Join CD PROJEKT RED as an Expert Environment Artist and play a pivotal role in the development of Cyberpunk 2.
Responsibilities:
- Design and execute environment art from sprawling city districts to intimate, high-detail interiors.
- World-building by drafting large-scale city districts to define composition and player flow, embracing iteration as a core tool for quality discovery.
- Define and uphold environment art standards across composition, lighting, color, materials, visual storytelling, and gameplay readability.
- Collaborate with the Art Directors, Art Leads and teammates to maintain artistic consistency and vision for the game while building captivating worlds.
- Create best-in-class modular kits that define Cyberpunk art styles.
- Partner with Tech Art and Engineering to prototype, document, and establish new pipelines that build upon the studio’s robust technical foundations.
- Collaborate effectively with the entire Cyberpunk 2 team, across disciplines. Including close collaboration with the Level Design and Narrative teams.
- Strong communication skills, ownership and team-first attitude required.
- Maintain and improve production methods, optimizing pipelines while consistently meeting deadlines.
- Mentoring and providing feedback to other artists.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience (or equivalent skill demonstrated through previous work, portfolio, or comparable experience).
- Mastery of Unreal Engine.
- Industry leading DCC skills with Blender and Substance Painter. Maya & 3DS Max are valued however Blender is our primary 3D modeling package.
- Excellent sense of composition, scale, proportions, color theory and lighting.
- Strong awareness of the role materials play in constructing the final frame and how materials fit in a project’s context.
- Deep, practical understanding of level design principles and how to craft environments to support gamer experience.
- Thoughtfully crafting visually compelling, believable, and immersive environments that embed storytelling to support and enhance core narrative beats.
- Exceptional communication and collaborative skills.
- Passion for games.
