Studio: Bluepoint Games
Job Opening: Lead Environment Artist
Location: Austin, Texas
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Works closely with the Art Director to keep quality and style consistent across all environments.
- Receives and provides critique in a professional manner.
- Provides direction to environment artists for aesthetic and technical considerations.
- Works closely with the Art Director and Outsourcing Manager to identify and schedule assets for external development.
- Coordinates with adjacent departments to ensure proper dependencies are met and bottlenecks are mitigated.
- Has expertise with PBR, lighting, rendering, and material authoring.
- Works with Production to prioritize work and maintain a clear and consistent schedule.
- Reviews work for quality and carry out various supervisory responsibilities.
- Upholds a sense of professional ownership, keeps a positive attitude, and ensures tasks are completed to the Bluepoint quality bar.
- Is proactive in finding answers and am able to clearly communicate issues and direction to the team.
- Is capable of owning the development of, and delivering, content while leading by example.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Has shipped at least one AAA title as a Lead Environment Artist.
- Has been through multiple AAA development cycles.
- Has an advanced understanding of Maya, Photoshop, Substance Designer/Painter, and Zbrush.
- Has a passion for 3D environment art, set dressing, lighting, and texturing.
- Demonstrates excellent foundational skills, including composition, design, structure, silhouette, and color theory.
- Has an excellent understanding of the environment art pipeline, dependencies, and overall scope of the project.
- Demonstrates an ability to work with detailed concept art or reference art materials.
- Has excellent leadership and mentoring abilities, as well as interpersonal skills.
- Is organized and practice good time management skills.
- Finds creative solutions for technically challenging tasks.
- Is proficient with project management/task tracking software like Jira.
Apply for the Job Online: To Apply, visit https://www.bluepointgames.com/lead-environment-artist