Environment Artist (Associate or Mid)

Gunfire Games is looking for an Environment Artist to help us create incredible and breathtaking environments for our upcoming titles. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of texture creation, shape language, and world building. Required to be a self-starter, must be motivated and willing to work with minimal supervision.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Use commercial and proprietary software to create high-quality 3D art assets to fulfill the necessities of the project’s functional, art and technical specifications.

  • Understand the requirements and constraints of game design, engine, and platform.

  • Take direction in style and technique to match your work to the style of the project.

  • Keep constant communication between art team, production and design.

  • Estimate your tasks with a high degree of accuracy and break down the steps to completion, delivering on time and at the highest quality

REQUIREMENTS

  • 2+ years of professional art experience in game development

  • Proficiency with Unreal Engine, Substance Painter, Zbrush, and 3ds Max

  • Strong modeling and texturing skills

  • Solid fundamental understanding of artistic principals

  • Knowledge of world building/level building and be able to create fantastic levels with adherence to design and gameplay needs.

  • Physically-based material experience

  • Solid organizational skills with adherence to asset budgets and management

  • Excellent communication skills—you can articulate your process and receive critical feedback

  • Willingness to learn commercial and proprietary software

  • Must be physically in the US and legally able to work in the US without employer sponsorship for an indefinite period of time

PLUSES

  • Experience with Blender, Houdini, Modo, or Photoshop

  • Shipped a AAA game

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the hired applicant may be required to undertake additional tasks as may be reasonably expected to perform.

To apply, submit your application via email including the information below along with your resume to jobs@gunfiregames.com

  1. Name:

  2. Position applying for:

  3. Where did you first hear about/see this job listing? (Linkedin, Twitter, ArtStation, our website, etc.):

  4. Are you authorized to work in the US without sponsorship?:

  5. Will you require sponsorship in the future in order to work in the US?

  6. Links to portfolio/demo reel:

  7. Any other information you’d like to include or would like us to know about you:

  8. Don’t forget to attach your resume!!

Gunfire Games LLC is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran’s status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. 

Pay range: $50,000 - $85,000. Title level (associate or mid) and base pay offered will be based on candidate’s skills, experience, and other professional considerations.