This job listing originated on Gamasutra.com, the game industry's leader.
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| Location | Albany, NY, 12201, United States |
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| Categories | Art / Animation |
| Relocation Cost Paid | None |
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| Contact Name | Not Specified |
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| How to apply | Applications are no longer accepted for this job posting. |
| Job Code | ART0000OP |