Account Manager

Westburne; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Certain Affinity is seeking an Advanced Material Artist to join a talented team building immersive worlds. You will craft physically based materials and textures for props, environments, and characters, leveraging Unreal Engine 5 and a strong toolkit in Substance Designer and Painter.

You will collaborate across disciplines to maintain consistent art direction, mentor junior artists, and help streamline material pipelines while delivering high-fidelity assets for next-generation games.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating a wide variety of materials and textures, including tiled textures and UV-mapped assets.
• Shipped 2+ AAA titles as a material artist.
• Solid understanding of PBR, surface/light interactions, and color theory.

Responsibilities

• Create physically based Materials/Textures for props, environments, and characters with minimal oversight.
• Assist in master material creation in Unreal and maintain material pipelines.
• Collaborate with other artists to build and integrate assets into a cohesive world.
• Match established art styles while helping improve visual direction.
• Mentor junior artists on techniques and streamline material creation workflows in Substance Designer.

Skills

PBR

Unreal Engine 5

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Maya

ZBrush

Color theory

Portfolio

Attention to detail

Mentoring

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Maya

ZBrush

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Job description

Advanced Material Artist – Certain Affinity

We are a game development studio in Texas, based out of Austin, with a growing presence in Toronto, Canada.

Our culture reflects the values and the vibrant nature of the cities we call home.

This includes a commitment to evolution, diversity, excellence, and work-life balance.

We are also excited to be the latest recipient of the Canadian Studio of the Year award.

We're best known for co‑developing numerous AAA FPS games, though now we are creating compelling new games of our own.

We're always on the lookout for amazing talent to join our team.

As a Advanced Material Artist at Certain Affinity, you will work with a small team of Material Artists to create highly detailed materials assets, including textures, masks, and setting up shaders and maintaining material libraries for the game environments and other world assets.

This position is open to candidates in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia Canada only.

Responsibilities

• Create physically based Materials/Textures for use on props, environments, and characters with little oversight.
• Assist in master material creation in Unreal and maintaining material pipelines.
• Collaborate with other artists to build and integrate assets into a visually consistent and highly immersive world.
• Match established art styles while helping improve visual direction.
• Mentor more junior artists on technique and process; help streamline material creation workflows in Substance Designer.

Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating a wide variety of materials using both procedural and 3d sculpted techniques including tiled textures and 0-1 UV mapped assets.
• Assets must show strong attention to detail that focus on believability and overall composition.
• Shipped 2+ AAA title as a material artist.
• Solid technical understanding of PBR standards and surface/light interactions.
• Driven to learn new workflows, technologies, and techniques.
• Strong foundation knowledge in traditional arts.
• Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine 5.
• Very strong knowledge of Substance Designer and Substance Painter.
• Strong knowledge of Maya and/or another 3D modeling package.
• Good knowledge of Zbrush modeling.
• Solid understanding of color theory, and be able to create balanced and appealing color palettes.
• Must be punctual, diligent, articulate, and organized.

Contract

Full-time

Salary

Salary Range: 100K-120K CAD