Senior Environment Artist
Job Summary
Job Description
Virtuos seeks a Senior Environment Artist to create realistic 3D environments for AAA projects, ensuring optimization and adherence to platform limitations. Responsibilities include collaborating with the design team, establishing best practices, identifying project risks, and mentoring junior team members. The ideal candidate possesses at least 5 years of experience in environment art for AAA console titles, a strong portfolio, expertise in 3D modeling and texturing software (Maya, 3DS Max, Blender, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop), and exceptional scene composition skills. The role demands proficiency in PBR pipelines, strong communication, and leadership abilities. International travel may be required.
Must have:
- 5+ years AAA Environment Artist experience
- Exceptional 3D environment creation skills
- Expert knowledge of 3D modeling & texturing software
- Strong scene composition and storytelling
- Proficient in PBR pipelines
- Leadership and mentorship skills
Perks:
- Dynamic career paths
- Opportunities for growth
- Healthy work-life balance
- Comprehensive healthcare plan
- Pension scheme
- Global training and development
- Relocation support
15 skills required
Job Details
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PLAY, GROW and WIN
To be a part of Virtuos means to be a creator.
At Virtuos, we harness the latest technologies to make games better and more immersive than ever before. That is why we pride ourselves in constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility since our founding in 2004.
Virtuosi is a team of experts – people who have come together to share their mutual passion for making and playing games. People with the same enthusiasm for exploring new ideas and the constant drive to excel in their field. People who believe in earning success through dedication.
At Virtuos, we are at the forefront of gaming, creating exciting new experiences daily. Join us to Play, Grow and Win – together.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Responsibilities
- Create exceptional and realistic 3D environments for AAA projects
- Ensure all environments are optimised and built in accordance with the platforms technical limitations.
- Review and deliver work in accordance with the project's artistic direction, and ensure unified look and consistent quality across all game environments
- Develop knowledge and expertise within their team while furthering their own performance and skillbase
- Provide mentorship, feedback, and training to others on the team
- Partner with design team to support encounters, narrative elements and objectives
- Help set up level art best practices and streamline production processes
- Identify project risks and problems and suggest relevant solutions
- Prioritise, plan and organise tasks for themselves and their team in conjunction with the Producer
- Delegate and assign work to team members using tracking tools such as Jira, Hansoft and Basecamp
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of experience as Environment Artist or 3D Artist (shipped at least 1 AAA console title)
- An outstanding portfolio demonstrating your environment work
- Thorough understanding of the game creation process, from concept to launch.
- An in-depth understanding of effective asset creation and optimisation
- Expert knowledge in a 3D modeling software such as Maya, 3DSMax and Blender and sculpting software such as ZBrush and Mudbox
- Excellent knowledge in material and texture creation such as Substance Painter and Photoshop and a comprehensive understanding of PBR pipelines
- Strong sense of scene composition and visual storytelling, with a strong eye for lighting, colour and detail
- Passion for pushing the state of the art in asset fidelity and production techniques
- Be proactive and self-motivated, work without direct supervision
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
- Leadership, team and people management skills
- International travel may be required as part of the role
About Us
Founded in 2004, Virtuos is one of the largest independent video game development companies. We are headquartered in Singapore with over 4,200 employees across 25 offices in Asia, Europe, and North America. Specializing in full-cycle game development and art production, we have delivered high- quality content for more than 1,500 console, PC, and mobile games. Our clients include 23 of the top 25 gaming companies worldwide.
About Our Team
Black Shamrock was founded in 2016 and acquired by the Virtuos Group in 2017. The studio is Ireland’s largest PC and console game development studio and provides unique opportunities to work on multiple AAA titles. Our people are as diverse, exciting, creative, and dynamic as the projects that we work on. Black Shamrock is a place for talent to flourish and lifelong industry connections to begin.
Our in-house and full-service capabilities include narrative, game, sound and level design, animation, art, rigging, engineering, and graphics, to name a few areas our skilled team members work on. At Black Shamrock, we take pride in helping put Dublin on the world map as the birthplace of award-winning AAA games.
WHAT WE OFFER
• Being part of one of the largest and fastest-growing game development studios in Ireland
• Dynamic career paths contributing to some of the world’s biggest AAA titles in gaming
• Opportunities to grow in a tight-knit community with a people-oriented culture
• Healthy work-life balance and flexible work arrangements
• Comprehensive company healthcare plan
• Occupational Pension Scheme (including employer contribution)
• Global training and development plans - study support, formal education, international experience, career planning and progression opportunities
• Bank for paid sick leave and wellness leave
• Subsidised leave
• Relocation support
• Taxsaver plans
• Career and international mobility opportunities with Virtuos Internal Mobility Program
People matter. Diverse opinions and experiences matter. At Virtuos, our talented teams are the cornerstone of our success, and we recognize that fostering and advocating for inclusivity is at the center of what we do best - we make games better, together. Virtuos is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity of thought, expression, culture, and backgrounds.
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