Retro Studios (Nintendo): Environment Artist required (Remote)

Game Designer is needed in United States.

Retro Studios (a subsidiary of Nintendo) is seeking an Environment Artist. This job was crawled from the web.

Location: United States (Remote)
Contract: Full-time

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Create in-game visuals for landscapes and various organic props for environments.
• Sculpting, modeling and texturing terrain for environments.
• Creates organic assets using Substance, ZBrush, Maya
• Conveys visual storytelling through layout
• Ensures artistic style is consistent with defined visual style for the game
• Takes ownership of environmental assets and scene layout while encouraging collaboration across multiple disciplines to achieve high quality, innovative environment art
• Collaborates with the other Environment Artists as well as members of other disciplines (Concept Art, Design, etc.)
• Work with Production, Lead Environment Artist, and Map Owners to deliver high quality art on schedule.

Requirements:

• Minimum two years’ experience in an Environment Artist role with an emphasis on environment art such as terrain, layout, hard-surface/organic prop generation.
• Ideally, shipped at least one high-quality game.
• Must be able to hit deadlines and provide accurate time estimates on tasks.

Portfolio must demonstrate:

• Competency in composition & layout.
• Strengths in organic modeling (creating rocks, cliffs, trees, and foliage) or hard-surface/man-made modeling (architecture, vehicles, props).
• Strong sense of realistic proportions.
• Familiarity with current modeling and texture workflows.
• Strong visual and spatial storytelling skills.
• Knowledge of PBR pipelines.
• Proficient Experience with world editors and level construction software.
• Proficient Experience with ZBrush, Maya and Substance Suite.

In what capacity are you hiring?
On behalf of another company

Where are you in the hiring process?
I’m ready to make a paid hire

Would you like to state a preference for hiring from underrepresented group(s)?
No preference

Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me

Is this an independent one off job, or part of a larger project?
Part of a larger ongoing project

For what period of time will the freelancer be needed?
Long term

What freelancer experience level is needed? (per hour)
Junior: $25-35, Mid-level (Industry Average): $35-75