Material Artist - Leamington Spa, United Kingdom - Playground Games Ltd

Playground Games Ltd

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Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

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Company Name
Playground Games Ltd
Salary
Competitive
Location
Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Country
United Kingdom
Industry sector
Animation
Job start date
ASAP
Posted date
24/01/202 Experience Level
Mid-Senior Level
Job type
Permanent | Full Time
Remote / Hybrid
No

Playground Games is looking for a Material Artist to join our Forza Horizon team on a contract basis.

ABOUT US:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun.

We are looking to expand our diverse team as we continue driving forward our BAFTA award-winning Forza Horizon franchise,

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Material Artist, you will be working with the Environment Art team to deliver materials and textures for use throughout the game world.

You will be responsible for creating consistently high-quality environment materials and raising the bar for content in our game. You'll work closely with internal stakeholders so the ability to communicate effectively is very important.

This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Work closely with leads, seniors, and multidisciplinary stakeholders to establish texture and material workflows.
Create highquality environment materials both for manmade and organic assets, especially terrain.
Contribute to creating Benchmarks for various asset types and define workflows and processes for obtaining the best results possible.
Create base material library for use in asset creation.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

A portfolio demonstrating highquality Material work.
Strong knowledge of PBR techniques and material authoring.
Mastery of relevant software packages such as Zbrush, Substance Suite, etc.
Great understanding of art fundamentals and design principles
A genuine passion for video games.
Experience with photogrammetry and using scan data in your work is an advantage.

This is a fantastic opportunity to a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry's most exciting first-party game studios.