Sr/Lead Level Artist

Values Value, a recruiting company with expertise in gamedev, is looking for an experienced, talented, and creative Senior/Lead Level Artist for one of our clients, a cool video game studio, that develops hybrid FPS and Souls-like game in the mystery western genre.

What are you working on?

• At what stage of the project(s)? Pre-production
• Genres: Shooter
• Platforms: PC, Console

Team size and structure?

35

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

• Work closely in the Production team with Level designer and concept artist;

• Create photo-realistic indoor and outdoor locations in Unreal Engine 5. 

• Lights setup, instancing, placing VFX particles, etc;

• Create an asset list with good references or sketches for future Production in the 3D art department;

• Create placeholders for the important objects in locations;

• Take responsibility for your level, including organizing modeling and texturing needs, following up on progress and quality with the Visual Director;

• Discuss level content with the Visual Director and set out time and planning estimates by order of priority;

• Integrate assets and textures into the level whilst also assembling the key aspects to this;

• Follow a lighting theme in line with the artistic direction of the project;

• Understand and follow the visual references whilst respecting the artistic direction;

• Understand the needs of Gameplay & Level Design and balance those with the goals and aesthetic of Art Direction.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• 3+ years of AAA experience in a game industry pipeline;

• Experience of work with UE4/UE5 and with inhouse tools like Landscape, instance static meshes and blueprints for Level Art design;

•  Intermediate knowledge of any 3d Packages for creating and editing 3D assets;

• Good understanding of light, proportion, composition, and color-coding;

• Good understanding of modular design;

• Work in Unreal 5 with materials and can explain to Material Artist which settings in materials are needed for Level Art usage;

• Understanding resource balancing and experience in optimizing scenes (3d models/ VFX / Lighting);

• Ability to take direction and quickly address Visual Director feedback;

• Examples of finished gameplay locations in portfolio;

• Intermediate English (B1 is minimum level, B2/C2 better).
  

It would be a plus:

• Expertise in optimizing meshes for games;

• 1+ shipped AAA titles as a senior Level artist;

• Artistic/architectural/engineering education or background;

• Scripting blueprint experience in Unreal;

• Understanding of both modern and legacy real-time rendering tech and lighting principles;

• Knowledge of additional software is a plus (ZBrush, World Machine, Speedtree, Houdini, etc.).

Why do we enjoy working here?

• Unique project;

• Very strong and experienced Art Director and 3d Art Lead with experience on popular AAA projects;

• The beginning of pre-production, a very big impact on the product, and freedom in creativity;

• Transparent management;

• Opportunity to get regular feedback on your work.