Senior Material Artist: Build Believable Worlds in Unreal

Certain Affinity; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Certain Affinity, a game development studio expanding its presence in Toronto, seeks a Senior Material Artist to join a small team crafting material assets for rich game environments. You will create materials, textures, and shaders, maintain pipelines, and help push visual fidelity across projects.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate shipped AAA titles, deep PBR knowledge, and proficiency with Unreal Engine 5, Substance Designer, and Substance Painter, along with Maya or ZBrush.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating a wide variety of materials and textures with attention to believability.
• Shipped 2+ AAA titles as a material artist.
• Solid understanding of PBR standards and surface/light interactions.

Responsibilities

• Create physically based materials/textures for props, environments, and characters.
• Assist in master material creation in Unreal and maintain material pipelines.
• Collaborate with artists to build and integrate assets into a cohesive world.
• Match established art styles while contributing to visual direction.
• Mentor junior artists on technique and process.
• Streamline material creation workflows in Substance Designer.

Skills

Portfolio quality

PBR understanding

Color theory

Time management

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Maya

ZBrush

3D modeling

Job description

Certain Affinity, a game development studio expanding its presence in Toronto, seeks a Senior Material Artist to join a small team crafting material assets for rich game environments. You will create materials, textures, and shaders, maintain pipelines, and help push visual fidelity across projects.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate shipped AAA titles, deep PBR knowledge, and proficiency with Unreal Engine 5, Substance Designer, and Substance Painter, along with Maya or ZBrush.