Senior Environment Artist – FIRAXIS GAMES



Job Description:

Firaxis Games is looking for an exceptionally skilled senior environment artist for our latest project. As the Senior Environment Artist, you will be working closely with the Project Art Director, Designer, and art team to create high quality assets that match the look and feel of the game world. The ideal candidate must have a solid grasp on lighting and color, as well as an excellent working knowledge of our tool-set (listed below);



Responsibilities:

• Create the highest quality textured hard surface and organic 3D art that adhere to the project’s vision
• Collaborate closely with the engineering and art teams to create beautiful and believable worlds without sacrificing performance, readability and game play
• Help establish pipelines for creating real time 3D assets for gameplay levels


Skills:

• Exceptional communications skills, both oral and written
• Excellent organic modeling skills
• Outstanding problem solving abilities and capable of developing or optimizing new or existing pipelines
• Must be a team player and willing to incorporate ideas from other team members
• Outstanding organization and time management abilities
• A solid understanding of color and lighting
• Ability to work with an iterative design


Experience:

• Must have an expert knowledge of 3DStudio Max and Photoshop
• At least two shipped products as an environment artist
• Solid, professional Unreal 3 experience

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