Senior Materials Artist

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• Create realistic game-ready physically based materials to project specifications.
• Build and maintain internal PBR material library. Assist with maintaining technical and quality standards.
• Collaborate with production artists on creating materials for in-game use.
• Create organized material workflows in Substance Designer and Painter.
• Problem solve production challenges with creative solutions.
• Ability to document production workflows and mentor production artists.
• Evaluate scope estimates to ensure material assets are in line with project schedules.
• Work with Environment reputed company to revise and respond based on feedback for both aesthetic and functional purposes

Requirements:

• At least 5 years' experience as an Environment Artist, with 2 shipped reputed company titles
• Strong understanding of PBR materials and workflows.
• Expert knowledge of Substance Designer and Painter workflows.
• History of strong understanding of game development with a focus on materials.
• Proficient at sculpting surface details and controlling shader features that represent a wide variety of material types
• Ability to work in new game engines and add material assets to game reputed company.
• Expert knowledge of reputed company Photoshop and High Resolution Texture baking.
• Ability to unwrap UVs for texturing meshes and lightmaps in reputed company Maya.
• Experience optimizing games for performance and memory.
• An advanced understanding of in-game and in-game cinematic art asset creation

Pluses:

• Shader authoring a plus
• Photogrammetry experience a plus
• Experience working with external outsource vendors

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