Senior Environment Artist - Outpost Games - San Francisco, CA
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Outpost Games is looking for a Senior Environment Artist who can help us turn players into performers in SOS, our PC multiplayer survival game with some never-before-seen-twists. You can learn more about our game here:
https://www.sosgame.com/
And Outpost Games here:
http://corp.outpostgames.com/
https://www.sosgame.com/
And Outpost Games here:
http://corp.outpostgames.com/
About Outpost:
We're witnessing a revolution. The entertainment industry is being transformed by gamers who are becoming the next generation of great performers and personalities, and they’re drawing the attention of larger audiences every day.
At Outpost Games, we’re building a multiplayer survival game, called SOS, that’s designed from the ground up to be as thrilling to watch as it is to play. Powering SOS is a platform we’re building that turns every player into a performer and gives them a live, interactive audience. On this platform, everyone experiences the thrill of being in the spotlight, and every audience member has the ability to participate in play. Join us and work alongside industry veterans from EA, Zynga, Naughty Dog, Epic Games, YouTube, and Twitch to take a fresh approach on gaming and entertainment.
What You'll Do:
As a Senior Environment Artist, you will help create the world of SOS with your high fidelity assets, materials and textures. You are a problem solver who thinks systemically. You can develop systems such as modular architectural sets, and create workflows that allow us to build more efficiently and at a higher quality in an innovative and fast paced environment.- Work collaboratively with game designers and technical artists to understand and interpret level design requirements within the engine’s technical limitations.
- Synthesize concept art and block models into final game environments to Design, Art and Technical specifications.
- Create high quality materials and textures used by all environment artists.
- Light environments as needed.
- Take ownership of large scope environments such as an entire map.
- Follow Art Direction to maintain visual style of the game.
- Identify day to day execution issues / dependencies, and proactively solve them without supervision.
- Work with TDs and engineers in the development and streamlining of tools and processes.
- Delegate work to junior team members to achieve larger cross functional efforts.
- Coach junior team members and help them grow.
What You'll Need:
- 5+ years experience making 3D games on consoles and/or PC.
- Strong working knowledge of Maya and/or ZBrush.
- Superior eye for light, shade, color, and detail in creating texture maps of different material types.
- A keen eye for spatial composition and building believable scenes.
- Exceptional understanding of form, mass, structure, and silhouette in regard to modeling
- Experience lighting environments.
- Unreal Engine experience a big plus.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Thorough knowledge of the game development process.
- An understanding of effective asset creation and optimization.
- Experience creating environments using modular systems.
https://corp.outpostgames.com/#careers