2D Environment Artist (Contractor)
Job Summary
Job Description
Kabam is seeking a 2D Environment Artist Contractor in Vancouver for a new game based on a major IP. This 4-month contract (30 hours/week) may be extended. Responsibilities include creating visually appealing 2D environments in Unity, assembling environments within the game engine, creating sketches and prototypes, gathering reference material, painting 2D assets (props, foliage, houses), maintaining scale consistency, creating world textures and backgrounds, optimizing assets for mobile performance, and adhering to project best practices. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of game production experience with multiple shipped titles and a strong Unity background. The role involves collaborating with concept artists and art directors to bring the game world to life.
Must have:
- 5+ years game production experience
- Proven track record with shipped titles
- Excellent art skills (portfolio required)
- Unity experience
- 2D asset creation (props, environments)
- Asset optimization for mobile
5 skills required
Job Details
At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in.
We are seeking a 2D Environment Artist Contractor in the Vancouver area for our upcoming new game based on a major IP! You will create visually appealing and immersive virtual places that tell a story as the backdrop for our characters and gameplay, primarily assembling environments within the game engine (Unity). This will be initially for a 4 month contract at approximately 30 hours per week with possibility of extension.
During the contract, we expect you to deliver on the following:
- Create 3 2 D sketches and rough prototypes to explore design ideas and compositions
- Gather reference material for moodboards
- Concept and paint 2D art assets as props (foliage, houses, etc…) within the world.
- Maintain relative scale of props to be consistent with characters and overall game scale.
- Put together world textures, backgrounds and props within Unity to execute the world as described by the concept artist and art director.
- Optimize assets and environments to meet memory and performance constraints of mobile devices
- Work within a highly customized version of Unity Steward Best Practices:
- Follow established project best practices for asset management, version control, and naming conventions
Your background:
- Portfolio demonstrating excellent art skills
- 5+ years of experience with a proven track record in game production with multiple shipped titles
- Demonstrated experience with Unity
Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.
We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!
About Kabam
Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.
Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.
Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal and Charlottetown in Canada, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States, and in Seoul, South Korea. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.
Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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