Lead Environment Artist

4 Months ago • 6-8 Years • Environment Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Gunzilla Games seeks a Lead Environment Artist to lead their Environment Art team on Off The Grid (OTG), an AAA Extraction Battle Royale shooter. Responsibilities include managing the team, setting objectives and quality expectations, coaching and mentoring team members, tracking tasks, identifying and mitigating bottlenecks, collaborating with designers, improving project tools, and ensuring high visual quality. The ideal candidate will have lead experience on at least one shipped AAA title, open-world game experience, excellent art skills, a strong understanding of PBR workflows and UE5, proficiency in industry-standard software, and experience with modularity and procedural content generation.
Must have:
  • Lead experience on a shipped AAA title
  • Open-world game experience
  • Excellent art foundational skills
  • PBR workflows and UE5 experience
  • Experience with modularity and procedural content generation
Perks:
  • Unlimited Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Flexible Working
  • Work from Home
  • Health Insurance
  • Bonuses
  • English/German Courses
  • Public Transportation
  • Relocation & Accommodation Support
  • Office Perks & Gym Membership

Job Details

ABOUT GUNZILLA GAMES

Founded in 2020, Gunzilla Games is the independent AAA video game developer and publisher behind the free-to-play mobile game TECHNOCORE, the gamer-first blockchain GUNZ, and the upcoming next-gen battle royale Off The Grid, in three metropolitan locations: Frankfurt, Germany (HQ); Kyiv, Ukraine; and London, UK. The company is helmed by CEO Vlad Korolov and CSO Alexander Zoll. Gunzilla is built on the desire to innovate and push the limits of the games industry.  

Gunzilla’s formidable team of talent comes from a variety of industry-leading studios and publishers (Ubisoft, Electronic Arts (EA), THQ, etc.) as well as Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and producer Neill Blomkamp, Chief Visionary Officer, and the author of the Altered Carbon series, which has been adapted into a popular Netflix show, Richard K. Morgan, Script Writer.  

The Gunzilla Leadership team includes well-known industry professionals like Timur Davidenko, Chief Technology Officer (Far Cry, Warface, and Crysis), Dmitriy Markov, Technical Director (Metro Exodus, ARKTIKA.1), Volodymyr Savin, Audio Director (Cut the Rope, Metro Exodus, HBO’s Chernobyl series), Petr Cherkes, Creative Design Director (The Last of Us, Uncharted 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic), Krasimir Nechevski, Animation Director (Adam, Book of the Dead), Nikolas Gekko, Lead Art Director, (Call of Duty: WWII, Halo Infinite, Destiny) and Kiran Pulicheri, Technical Art Director (Control, Far Cry 6).

OUR VALUES

  • Players First & Foremost. We aim to create titles that players love and get lost in, so our games are developed with them in mind from the start.
  • We Believe in Our People. We believe in building strong teams of self-motivated individuals empowered to work at their best in a supportive environment; when we’re strong together, we thrive together.
  • Commitment to Engagement & Quality. We are deeply passionate about what we do, ensuring we produce next-generation experiences of the highest caliber.
  • Make Bold Moves & Innovate. We strive to make bold moves and push technology to its limits; there are no wrong steps if the outcome redefines the boundaries.
  • Open & Honest. We believe in building trust through transparency and honest communication. We’re proud of who we are, what we stand for, and what we’re building.

ABOUT THE JOB

Gunzilla Games is looking to recruit a Lead Environment Artist to join us in helping to lead our Environment Art team to work on our game OTG (Off The Grid), an all-new AAA Extraction Battle Royale shooter, currently available as Early Access on PlayStation®5, Xbox® Series X|S, and PC.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • To work alongside current Lead, Art Directors and Art pipeline supervisor to Lead, motivate and inspire our team, to maintain and push the visual quality while delivering within the production needs.
  • Manage the Environment team, including setting objectives, and quality expectations and providing visual benchmarks
  • Coach, mentor and develop the team to ensure the personal growth of individuals as well as the whole team
  • Track and assign tasks in Jira and other project-tracking software.
  • Work to highlight and mitigate any issues that may cause bottlenecks
  • Work actively with designers and other departments to achieve the best look for the game.
  • Share knowledge and work on improving project tools and their functions.

REQUIREMENTS

You should have:

  • Experience as a lead on at least one shipped AAA title
  • Experience in working with open-world type games.
  • Career experience which includes multiple AAA development cycles.
  • Excellent art foundational skills.
  • An eye for set design, environment composition, and photorealism.
  • A tech-minded approach, and a strong capacity to tweak and optimize content in all parts of the asset creation pipeline.
  • Experience in long planning and possible production problem-solving.
  • Fluency in game development processes and PBR asset creation workflows for the creation next next-generation games.
  • Passion for state-of-the-art production techniques and dedication to asset fidelity.
  • Strong knowledge of Substance / Quixel packages.
  • Fluent in industry-standard software for 3D art production.
  • Experience with modularity and procedure content generation in the context of environment art creation.
  • Experience working with UE5

GUNZILLA OFFERS

  • Unlimited Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Flexible Working
  • Work from Home
  • Health Insurance
  • Bonuses
  • English / German Courses
  • Public Transportation
  • Relocation & Accommodation Support
  • Office Perks & Gym Membership

*Some benefits may vary depending on Location & position

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About The Company

Gunzilla Games is a game developer founded on the desire to innovate, break down technological boundaries, and create gaming experiences that players will remember forever. In Early 2024, we will launch Off The Grid (OTG), a next-gen cyberpunk Battle Royale for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series.

Our team has a wealth of proven knowledge touching on all corners of the gaming industry and a passion for pushing player experiences forward. Our studios are located in three iconic metropolitan locations: Frankfurt, Kyiv and London.  

OUR VALUES

Players First & Foremost. We aim to create titles that players love and get lost in, so our games are developed with them in mind from the start.

We Believe in Our People. We believe in building strong teams of self-motivated individuals empowered to work at their best in a supportive environment; when we’re strong together, we thrive together.

Commitment to Engagement & Quality. We are deeply passionate about what we do, ensuring we produce next-generation experiences of the highest caliber.

Make Bold Moves & Innovate. We strive to make bold moves and push technology to its limits; there are no wrong steps if the outcome redefines the boundaries.

Open & Honest. We believe in building trust through transparency and honest communication. We’re proud of who we are, what we stand for, and what we’re building.

COME AS YOU ARE

Videogames are for everyone, so everyone should have the opportunity to create them. We’re looking for a huge variety of unique life experiences to help shape the worlds we’re developing, so promise your application will be given the same consideration as everyone else’s, regardless of your background.

Let’s make video game history together!  

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