Principal Environment Artist — Lead Immersive Worlds

Impleo; Toronto; Presencial; CAD 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Certain Affinity seeks a Principal Environment Artist to lead and refine high‑fidelity game environments. You will work with an art‑driven team to set quality bars, develop reusable kit pieces, and ensure gameplay‑driven visuals meet performance goals across projects.

You will mentor artists, collaborate with design and tech, and influence art direction for upcoming titles, including own IP work and major franchises.

Formación

• 10+ years' experience in game industry, specifically modeling and texturing environments.
• 5+ years experience in expert content creation or leadership role.
• Experience with several projects from concept and preproduction phase through shipping.
• Experience establishing and driving new workflows for content creation.
• Leading multiple teams or SME in multiple areas of environment art creation.
• Understanding of visual art with a focus on environments, composition, critique.

Responsabilidades

• Working with the Art Director to set the standard for a visually consistent and highly immersive world that runs within performance guidelines.
• Proactively seek out new software, pipelines, and techniques to evolve the team’s creation pipeline and document results.
• Set the visual bar for projects and communicate intent to others on the projects in every stage.
• Define robust kit-pieces that enhance the environment while supporting gameplay needs.
• Create and define content benchmarks for internal and external developers.
• Participate in art reviews and critique big picture elements and assets in gate reviews.
• Work with Project leadership to understand Environment Art needs and assist production with roadmaps.
• Represent the Environment Art team to external business partners.
• Mentor junior environment artists and others in art content.

Descripción del empleo

Certain Affinity seeks a Principal Environment Artist to lead and refine high‑fidelity game environments. You will work with an art‑driven team to set quality bars, develop reusable kit pieces, and ensure gameplay‑driven visuals meet performance goals across projects.

You will mentor artists, collaborate with design and tech, and influence art direction for upcoming titles, including own IP work and major franchises.