don't restrict your search to junior positions - it's typically only broken up into your standard position or lead position. My first position was environment artist at Mythic where I worked on Warhammer Online. I have about 3 years of experience, alot of places consider that junior still.
agreed. don't restrict yourself to junior positions! Happened to me once - I applied as junior many years ago and the HR dude goes " we checked your stuff, we think you're not right for this position, but what do you think about this other position as...", turns out it was a regular non junior artist position.
My first job was at 38 studios... as a junior artist. Now I'm an environment artist here. While I ultimately settled here, when I was applying for work I applied for literaly every position I thought I was qualified for despite having only 1 shipped title. I heard back from companies offering me internships, junior…
Jr = we can afford for you not to play a major role in the game. You'll make some junk, make some friends and basically have very little responsibility. We hope you grow into a Sr but we're not crossing our fingers. For all of this low pressure, we expect you to either find a better job or we'll lay you off at some point…