Remote Senior Material Artist

Summary

The job is for a Material/Shader Artist to work on a Metaverse project using Unreal 5.2+ at Seedworld. The artist will create and optimize shaders for assets and landscape according to the artistic style of Seedworld, collaborate with the Art Department team, and ensure technical efficiency.

Requirements

• 5+ years shader development experience in the gaming industry with at least one AAA game shipped on PC or console in the last 5 years
• 5+ years of experience using Maya, Photoshop, Z-Brush, Mudbox or equivalent
• 5+ years of shader development for Unreal, on all its shading tools. (Node, Blueprint, HLSL, …) Development experience would be an appreciated plus. (C++ programming, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Art Department team to develop shaders for assets and landscape as part of the look development phase
• Shader development should match the artistic style of Seedworld
• Shader and procedural textures development will be based on reference artwork, paint overs and look development target imagery under the Art Director’s supervision
• Help create quality shaders for human characters as well as fantasy that match the Art Director’s expectation
• Apply knowledge of shader optimization for memory and frame rate budgets
• Work with Art Directors, Technical Artists and Developers to understand technical requirements and ensure the pipeline is as efficient as possible
• Research into new shader development techniques and apply to production
• Create custom nodes or functions required by the research and development
• Participate in technical and artistic discussions and problem solving
• Summarize his work and documentation to make internal and outsourcing communication better for the full team