Senior Environment Artist

BattleCry Studios, the newest ZeniMax studio in Austin, is seeking a talented Senior Environment Artist to help create high quality environment art for an undisclosed AAA PC and next-generation console game.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Lead Environment Artist to maintain artistic style and quality in the environments (including asset creation, lighting, level build out, and skybox/env globals)
• Create efficient in-game models, UV’s and textures
• Maintain a balance of art quality versus performance in the game engine
• Collaborate closely with level designers to uphold gameplay as well as aesthetics

Requirements

• Previous environment art production in a full-cycle games development studio
• Experience in game engine environment setup (lighting, time of day, fog/skyboxes, palette control, and post process effects)
• Understanding of modularity and environment systems used in fast, iterative, and efficient production
• Strong skills in industry standard tools such as 3ds max, Photoshop, Zbrush, and various support programs
• Understanding of modern materials and shaders
• Excellent problem solving skills, ability to identify and resolve issues, and understanding of technical dependencies
• Strong foundation in traditional arts
• Understanding of art pipelines, workflows, environment scale, form, and composition
• Must demonstrate a high amount of attention to artistic and technical detail
• Must work well in a creative, collaborative environment and have a passion for gaming

Pluses

• 5+ years experience in the game industry and multiple shipped titles
• Previous AAA game development experience
• Strong previous work relationship between environment and level design