Texture & Materials Artist for Stylized Unreal Engine Games

WorkinGames; København; Hybrid; DKK 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Playdead, an independent game company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is seeking an experienced texture and material artist. You will hand-paint textures and design materials for Unreal Engine, ensuring alignment with the art direction and performance constraints.

You will work at the Playdead office in Copenhagen, Denmark. You will unwrap assets, establish workflows, and collaborate with artists, designers and programmers to maintain high visual fidelity across the project.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in 3D game production with materials and textures.
• Outstanding digital painting skills and strong artistic sensibility.
• Experience with Substance Designer/Painter, ZBrush, and Adobe Creative Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Hand-paint textures for organic and structural surfaces
• Create and tune Materials in Unreal Engine for production
• Unwrap and texture 3D assets
• Define material workflows ensuring fidelity and consistency
• Evaluate performance and propose optimisation solutions
• Collaborate with artists, designers and programmers to solve traversal issues

Skills

Texture painting

Unreal Engine

Materials authoring

Digital painting

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

ZBrush

Adobe Creative Cloud

3D Modelling Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

Playdead, an independent game company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is seeking an experienced texture and material artist. You will hand-paint textures and design materials for Unreal Engine, ensuring alignment with the art direction and performance constraints.

You will work at the Playdead office in Copenhagen, Denmark. You will unwrap assets, establish workflows, and collaborate with artists, designers and programmers to maintain high visual fidelity across the project.