Lead Environment Artist

Responsibilities

• Work with Producer and Art Director to ensure timely completion of game environment assets
• Maintain production appearance, including quality and art style
• Be responsible for coordinating and facilitating day-to-day art production processes for the project
• Create briefs and documents for asset creation and training
• Participate in defining tools and art production pipeline; understand advantages and limitations of technology and develop strategies for maximizing performance
• Prepare content submission packages to be sent to clients, and ensure all content is actual, organized, quality-checked and ready to be submitted to client review in-time
• Participate in the establishment of short and long-term artistic goals
• Be responsible for identifying and recommending areas of artistic growth of each artist of their team
• Be fully aware of the client’s expectations for upcoming content drops, or rejected assets
• Communicate regularly with the Project Manager and Art Director regarding status of current project milestones
• Interact with (Lead) Artist or Manager on client/partner side
• Investigate client technology and train team artists in using it
• Assist monitoring team wellbeing and identifying potential risks
• Work with Technical artists on constant optimization of the graphical content
• Take an active part in team art discussions, critiques and reviews

• At least 1 published game as an Environment\Level Artist on PC or console platform
• 6+ years of experience as a professional game development Environment\3D Artist
• Experience in leading a team of artists
• Proficient awareness of the software packages and tools of the games industry
• Solid experience of using Unreal
• Being an expert in at least three areas of artistic production
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and staff to create results driven and team-oriented environment
• Open minded
• Self-motivation, great communication skills, and a great team-player attitude
• English from B2
• Solid experience in modeling, sculpting and texturing environment components using 3ds Max, Maya, Zbrush and Photoshop (or equivalent packages) shown in portfolio

• Working with an international team of world-class professionals on exciting and challenging projects 
• Learning & Development opportunities – mentoring, lectures, participation at industry conferences and events 
• Medical Care package  
• Sensibly flexible working hours  
• Breakfasts, snacks and fruits available during the day, tea and coffee machines  
• Friendly team and a family-like environment  
• Additional benefits – care bonus to cover health, educational and safety needs, MyCafeteria - including Multisport and more, corporate parties and team buildings and many more others 

Role Information: EN

Studio: Sperasoft

Location: Asia, Armenia, Yerevan

Area of Work: Game Development

Service: Create

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Working Pattern: On-site