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

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