Studio: Amazon Studios
Job Opening: Environment Artist – World Builder
Location: Southern California, Irvine, CA, USA
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create living, breathing places of interest that are both exceptional artistically and as gameplay spaces.
- Work with the art team to ensure artistic unity with the entire project.
- Work with the design team to create harmonious and fun gameplay experiences.
- Excel at consistent aesthetic and technical quality throughout the asset pipeline.
- Optimize Assets for performance and memory.
Qualifications & Skills:
- 3+ years of experience in the game industry with at least 1 shipped AAA title or equivalent work in a related field.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Art or in a related field.
- 3+ years of experience with level design layouts, compositions, and play spaces.
- Online Portfolio demonstrating world building and lighting skills, modeling, material creation as well as foundational skills in composition, design, and color theory.
- Familiarity with modular level construction, gameplay composition, framing, and creating narrative with set dressing.
- Highly Proficient in major 2D and 3D software packages (Max/Maya and Zbrush/Mudbox, Substance, Photoshop, Houdini).
- Expert knowledge of at least one Game Engine (CryEngine, Unreal, or equivalent).
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principle requirements for this role.
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://account.amazon.jobs/jobs/1403928/apply