Senior Environment Artist: Xbox Game Studios
Turn 10 Studios, creators of the award-winning Forza franchise based in Redmond, WA, are looking for the right person to join our high-caliber team. At Turn 10 we make genre-leading racing games for Xbox and Windows that are known for consistent quality, innovation, and authenticity. Our vision is to grow Forza into the world’s leading brand for automotive entertainment. Come play a key role on our team and help us achieve this ambitious goal.
Critically acclaimed Forza Motorsport franchise are seeking a Senior Environment Artist with an exceptional eye for detail and a passion for creating stunning photorealistic environments, You will partner with the Environment Lead and other disciplines and apply your artistic and technical abilities to drive quality set out by our Directors and Leads through research and benchmarking to meet the visual goals of the project to create rich, beautiful and stunning environments that delight our players.
Responsibilities
Create stunning photorealistic organic and hard surface content for environments
Strong art and technical background and eager to prototype content and drive up visual quality
Collaborate and work closely with Art Director/Lead to deliver or exceed established visual bar
Research and contribute to processes, workflows and production pipeline improvements
Work well within the environment team and able to help educate and guide other team members
Document processes for creation of environment art
Work collaboratively with internal teams and external partners
Review and provide feedback on outsourced content
Troubleshoot and problem solve production challenges through collaboration and creative solutions
Strong and effective communicator and collaborator
Proactively research and stay up to date on new software, industry trends and processes
Qualifications
8+ years of industry experiencing building AAA quality game environments.
Experience shipping multiple AAA video game titles on consoles and PC (full-cycle)
Relevant software proficiencies: 3DSMAX, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Zbrush, Photoshop
Portfolio demonstrating strong examples of photoreal environments and assets
Knowledge of natural scenery and composition
Experience adapting easily to change and a excellent multi-tasker
Bonus Points
Knowledge and experience working with Houdini
Experience working with remote teams
Foundation in traditional arts
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