Senior Environment Artist

Turn 10 Studios, the creators of the top selling and 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

QualificationsRequired/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications or related art field AND 8+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment. OR equivalent experience.

Preferred 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
• Knowledge and experience working with Houdini
• Experience working with remote teams
• Foundation in traditional arts

Art IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 - $238,600 per year.
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