Summary:
Tangent Games is looking for an Environment Artist for a new action game. If and have a passion for action and narrative games, join a team of industry veterans dedicated to making the highest quality games. You must be flexible, creative, and goal oriented.
Responsibilities:
- Create Environment Art assets at the highest quality level, and with the best technical practices
- Craft unique, engaging environments that promote design objectives
- Work with the Art Director and Game Director to define and shape the overall look and feel of the game
- Work closely with the design team to accomplish the goals and functionality of game levels and needed environment props
Requirements:
- Previous experience creating high quality environments for AAA game
- Expert Unreal 4 asset creation experience
- A strong ability to create believable environments within a games engine
- Experience creating environments using modular systems
- An understanding of effective asset creation and optimization
- A strong understanding of shader functionality
- In-depth knowledge and/or experience with PBR
- A keen eye for spatial composition and building believable scenes
- Excellent sense of form, mass and volume
- Passion for pushing the state of the art in asset fidelity and production techniques
- Passion and constant drive to stay up to date with the latest technology and new techniques
- Focused, motivated and effective on all tasks through completion
- Keep a positive team-oriented attitude
- Be proactive and self-motivated, work without direct supervision
- Ability to complete tasks within given time constraints
- Excellent communication and written skills
Portfolio
Portfolio or demo reel should demonstrate:
- Exceptional real-time modeling skills
- Ability to create and bake high-res geometry
- Examples of efficient modular construction methods
- PBR material examples from Substance Suite
- Examples of beautifully finished environments that conveys mood and environmental storytelling
- Keen eye on detail and realism
- A strong sense for composition, color and light
It is Tangent Games' policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Tangent Games does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. Tangent Games also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees.