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Scene Setup & Lighting Artists at Mala Creative Studio
Mala Creative Studio is creating a project celebrating Saudi Founding Day that will combine live-action footage and CGI transitions. Given the nature of the project, it needs capable 3D Generalists and LookDev Artists. Proficiency with Cinema 4D and Octane Render is required.
It will need assistance with the following:
- Scene setups
- Camera Animation
- Pen Animation
- Lighting and Shading
Senior Level Artist at Take-Two Interactive
You will prototype and execute visually stunning environmental spaces that enhance gameplay and tell bold, cohesive visual stories. You will collaborate with level design to support navigation, pacing, sight lines, cover, verticality, and AI. You will drive all visual assets for your spaces, engaging proactively with Art Leadership, Level and Narrative Design, Concept Art, and External Vendors. You will ensure assets meet pipeline and technical specs while maintaining performance within memory and budget limits. As a Senior Level Artist, you will collaborate across disciplines to analyze and optimize overall performance.
What You Bring:
- Established experience in the game industry as a mid-level to senior Level Artist, preferably with experience working with larger, complex productions.
- Proficient art and technical experience within a real-time Game Engine (Unreal 4 is a plus).
- Experienced eye for form, line, value, rhythm, composition, and crafting deliberate visual hierarchy reads (focus direction, small-medium-large shape balance, ‘80/20 rule’).
- Familiarity with performance evaluation and optimization – working mindfully within metrics to maintain a smooth player experience.
- Experience with effective team-based iteration techniques, including thoughtful consideration of the bigger picture of the overall game experience and creative vision and an ‘order of operation’ and ‘ROI’ approach to iterative development.
- Ability to learn and understand technical tools and systems so they can be pushed to the limit to create the most visually interesting spaces
Senior Technical Artist at Tencent
Welcome to Lightspeed LA, the first U.S.-based AAA game development studio for Tencent Games. Lightspeed LA is focused on building open-world games that emphasize an ambitious living world, sophisticated player-driven gameplay, and mature, thoughtful storytelling. It is developing the first in a series of genre-defining titles.
Requirements:
- Extensive knowledge of the content creation pipeline, including modeling, UV mapping, texturing, shading, lighting, FX, rigging, and animation.
- Demonstrable experience with modern game content creation workflows.
- Proven experience as a Technical Artist on shipped AAA titles.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
- Solid background in digital art (modeling, shading, lighting, VFX).
- Profound knowledge of Unreal Tech, including material creation and Blueprints.
- Strong proficiency in Linear Algebra and Calculus, essential for advanced 3D technology applications.
- Understanding of real-time physically based materials and rendering (PBR).
Principal Cinematic Artist at Tencent
You will work closely with the scriptwriter to direct the game's story, creating animated storyboards while handling camera work, actor performance, and editing. Additionally, you will develop character backstories and relationships to enrich the overall game experience. Throughout the full production process, you will provide performance guidance to actors, supervise motion capture, and collaborate with the team to maintain high standards in performance, editing, acting, and post-production sound. Ultimately, you will be responsible for shaping the overall game experience in a real-time Unreal 5 AAA game.
Requirements:
- Passionate about games, with a strong creative enthusiasm for narrative-driven performances.
- Possess over 7 years of experience in the film, animation, or gaming industry as a director.
- Understand modern Western culture and characters and ways of telling a story.
- Approach the best game experiences creatively and independently, producing animated storyboards and supervising their implementation within the game engine.
- Excellent cinematography work, storytelling techniques, and understanding of the concept of the visual hierarchy and how to lead the player's attention to the story.
- Excellent sense of aesthetics, be able to create outstanding works in all ways.
- Participate in and guide motion capture, actor performances, art concept design, 2D and 3D art production teams, music and sound effects, and collaborate with multiple outsourced teams to direct and complete the full production. Make sure the narrative experience performs in conjunction with the game experience.
- Familiar with the UE5 engine IGC production process, understand the strengths and weaknesses of the engine, and know the full pipeline for cinematic production.
- Communication skills, ability to accurately express opinions and provide suggestions, professional bilingual communication skills in both Chinese and English, and ability to effectively express and communicate in an English-speaking environment.
Lead Artist (League of Legends, Game Modes) at Riot Games
You will provide clear visual direction aligned with the Art Director’s goals while partnering with League PC, Modes, and Gameplay Art Directors to define the visual style for multiple product features. Additionally, you will develop outsourcing strategies and documentation to ensure efficient workflows. You will oversee the production of high-quality artwork that meets technical performance targets, collaborating with Product and Delivery teams to provide visibility into deliverables and velocity.
Required Qualifications:
- BA in Game Art Development (or equivalent experience)
- Experience as a Senior or Lead Artist
- 5+ years of industry experience
- 4+ years of management experience
Technical Artist at CAPCOM
You will partner with Designers, Artists, and Engineers to achieve the artistic and technical vision for the game while identifying potential workflow issues and collaborating on solutions. Additionally, you will define and maintain art pipelines and workflows, ensuring efficiency and consistency. You will research new technologies and techniques, prototyping new workflows to enhance development. Furthermore, you will collaborate with other Technical Artists and teams to align technologies and workflows where applicable.
Skills and Requirements:
- Minimum 3+ years of games production experience in a technical role
- Self-motivated team player with great communication skills
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Expertise with 2D and 3D art applications such as Photoshop/Maya
- Python scripting proficiency
- In-depth knowledge of current art production workflows and trends
Lead Technical Artist at SEGA
You will prioritize your team's well-being and career development while building a deep understanding of in-house tools, engine, and workflows. You will also plan and deliver high-quality tools and scripts, collaborating with key pipeline stakeholders. Additionally, you will communicate work status, motivate the team, and ensure task follow-ups for consistent delivery. You will attend pipeline standups, document progress, set coding and quality standards, support artists in pipeline issues, and align with project directors on franchise priorities. Finally, you will contribute to quarterly planning, solving productivity challenges to enhance content creation.
Knowledge, Skill & Experience:
- Has experience writing code in any language. (python/C#/C++)
- Extensive experience of shader creation HLSL and/or node-based.
- Experience in designing pipelines for games that have been released.
- Working knowledge of 3d content creation package(s) e.g. 3dsmax, Maya, Blender.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Team-focused with strong communication skills.
- Be the technical expertise point of contact to streamline communication between programmers and artists.
- Positive attitude and desire to collaborate.
- Experience as a Lead technical artist in at least 1 game development cycle to title release
- Profiling tools experience such as render doc/ PIX
- Experience in multi-platform shader development
- Investigate and champion new techniques that push visual innovation within considerations of art direction and game engine parameters.
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