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Amazon e-commerce, Amazon Web Services, Twitch, digital and physical media publishing… imagine being able to invent within this sandbox of Amazon assets to create awe-inspiring games for fans. In this role you will create a wide variety of assets to help us build the beautiful and dynamic world of Crucible alongside a world-class development team, taking risks on ideas that can set standards and radically evolve gameplay experiences.

Amazon is all in on games. We believe the evolution that began with arcade communities a quarter at a time, growing to the live streams and eSports of today, will continue to a future in which fans are creators, players are celebrities, and games are a global cultural touchstone that cut across age, gender and nationality. If you share our vision that games will produce some of the future’s most influential voices in media and art, come join us.

Amazon Game Studios is looking for versatile, talented, and passionate world artist to help us realize the beautiful world of Crucible. In this role, you will work with disciplines across the studio-- ranging from the environment, art direction, and concept teams to design, audio, and narrative and more-- to help drive the visual quality in the world of Crucible. You will be responsible for taking models from chunky blockouts to full-realized, bar-raising masterpieces to help develop our game and our universe. And all of this while working with a team full of industry-leading talent responsible for more blockbuster hits that you can imagine!

Responsibilities:

  • Create a wide variety of assets ranging from alien organics to hard-surface props and architecture
  • Take assets from chunky design graybox to fully-realized, sculpted, modeled, and textured works of art that meld beautifully and cohesively into the larger compositions
  • Collaborate with fellow world artists and design to create a variety of beautiful, performant, cohesive, and FUN levels!
  • Collaborate with disciplines across the studio to identify and address areas of need or concern, ensuring the best possible fusion of aesthetics and gameplay.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3+ years’ experience in the game industry
  • 1+ AAA title shipped using modern production techniques, including: PBR workflow, Substance Designer/Painter for production ready assets
  • 3+ years experience with texture/ material authoring packages (Substance Designer/ Painter, photoshop, etc.) in a production environment
  • 3+ years experience with major 3D software packages (Max/Maya and Zbrush/Mudbox) in a production environment
  • Online portfolio (including notes on contributions towards images)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Strong foundational skills including composition, design, and color theory.
  • Highly Proficient in major 3D modeling software (Max/Maya and Zbrush/Mudbox)
  • Highly Proficient using Adobe Photoshop and/ or Substance Designer/ Painter
  • Expert knowledge of at least one Game Engine (Lumberyard, CryEngine, Unreal, or equivalent)
  • Familiarity with modular level construction
  • Advanced understanding of Physically-Based Shading materials and lighting.
  • Advanced skills in hard-surface and organic modeling
  • Self-motivated problem solver, ability to work well independently.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
  • Traditional art skills (figure drawing, landscape, painting, composition, perspective, etc.) a plus.
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity – Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age