Senior Generalist Artist

1 Month ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

Rockstar Games is seeking a Senior Generalist Artist to join their team in Sydney, Australia. This role involves creating high-quality 2D and 3D assets for game environments, props, and characters, working across various styles while maintaining Rockstar's artistic standards. Responsibilities include collaborating with Art Directors and Leads, owning asset development from concept to implementation, and helping define best practices for asset creation. The ideal candidate needs 5+ years of experience in game development with a strong generalist portfolio showcasing environments, props, and characters. Advanced proficiency in tools like 3DS Max and Photoshop, experience with real-time engines, a good sense of design principles, and understanding of technical constraints are required.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of professional experience in game development
  • Strong generalist portfolio (environments, props, characters)
  • Advanced proficiency in 3DS Max and Photoshop
  • Experience with real-time engines (Unreal or proprietary)
  • Strong sense of form, scale, proportion, and color theory
  • Solid understanding of technical constraints and optimization
Good to have:
  • Experience working on AAA titles
  • Strong traditional art foundations (drawing, painting, sculpting)
  • Familiarity with cinematic pipelines and visual storytelling

Job Details

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences. 

Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. 

Rockstar Games is currently seeking a versatile and experienced Senior Generalist Artist to join our team and help bring our immersive game worlds to life. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled and adaptable artist with a deep understanding of both 2D and 3D pipelines, capable of contributing across environments, props, and characters.

This is a full-time, permanent and in-office position based in Rockstar’s state-of-the-art game development studio in Sydney, Australia. 

WHAT WE DO

  • We create visually stunning and richly detailed open-world environments that support gameplay and storytelling at the highest level.
  • We design, model, and texture everything from sweeping landscapes to intricate props and lifelike characters.
  • We collaborate closely across departments to ensure assets meet gameplay, narrative, and technical needs.
  • We uphold the quality, consistency, and artistic integrity that define Rockstar titles.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Create high-quality 2D and 3D assets for use in environments, props, characters, and visual development.
  • Work across a wide range of styles and visual targets while maintaining Rockstar’s artistic standards.
  • Collaborate with Art Directors, Leads, and other disciplines to develop cohesive and engaging in-game visuals.
  • Own asset development from concept to final implementation.
  • Help define best practices and pipelines for asset creation and integration.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 5+ years of professional experience in game development.
  • A strong generalist portfolio that includes environments, props, and characters.

SKILLS

  • Advanced proficiency in industry-standard tools such as 3DS Max and Photoshop.
  • Experience with real-time engines such as Unreal or proprietary engines.
  • A strong sense of form, scale, proportion, and color theory.
  • Solid understanding of the technical constraints of game development and optimization.
  • Deep passion for video games.

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

  • Experience working on AAA titles.
  • Strong traditional art foundations (drawing, painting, sculpting).
  • Familiarity with cinematic pipelines and visual storytelling.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar’s reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Department. 

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

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