Job Summary

Job Description

Unknown Worlds is seeking a Lead 3D Environment Artist to work on their next Subnautica game. The role involves overseeing the environment art team, managing pipelines, collaborating with various departments (concept, world team, production, design), providing feedback, and contributing to asset creation. Responsibilities include defining quality targets, coaching team members, understanding gameplay requirements, managing external partners, and providing art feedback. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in game development with at least one full project cycle in art leadership and one shipped title as an individual contributor. Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills are crucial.

Must have:

5+ years 3D art experience
Art leadership experience
Proficiency in Blender/Max/Maya, ZBrush, Substance
Environment art modeling, texturing, materials
Hard surface asset development
Team leadership and management
Excellent communication skills

Good to have:

Strong traditional art skills
Unreal Engine experience
Multiplatform development experience

Perks:

Annual professional development
Home office stipends
Paid time off for volunteer work

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Job Details

THE OPPORTUNITY

Unknown Worlds is seeking an accomplished Lead 3D environment artist to work on our next game in the Subnautica Universe. Our ideal candidate will have a passion for world building and environmental storytelling in the science fiction genre. The environment lead is responsible for overseeing the internal and external environment art team, including hard surface, and managing the related art pipelines on the project. This is a highly collaborative role working with vis dev, world team, production and design to bring our amazing game worlds to life.

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with the concept team, environment and hard surface artists to create stunning, expressive 3D environments and bring our game worlds to life.
Work with the art team to define and maintain our environment art pipelines and quality targets on the project.
Provide coaching and feedback to members of the environment art team.
Work with art, world and design leadership to understand the gameplay requirements and assets needed for each region of the game. Collaborate with production to manage work across team members and our external partners.
Provide art feedback as needed to our external partners.
Create and implement environment assets as an individual contributor as time allows outside of leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

5+ years experience as a 3D artist in the games industry with a minimum of one full project cycle in an art leadership role, and one shipped title as an individual contributor.
High level of proficiency with Blender, Max, or Maya, Z-Brush, and Substance Designer and Painter.
Experience as an individual contributor with environment art modeling, texturing and materials creation including development of hard surface assets.
Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.
Experience managing and directing outsource partners.
Experience leading a small to mid sized art team.
Self-motivated,self managing and comfortable working in a remote environment.

Preferences

Strong traditional drawing/painting or sculpting skills.
Experience developing in Unreal engine.
Experience with multiplatform development including console.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply at jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Unknown Worlds we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Reasonable Accommodation

KRAFTON Americas is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the Company will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply for an open position, perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the HR Talent team at KRAFTON Americas, to begin the interactive process.

EEOC statement

KRAFTON Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.

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