Lead Visual Artist

5 days ago


Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom People Can Fly Full time

Are you a skilled 3D artist looking to take your career to the next level? Do you have a passion for creating high-quality environment assets and props that exceed expectations?

Overview

As a Lead Visual Artist at People Can Fly, you will be responsible for producing exceptional art pieces that bring our AAA action-adventure game to life. With a focus on technical and artistic excellence, you will work closely with our creative teams to ensure that every asset meets the highest standards.

Salary and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary of $120,000 per year, reflecting your expertise and experience in the industry. In addition, you will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement planning, and paid time off.

Job Description

Your primary responsibility as a Lead Visual Artist will be to create stunning environment assets and props that fit seamlessly into our game's universe. This includes:

  • Modeling inorganic and sculpting organic asset kits
  • Modeling and texturing high poly and low poly assets

You will also be expected to collaborate with our development team to ensure that all assets are optimized for performance and meet the required visual standards.

Required Skills and Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you will need:

  • A strong portfolio showcasing your range of 3D assets (organic, vegetation, hard surface, architectural, and environment design)
  • Excellent knowledge of industry-standard software packages for 3D modeling, high-poly sculpting (Maya, Max, ZBrush, Photoshop, or their equivalents)
  • A solid understanding of traditional art skills along with foundational design competencies (shape, form, texture, value, and color)
  • Advanced knowledge of current asset art workflows and practices
  • Strong understanding of organic modeling, UV, and texturing foundations
  • Skilled at balancing art quality and performance in the game engine
  • Good verbal and written communication skills in English

Nice to have:

  • Traditional art skills along with core graphic design competencies (composition and layout, typography, color, and light)
  • Familiarity with Marvelous Designer, Fusion360/Moi3d/Plasticity, Rizomuv, Substance Designer
About Us

People Can Fly is one of the leading independent AAA games development studios with an international team of hundreds of talented individuals working from offices located in Poland, UK, US, and Canada, and from all over the world thanks to our remote work programs.

Our creative teams are currently working on several exciting titles, including Gemini, Bifrost, Victoria, Dagger, Red, Green Hell VR, and Thunder.



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