Unity Artist

Responsibilities:

• Work closely under the direction of the game’s meta art director to develop in-game content that aligns with the project's objectives, most importantly for character presentation in the meta of the game.
• Set up complete 3D meta scenes in-game, including characters, environments, cameras, lighting, textures, and VFX.
• Create 3D, 2D, and VFX art for the game’s meta where required.
• Implement and optimize 3D art, 2D art, and animation into the game where required.
• Test, evaluate and provide feedback on tools and pipelines designed for developing the game’s meta.
• Proactively engage with the planning for the game, ensuring your art is delivered according to the game’s needs and that updates and dependencies are clearly communicated.
• Work with all crafts needed to ensure art is delivered to a specification that offers great technical performance, within the required technical budgets.

Minimum Requirements:

• Proficient in crafting high-quality 3D, 2D, and VFX assets and implementing them into Unity.
• Experience in how content fits into the production of Unity game development in collaboration with other disciplines, especially visual development, tech art, graphics, and gameplay.
• Highly experienced with game art pipelines and workflows.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Ability to work within an established art style when creating art for the game.
• In-depth understanding of fundamentals for 3D and 2D asset creation and real-time lighting such as PBR.
• In-depth knowledge of industry leading applications:
  • Adobe Suite (Photoshop, After Effects, etc.)
  • Maya, Max, and Z-brush (Maya preferred)
  • Unity Editor and Tools
• In-depth knowledge of technical constraints, optimization, and implementation techniques for 3D, 2D, and animation artwork.

Key Attributes:

• A passion for making high-quality games in a cross-discipline, collaborative team.
• A problem solver, committed to doing what’s right for art quality and the game as a whole.
• A curious and proactive contributor with a broad interest in game art, keen to learn and share knowledge with the team.
• A strong collaborator focused on delivering great gameplay, accessibility, and user experience.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.

Nice to have:

• Technical art skills (shader creation and/or procedural content creation tools).
• 2D and/or 3D animation skills.

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