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3D Artist

In this role, you will
– Have a strong comprehension of design (real-world and fictional)
– Work within the budget of the engine and console limitations
– Create assets properly scaled to real-world accuracy and standards
– Adhere to the look and feel of the game through the team’s feedback
– Collaborate with other departments including design, programming, and animation

What we’re looking for
– Complete understanding of modeling, texturing, and optimization of assets through the next-gen pipeline
– Proficiency with Maya, Max, Substance, Zbrush, Photoshop, and equivalent software
– Experience working on a large scale, 3D title (PC/Console) is preferred
– Strong understanding of asset pipelines and agile development environments
– Nextgen game engine experience – Unreal Engine, Unity, etc
– Clean topology modeling methods and strong attention to detail
– You’re user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Afflantium and influence everything we do

Nice to have skills
– Solid foundation in art fundamentals of composition, design, light, etc
– Desire and ability to work in a self-directed, fast-paced work environment
– Ability to visualize and conceptualize props
– Attention to development pipelines and target milestones
– Ability to gather, analyze, and act on feedback from the team, openness to critique
– Passion and constant drive to stay up to date with the latest technology and new techniques
– Excellent written and verbal communication

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Technical Art Lead

In this role, you will
– Create complex materials for characters, weapons, and environments.
– Establish workflows and tools for other artists to utilize when making unique assets.
– Execute on a range of visual effects styles from realistic to stylized
– Work with engineers and artists to optimize content for many platforms.
– Own gameplay and engine features from the TechArt side maintaining the high-quality bar for Afflantium.

What we’re looking for
– Must have a strong reel/portfolio showing executed game tech art.
– Good understanding of PBR principles and material editors
– Ability to pull many different asset types together to create art for a game.
– Experience modeling and using texturing packagers such as Substance Designer and Painter
– Abilities in a secondary area such as modeling, skinning, animation, or lighting
– Desire and knowledge of how to push Unreal Engine further.
– Desire to work with a team and own features from inception to shipping.
– Familiarity with the Unreal 4 Engine art pipeline
– Experience working on multiple platforms
– Scripting experience Blueprint or other
– You’re user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Afflantium and influence everything we do.

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Graphic Designer

In this role, you will
– Work with existing graphic designers, marketing, production, and esports teams to determine and plan the scope of a visual project
– Develop graphics for product promotion, logos, websites, social media outlets, in-game branding, print, and internal projects
– Produce still and animation-ready graphics for use in video (live and taped), movies, television, and internet broadcast
– Select colors, images, text style, and layout for multiple applicable mediums
– Present design and layout ideas to marketing for approval and execution
– Incorporate changes recommended by marketing into future and already-established designs
– Review designs for errors or additions before approval, publishing, and/or print. Maintain a continued archive of images, logos, photos, and related items
– Prepare instructions for coworkers that equip them with the information necessary to recreate your work
– Work closely with the graphic design team throughout the execution of an idea or initiative.

What we’re looking for
– Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
– An obvious talent for artistic design and a penchant for creativity
– Superb time-management skills that allow you to work on multiple projects at the same time
– Strong analytical skills that allow you to imagine how our players and fans would perceive your artwork and message
– Excellent communication skills that will allow you to effectively confirm and express information to the marketing and production teams
– Working knowledge of page layouts, both print, and web
– Strong interest in the video game and graphic design industries; marketing, trends, and innovations.
– Knowledge of the Unreal Engine is a plus.

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Senior VFX Artist

Responsibilities:
– Create stunning real-time visual effects using a mastery of high-quality particle effects, textures, and shaders
– Optimize effects for performance on multiple platforms
– Work with team members to share knowledge and solve cross-discipline problems

Skills We Look For:
– Experience with Unreal Engine
– Experience with Photoshop, Maya, or 3DS Max
– Strong sense of lighting, color, form, and motion
– Experience with Python scripting or equivalent
– Familiar with PBR workflows
– Strong proficiency in technical problems solving
– Collaborate effectively within a team
– Previous game production experience

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Character Artist

What the Character Artist will do at Afflantium:

– You will sculpt, model, and texture efficient, high-quality characters, outfits, and creatures that are consistent with our specific and established art style from concept to completion.
– You will skin character models to existing rigs and integrate finished character assets into our game engine
– You will fix bugs on character assets.
– You will work with an amazing team, contributing to and helping schedule, ideation, constructive feedback, and outsourcing efforts.
– You will assist the character art team in a supervisory role, participating in concept discussions, planning, and feedback for junior and outsource artists.
– You will work on an established title.
– You will report to the Art Director

Who You Are:

