This job listing expired on Jul 31, 2020
Amazon Game Studios is seeking a Character Artist to join our team in sunny Irvine, CA. This artist will work with the Art Director and Creative Director to bring life to the people of Middle-earth for our upcoming massively multiplayer Lord of the Rings game.
We’re seeking an art style for our game that is “different at a glance” from the games and movies that have come before us. We need an artist with bravery and artistic skills to help us do something new.
As a Character Artist you will collaborate with our designers and engineers to create fascinating heroes, unsettling enemies, and breathtaking cinematic characters in a variety of gameplay settings.
What you’ll do:
- Work with the Art Director to establish an art style and reference assets for the many races of Middle-earth.
- Collaborate with technical artists, gameplay designers and engineers to bring those characters to life.
- Set the standard with your individual artistic skill, then as the project advances guide others to create equivalent high quality work.
- Work with our technical team to define and improve our art pipelines and set up our growing art team for success.
- Lead efforts to optimize art assets for performance and memory usage.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in the games industry as an artist, or equivalent work in a related field
- 2+ shipped AAA game titles or equivalent work e.g. live product development
- Bachelor’s Degree in Art or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Online Portfolio demonstrating character art skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Expert knowledge in major DCC software tools (Photoshop/Max/Maya/Houdini or equivalent)
- Expert knowledge of at least one Game Engine (Unity, CryEngine, Unreal, or equivalent)
- Experience with cinematic modeling
- Experience with animation or technical art such as rigging
- Experience working with outsourcing
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.