80 Level Job Digest: New Positions for Game Artists

Qualifications:

• Experience: Proven experience as an Environment Artist in the animation and/or game industry
• Proficiency in Unreal Engine: Strong command of Unreal Engine tools, workflows, and material systems.
• Artistic Skills: Solid foundation in 3D art principles including modeling, texturing, lighting, composition, color theory, and spatial design.
• 3D Modeling and Texturing: Proficient in 3D modeling software (e.g., Maya, Blender) and texturing tools (e.g., Substance Painter).
• Portfolio: Strong portfolio showcasing your environment design skills and ability to create visually impressive and cohesive worlds.
• Optimization Techniques: Familiarity with optimization strategies to balance performance and visual quality.
• Lighting and Rendering: Knowledge of advanced lighting techniques within Unreal Engine.
• Unreal Engine Particle System (Niagara): Familiarity with Unreal Engine's advanced particle system, Niagara, to design and implement dynamic visual effects, enhancing realism and interactivity within environments.

Our expectations:

Strong Unreal Engine experience: 

• Proficiency in working with Unreal Engine 4/5, including Blueprint scripting, material creation, and Niagara systems.

VFX expertise: 

• Demonstrated experience in creating visually stunning real-time VFX for games or other interactive media. 
• A solid understanding of particle systems, shaders, and post-processing effects is essential.

Technical skills: 

• Ability to optimize and implement VFX assets within the game engine. 
• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques and experience with real-time rendering is highly desirable.

Artistic ability: 

• A keen eye for detail, color, composition, and visual storytelling. 
• Strong knowledge of animation principles and ability to create visually appealing effects.

Communication and teamwork: 

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Willingness to receive feedback and iterate on work to achieve the best possible results.

Portfolio: 

• A strong portfolio showcasing your VFX and technical art skills. Please provide examples of real-time VFX work and demonstrate your understanding of UE capabilities.

Other:

• Time zone - North America or close working hours
• English - Upper-Intermediate or Fluent

Qualifications:

• At least 4 to 6 years experience in animation with a minimum of 1 year in game animation as a lead.
• A recognized degree in Animation or related education, with a solid and systematic knowledge of animation principles.
• Comprehensive skills in game animation development, 3D model rigging and skinning both simple and complex models.
• Solid understanding of humanoid and creature movement and behavior, in various styles such as realistic and cartoon.
• Solid technical skills in, Unreal Engine, Maya, and MotionBuilder (3ds Max and other animation-linked software are a plus).
• Experience animating humanoids and creatures of different shapes and sizes.
• A strong understanding of animation concepts used such as demonstrating strong poses, timing, and weight.
• Experience in creating animation cycles, poses, and combat animations
• Experience with both keyframe and motion capture clean-up.
• Good time management skills ensuring work is completed with expected quality and in a timely manner.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Face rigging experience.
• Passion for game animation.
• Should have shipped multiple AA or AAA games as a lead or senior animator.

We are looking for a senior VFX artist focused on Unreal Engine that can help with the development of our videogame, with 2 main responsibilities: 

1. Creating visual effects inspired by the concept art to reach the level of quality of a III (triple I) game.

2. Optimize the creations to spend the least amount of budget in terms of performance.

The person needs to show expertise in the entire visual effects and technical art pipeline.

The current technology pipeline is Unreal Engine 4.27 / Niagara.

What you'll bring:

• Minimum 3 years experience in game asset creation or equivalent;
• Experience in 3ds Max, Zbrush, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Photoshop, and Unreal or equivalent;
• Solid understanding of PBR rendering, texture, material, its relationship with lighting, and UV unwrapping and layout;
• Strong artistic sense with an eye for detail, composition, and value/color theory;
• Ability to accept feedback and adapt to change;
• Must be proactive, a team player, and a constant learner.