Senior Hard Surface Artist

Summary

Join Cloud Chamber as a Senior Hard Surface Artist and contribute to the next BioShock installment. Collaborate with a team of artists to create high-quality 3D assets, including weapons, props, and environments. You will be responsible for modeling, texturing, and ensuring visual consistency. This fully remote role requires 5+ years of AAA game development experience and proficiency in various 3D software. The position offers a competitive salary, benefits including health insurance, retirement plan, paid time off, and bonuses.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience creating high-quality 3D weapons, props, architecture and environments for AAA games and at least 1 shipped title
• Highly proficient in 3ds Max, Maya, Blender and Photoshop
• Proficient in Z-Brush and Substance Painter
• Ability to work with a high degree of self-direction
• Highly skilled in hard surface modeling
• Strong aesthetic appreciation for composition, proportion, mass, volume, light, lighting and color

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the Art Leads, Environment Artists and other Modelers to create highly detailed and visually compelling hard-surface assets, which primarily include weapons, but also interactive objects, props, as well as other architectural & environmental elements
• Create visually appealing, hard-surface 3D models based on concept art and/or photo reference while extracting the brightest details and exaggerating those to a point of caricature
• Communicate effectively with team members to ensure consistency and compliance for rigging and animation
• Create exemplary benchmark weapons models and textures
• Highly contribute to the establishment of the weapon modeling/texturing creation pipeline and look development
• Works closely with Art leads to ensure that environments and assets match the quality bar and vision for the game’s direction
• Receive and apply feedback effectively while maintaining a positive attitude

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Unreal Engine 4 and/or 5 is highly desired
• Foundation in traditional art with ability to concept ideas
• Strong understanding of how objects and architecture are built in the real world
• Interest and dedication to advancing your craft, and eagerness to learn new techniques and software

Benefits

• 401(K) plan
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 14 paid holidays per calendar year
• Minimum of 15 days of vacation leave per year (subject to proration based on start date during the calendar year)
• 10 sick days per calendar year
• Bonus and/or equity awards
• Fully remote role that may be based anywhere in the United States