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About the Role
As a Principal Environment Artist at Certain Affinity, you will collaborate with a small team to create highly detailed game environments and world assets. You will have the opportunity to establish the quality bar for the internal team by visually perfecting environments and working closely with design teams to enhance gameplay.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Art Director to set the standard for a visually consistent and highly immersive world within performance guidelines.
- Proactively research and demonstrate new software, pipelines, and techniques to evolve the team's creation pipeline.
- Set the visual bar for projects and communicate intent to team members at all development stages.
- Define robust kit-pieces that enhance the environment and support gameplay needs.
- Create and define content benchmarks for internal and external developers.
- Participate in art reviews, critiquing both big picture elements and individual assets.
- Collaborate with Project leadership to understand Environment Art needs and assist in creating project roadmaps.
- Represent the Environment Art team to external business partners.
- Mentor junior environment artists and those in other art content areas.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in the game industry, specifically modeling and texturing environments.
- 5+ years of experience in an expert content creation or leadership role.
- Experience with multiple projects from concept and preproduction through shipping.
- Experience establishing and driving new workflows for content creation.
- Experience leading multiple teams or providing Subject Matter Expertise in multiple areas of environment art creation.
- Understanding of visual art with a focus on environments, composition, and critique.
- Shipped at least one AAA title in the last 3 years.
Skills
- Exceptional core art skills including general composition, color theory, architectural fundamentals, and natural/outdoor principles.
- Solid understanding of what makes a game level fun and engaging.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills between art, design, and tech.
- Ability to work within an art style and effectively communicate intent to the team.
- Expert level knowledge of MAX, Maya, or other 3D software.
- Proficient with Z-Brush or other high-resolution sculpting tools.
- Experience using Unreal 5.
- Solid grasp of performance requirements and constraints for current-generation console and PC hardware.
- Understanding of PBR materials construction and application, and material software like Substance Designer.
- Excellent understanding of art pipelines and workflow.
- Ability to prioritize within time constraints and manage multiple efforts.
- Ability to initiate visual direction without specific concept or design.
- Portfolio demonstrating experience defining modular sets, organics, vistas, props, materials, lighting, and landscapes.
Location
- Austin, Texas
- Toronto, Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Principal
- 10+ years
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- 140K-190K CAD
About the Company
- Certain Affinity is a game developer with locations in Austin, Texas, and Toronto, Canada.
- The company works on major gaming franchises and original IP.
- Their culture values evolution, diversity, excellence, and work-life balance.
- Certain Affinity was recognized as the Canadian Studio of the Year.
- They are known for co-developing AAA FPS games and are now creating their own games.
Equal Opportunity
- Certain Affinity is authorized to do business in many, but not all, US states and Canadian provinces. Eligibility for employment may be limited based on registration status.
- Background checks may be conducted with candidate authorization for employment offers or project eligibility.