Flix Interactive - Full time in house Environment Artist position (UK)
Environment Artist
Role and Purpose
Flix Interactive are looking for talented individuals to develop high quality Environment Art for AAA Unreal 4 projects, both for Flix's own proprietary projects and high profile clients.
Responsibilities
- Communicate and collaborate with the Art Director & Level Designers to deliver models to specification that suit their environment and purpose
- Create and maintain texture and model libraries
- Work within the specifications of the project and technology, keeping the assets within budget, as well as implementing LODs and following per project naming conventions.
Requirements
- 1 - 3 years of relevant experience and a good understanding of Unreal Engine 4's art pipeline
- Demonstrate excellent understanding of colour theory in your texturing, and getting the most out of props using the appropriate baked maps.
- Professional level of 3D modelling for games using 3D Studio Max or Maya
- Expert standard of unwrapping and texture creation using photoshop
- Strong understanding of material and model setup within Unreal Engine 4
- Knowledge of Allegorithmic or Quixel packages are a plus
Demonstrate the ability to..
- Think critically about the requirements of an asset or scene within the technical limitations
- Self motivate and have pride in your work
- Work well within a team environment
- Create optimised models that display properly within a dynamically lit game environment
- Be adaptive and master new tools in the process if required
- Take critique and guidance from others well
- Manage your time effectively to create assets in a timely fashion
Portfolio
Please send through your portfolio including a cover letter. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable, otherwise we accept PDF.
What We Offer
Based in the West Midlands just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly and nurturing atmosphere that will give you the opportunity to build and secure a career in the games industry. Our team are welcoming and are ever active gamers as well as passionate games makers.
If you have the drive and skills for making games and think you have what it takes to work within our team then we’d love to hear from you.
Send your application to – info@flixinteractive.com
For more information visit our site - www.flixinteractive.com