– 4+ years of experience in the industry or a related field.
– Expert knowledge of human anatomy (and comparative animal anatomy if applicable) and its reaction to movement.
– Expert knowledge of proportion, silhouette, and topology.
– Expert knowledge of clothing construction and wrinkle behavior.
– Experience with color theory.
– Expert in creating UV maps and textures.
– Experience with how and why topology is created to achieve the desired rendering and deformation results.
– Extremely knowledgeable in shader capabilities and works with SEs and TAs to modify shaders.
– Stay up-to-date with the latest techniques and industry standards and make sure these are followed by the team.
– Can render techniques and works with SEs and TDs to evaluate final results and suggest areas for improvement.
– Follow art directions and complete a character task.
– Work with the Art Director and Art Lead to establish visual targets.

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Object Modeler

Responsibilities:
– Create and debug assets in The Afflantium while maintaining technical standards.
– Model and texture high-quality assets.
– Work with multiple development disciplines, including non-art-specific groups, to assess and improve assets.
– Maintain technical and aesthetical coherence with the Afflantium brand.

Qualifications:
– 2+ years of experience in art game development
– At least one shipped title in the role of Modeling or equivalent on PC or major console.
– Proficient experience with 3D software such as Maya & Photoshop.
– Strong time management and communication skills.
– Strong traditional art skills in drawings or sketches.
– Excellent sense of form, weight (mass), and volume.
– Good use of light and shadow.
– The breadth of artistic styles, especially hand-painted.
– An understanding of optimization for game engines.
– Excellent sense of quality and craftsmanship

Nice to have:
– Experience with ZBrush, Substance Painter/Designer, Marmoset, etc.
– Experience rigging models for animation
– Examples of traditional art (i.e. figure drawings, still life)

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Surfacing Artist

Responsibilities

You will fulfill these job responsibilities:

– Stay current with and exhibit a high degree of technical knowledge about the current state-of-the-industry in environment surfacing techniques.
– Collaborate with the Surfacing Lead, Art Director, Environment Director and Character Director on Visual Look Development projects to explore and align on surfacing art direction for both environments and characters.
– Create high-quality photo real surfaces in a PBR rendering environment.
– Gather and break down references into key representative surfacing elements.
– Contribute to both environment and character material libraries, and uphold consistent quality across both.
– Work with new and unfamiliar tools related to modeling, UV editing, baking secondary information, surfacing, and rendering.

You will demonstrate the following:
– Experience shipping surfacing content on 2-3 shipped game titles.
– High level of skill in both scan-based and procedural-based surfacing workflows using software packages such as Substance Designer & Painter, Photoshop, Zbrush, Maya.
– Production experience with modern real-time game engines such as Unreal Engine, Unity.
– Photogrammetry acquisition experience is considered a plus.
– Experience prototyping work with node-based shader networks in-engine is considered a plus.
– A degree in Fine Arts, Visual Design, Animation, or a related diploma or certificate.

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Gameplay Animator

Responsibilities:

– You will create and implement character animation using mocap, keyframe, and in-engine tools.
– You will iterate and refine animation based on both aesthetics and feel.
– You will work with our Designers, Technical Animators, Programmers, VFX Artists, Audio Designers, and Production Partners to accomplish a character in-game.
– You will work with our Outsource Animation Director to provide feedback to external partners.
– You will report to the Animation Director.

Qualifications:
– Experience in traditional animation skills and the ability to apply them to gameplay systems.
– Proficiency in Maya or similar software.
– Proficiency in runtime engine animation workflows.
– 2+ years of related industry experience. You have experience in the full development cycle of AAA gaming.
– A degree in Fine Arts, Animation, Graphic Design, or a related diploma.
Portfolio

– All submissions must include a demo reel showing personal and professional artwork.

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Environment Artist

Responsibilities:

Work productively with a small environment art team to deliver quality content on a schedule that meets technical requirements.
Perform as a key contributor to the world production process to create believable and engaging environments for The Afflantium.

Qualifications:
– Thorough knowledge of and experience with Zbrush, Adobe Photoshop, and Maya or Max
– Ability to take direction and feedback well
– Self-Motivated toward solving creative problems
– Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
– Strong work ethic and positive attitude
– 3+ years of professional environment art experience in a gaming studio using a World Editor
– Solid understanding and experience using Substance Painter
– Ability to render stylized textures
– Experience with terrain sculpting editors
– Background or education in traditional arts or architecture
– Shipped at least one AAA title

Your portfolio must demonstrate the following:

– Experience in creating Environment Art
– Examples of textured, clean, efficient, low-poly assets
– A great eye for detail and composition