Level Artist

3 Months ago • 3-6 Years

Level Art

Job Description

As a Level Artist, you will collaborate with Level Designers to create the visual aspects of game levels, adhering to gameplay constraints. You will consult reference materials, collaborate with concept artists, and contribute to storytelling through environmental design. Responsibilities also include building environments using pre-established modular kits, researching visual references, maintaining performance budgets, presenting work to the team, delegating tasks, and modeling objects according to the game design. You need to be a strong team player, and should respect game deliverables and milestone dates.

Good To Have:

Experience with Terrain and Foliage tools (Unreal 4 or 5)
Experience creating VFX with Niagara
Experience creating Shaders and Materials
Experience with Substance Designer and/or Painter
Experience with Blueprints (Unreal 4 or 5)
Experience in scene lighting, LUMEN and Mesh Distance Fields (Unreal 4 or 5)
Strong sense of responsibility and autonomy
Ability to express one’s own ideas
Respect the game’s deliverable and milestone dates
Strong team player
Ability to analyze and synthesize.

Must Have:

3D artist diploma from recognized school
Experience with Unreal 4 and/or 5
Experience in creating objects or environments with 3D software.
Experience in creating textures and manipulating shaders.
Very good technical/artistic balance.

Perks:

Flexible work schedule
Hybrid work
Access to Groupe insurance
Access to Groupe RRSPs
Access to a telemedicine service for the family
Bonus system

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real-time-vfx

team-player

budget-management

environmental-design

environment-design

unreal

game-texts

lumen

lighting-shading

2d-art

level-design

blueprints

LEVEL ARTIST

Reports to: Assistant Art Director

Permanent – Full-Time

What you will do

Work closely in tandem with a Level Designer to create the visual aspect of a game level, while respecting gameplay mechanics constraints;
Consult, establish, and collaborate with reference material and concept artists;
Collaborate with the narrative team to help tell stories through environmental design;
Use pre-established modular interior environment kits to build visually diverse environments;
Participate in the research of visual references aligned with the art direction;
Maintain performance and memory budget for your assigned environment, and help define optimization strategies;
Present your work to the team and directors, and receive comments, suggestions and modifications;
Be able to delegate and share tasks with other artists at the same level, and be able to support people with less experience so that they can contribute to the needs of the project;
Model objects and environments according to game design.

What you bring

The following levels and minimum years of experience are open: Intermediate 3 years and at least 1-2 published titles in video games, as a Level Artist ; Senior 6 years and at least 2-3 titles published in video games, as a Level Artist;
Diploma in 3D artist from a recognized school;
Experience with Unreal 4 and/or 5;
Experience in creating objects or environments with 3D software and the application of 2D art;
Experience in creating textures and manipulating shaders;
Very good technical/artistic balance.

Even better if you have

Experience with Terrain and Foliage tools (Unreal 4 or 5);
Experience creating VFX with Niagara;
Experience creating Shaders and Materials;
Experience with Substance Designer and/or Painter;
Experience with Blueprints (Unreal 4 or 5);
Experience in scene lighting, LUMEN and Mesh Distance Fields (Unreal 4 or 5);
Strong sense of responsibility and autonomy;
Ability to express one’s own ideas and receive those of others;
Respect the game’s deliverable and milestone dates;
Strong team player;
Ability to analyze and synthesize.

Why join us?

Flexible work schedule: because unexpected events are part of life when you are sick or need personal days;
Hybrid work: Because we have adapted to the new reality; 
Access to Groupe insurance: To take care of yourself and your loved ones;
Access to Groupe RRSPs: we think about your future;
Access to a telemedicine service for the family: to avoid a pleasant 24hours in the emergency room
Bonus system: we recognize the work accomplished