Senior Environment Artist - Battlefield

1 Month ago • 6 Years + • 3D Art • Concept Art • Undisclosed

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Job Description

Motive is seeking a Senior Environment Artist to contribute to their upcoming Battlefield project. Reporting to the Lead Artist, this role requires a deep understanding of environment design, modeling, texturing, and world-building. Responsibilities include conceptualizing and designing game environments, establishing high-quality benchmarks, creating organic and hard-surface models, leveraging NextGen technology, and mentoring junior artists. The ideal candidate possesses 6+ years of experience, proficiency in industry-standard software (Maya, Substance Painter), and a strong artistic eye for composition, lighting, and storytelling within game environments. Experience with open-world games is a plus.
Must have:
  • 6+ years industry experience
  • Proficiency in Maya, Substance Painter
  • Strong artistic skills (composition, lighting)
  • Environment design & modeling expertise
  • Mentoring junior artists
  • NextGen technology knowledge
Good to have:
  • Open-world experience
  • Procedural generation knowledge

Our Motive is to develop innovative action games set in iconic worlds where every player feels like the hero. Let's say that again—iconic worlds where every player feels like the hero.

Our passion has taken us from imagining dogfighter pilots in Star Wars™: Squadrons to re-creating Isaac Clarke onboard the Ishimura in Dead Space™. Currently, we're working on two exciting projects, an original Iron Man™ action-adventure game and what's coming next for Battlefield™.

We believe in sharing our passion with our community and each other, fostering an inclusive culture, and nurturing a growth mindset. Although our approach may seem simple, it leads us to create the best work of our careers, bringing unique and immersive experiences to our players.

Motive is looking for a Senior Environment Artist, who will report to the Lead Artist. As a master of their craft and experience in this field, the you are staying up to date with industry trends and user experiences, proposing solutions for future development. You will help in staff development from recruiting, training, and guidance of more junior artists.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the Art Director in the vision for the game.

  • Conceptualize and design game environments, summarizing concept art and block models into compelling game environments.

  • Establish high-quality benchmark and prototype levels.

  • Create organic and hard surface models.

  • Take advantage of NextGen technology to produce high-quality and rich environments.

Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of experience in the industry.

  • An eye for spatial composition, lighting, color, textures, and building believable scenes.

  • Experience with environment aesthetics, function vs. form relationships, and what makes a game level fun and intriguing.

  • Convey a sense of 'story' in a scene or game asset – considering age, weathering, and context.

  • Adapt to different art styles, including photo-realistic and stylized.

  • Proficiency in Maya, Max, Modo, or similar 3D modeling software.

  • Paint believable surfaces, using industry-standard software (Substance Painter).

  • Knowledge of terrain creation (both modeled and procedurally generated) is an advantage.

  • Open World experience a plus.

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About The Company

Motive is a AAA video game development studio established in 2015, and located in Montreal, Quebec. The studio is part of Electronic Arts studio network and has worked on action-adventure licenses. Motive supported the solo campaign on Star Wars™ Battlefront™ II and was the lead developer of Star Wars™: Squadrons and the Dead Space™ remake. The team is currently working on an Iron Man™ game. 

At Motive, we encourage innovation and calculated risk-taking in our approach to game development. We put significant emphasis on creating safe spaces through our practices and a culture that offers our teams the freedom, autonomy, and time to innovate where it matters. All of this in search of unique experiences, in search of fun. 

Our offices are located in the heart of downtown Montreal, at the foot of the heritage site and popular park Mount-Royal. The studio also welcomes members of our Frostbite engine team, and Search for Extraordinary Experiences Division (SEED).

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