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Job Description

As a Senior Environment Artist at Ubisoft Reflections Ltd. you will create high quality artistic content for the project in respect of technical constraints and artistic direction, while supporting the Lead Artist on management focused tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Define, manage and delegate out resources from creation to placement;
  • Contribute to the technical understanding of more junior members of the team;
  • Be a reference for the art team in relation to various artistic elements and find solutions to complex issues that arise;
  • Efficiently communicate and support messages from management;
  • Share knowledge within the team, advise and mentor more junior members of the team;
  • Assess artistic content with the Lead Artist and establish time and planning estimates by priority and level;
  • Oversee optimisation and debugging to fix the issues raised by testers;
  • Build and integrate assets into the play space and find solutions that adhere to the style guide;
  • Assess and plan out the space, with consideration of narrative and visual storytelling, while documenting intentions;
  • Create fully functional assets which can be shared across the project and respect the technical and artistic constraints of the project;
  • Plan, estimate and prioritise time frames for the completion of tasks and track progress using the designated tracking tools;
  • Communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders to confirm task direction and ensure consistency of work within the team;
  • Ensure the technical and artistic quality of the game is delivered by collaborating with technical artists and other senior artists and make changes when necessary;
  • Understand the game design documents in regards to the environments, objectives, atmospheres, story and style and use them to create various artistic elements;
  • Share knowledge of project tools and their functions, the project file classification system and the process of updating engine data;
  • Support the Lead Environment Artist and other senior artists in any ad hoc tasks and duties.

Qualifications

Skills and Knowledge

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
  • Ability to create interesting, detailed and visually appealing artistic environments;
  • Strong ability to adapt to new processes and pipelines;
  • Strong working knowledge of industry leading 2D / 3D modelling packages;
  • Strong knowledge of composition and visual story telling;
  • Strong knowledge of level editors;
  • Excellent understanding of Physically Based Rendering systems;
  • Familiarity with data management software (such as Perforce);
  • Strong gameplay and level design knowledge;
  • Strong knowledge of the video game industry and awareness of typical video game development processes is essential;
  • Originality and resourcefulness in problem solving;
  • Strong Knowledge of optimization techniques (e.g. 3D Studio Max).

Relevant Experience

  • 5 years’ minimum experience as an Environment Artist or other relevant experience;
  • Bachelor’s degree in Graphics Design, Art or other relevant training;
  • Has shipped at least 1 or more titles, preferably full project cycles on a AAA console title;
  • Experience in both hard surface and organic modelling;
  • Experience working in Adobe Photoshop.

Additional Information

Benefits & Relocation

We’re offering flexible working with some remote work available, 25 days annual leave + Christmas shutdown (usually 3 days), private healthcare (with option to add immediate family), life insurance & income protection, workplace pension scheme, paid volunteering days, annual fitness & well-being allowance, games, technology & merchandise, subsidised travel and excellent relocation support, should you need it!

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers community.