Senior Hard Surface Artist - Guildford, United Kingdom - Wargaming

Wargaming

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Guildford, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Overview:

Based in Guildford, DPS Games is looking for an exceptionally skilled
Senior Hard Surface Artist to assist in the creation of Mechs in the next big free-to-play title.

In this role, you will help to create
hard-surface Mechs & gameplay assets for a new and exciting unannounced project.

You'll be
passionate about hard surface 3d art, highly conceptual, have a strong
mechanical background, which includes
animation design, setup and optimisation.

You'll be a hardworking self-motivated team player, who is able to understand the Art vision for the Hard Surface team, while developing a solid and efficient pipeline for asset production that will stay in place for years to come.

In this position you will be working within a multidisciplinary team of developers, in a global community and will have the ability to both share your hard-earned knowledge and continue to develop your skill set by learning from your teammates.

We are looking for someone with a good sense of humour who can integrate themselves seamlessly into our team & studio culture, be able to work closely with the Lead Hard Surface Artist, Art Director and Art Production Director, to create and be responsible for large sections of the game.

Reports to:

The Senior Hard Surface Artist will report to the Lead Hard Surface Artist.

What will you do?:

Collaborate with the Art team, designers, programmers on object specifications and deliveries
Work with pipeline procedures to deliver competitive, cutting edge assets
Create imaginative and innovative
hardsurface 3D Mechs:
Translate concept and reference artwork into 3D game assets as required, setting a high-quality bar
Create highpoly and lowpoly models and accompanying texture sets that use advanced shaders
Help support offsite development partners
Collaborate with the team to deliver innovation and drive quality

What are we looking for?:

Proven Art production experience in the gaming industry
Proven ability to create exceptional highpoly and lowpoly models and textures
A great eye for detail, natural flair & a strong understanding of composition & colour theory
Excellent verbal and written skills, and be able to both take critique and give feedback internally and externally in a professional manner
Strong understanding of PBR shader development and lighting
Diligence around both individual and team tasks, schedule and budgets
Good organization skills with adherence to optimization and asset management

What additional skills will help you stand out?:

BA in art or related field or equivalent experience
Experience with Substance Designer and Painter
Unreal 4 development experience
Traditional art skills (drawing, painting, sculpting, photography)

Concept skills

Ability to visualize and concept environments and props
Samples of your work displaying clean High Poly to Low Poly bakes, strong understanding of material variation & photo realistic texturing

About Wargaming:

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Operating since 1998, Wargaming has become one of the leaders in the gaming industry with 15 offices worldwide, including studios in Chicago, Prague, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Vilnius.

Our diverse and multicultural team works together to deliver a top-class experience to millions of players who enjoy Wargaming's titles across all major gaming platforms.

Our flagship products include free-to-play hits World of Tanks, World of Warships and World of Tanks Blitz.