3D Environment Artist

Keywords Studios; Pasig; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work Certified

Annual Wellness Subsidy

Birthday Leave

Wellbeing Leave

Vacation Leave/Sick Leave

HMO and Life Insurance

Job summary

Keywords Studios in Pasig, Philippines, is seeking a talented Artist responsible for creating complex 3D art assets for AAA titles. This role involves both artistic and operational responsibilities, including client specification interpretation, quality assurance, and team direction.

The ideal candidate should have at least 2 years of experience in 3D art creation and proficiency in industry-standard software like Maya, Max, and Photoshop. Additional benefits include wellness subsidies and life insurance.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in creating 3D art assets for AAA titles.

Responsibilities

• Study and interpret client brief and specifications.
• Assist in effort estimation for new work.
• Contribute to pre-production work by collecting references.
• Create high quality 3D assets as per client’s specifications.
• Guide artists on the team.
• Regularly communicate status of work.

Skills

3D environment creation skills

Maya

Max

Photoshop

zBrush

Substance Painter

Substance Designer

Blender

Game Art pipeline knowledge

Realtime shaders

Unreal Engine

Unity

Attention to detail

Good communication skills

Self-starter

Team player

Job description

About the Role

Artists play a very important role in the art team. They often take on the most complex of art creation tasks on projects, and their role extends beyond creation of art. They help with the study and interpretation of client specifications and requirements, create queries for the client, do first level artistic check of the work done by artists, troubleshooting, etc.

The role therefore has not only art creation responsibilities, but it also has elements of responsibilities from higher roles – such as those related to work estimation or first level review of the work of peers and juniors.

Skills

• Excellent 3D environment creation skills
• High degree of proficiency in the use of industry standard software like Maya, Max, Photoshop and zBrush
• Hands on experience working with software like Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Blender
• Strong knowledge of Game Art pipeline, Realtime shaders and engines like Unreal and Unity.
• Strong attention to detail
• Good communication skills – verbal and written
• Self-starter
• Team player

Experience

• At least 2 years of experience in creating 3D art assets for AAA titles

Job Description

• Study and interpret client brief and specifications to arrive at a clear understanding of work requirement
• Assist in effort estimation for new work
• Contribute to the pre-production work by collecting relevant references, creating checklists, formulating queries for clients etc.
• Help establish clarity in asset creation workflow for a project by creating the sample asset
• Create high quality error free 3D assets as per client’s specifications
• Deliver files as per client specifications / best practices with regard to file naming, folder structure etc.
• Undertake the creation of benchmark assets for a project
• Provide direction / guidance to artists on the team. If required, do a first level check of their work to ensure adherence to artistic and technical requirements
• Help with troubleshooting on the project
• Actively participate in team meetings. Provide ideas and suggestions that can contribute to project success. Identify risks and raise red flags accordingly
• Regularly and clearly communicate status of their work, and that of any artists in their charge, to the Lead and the PM
• Ensure that the work of self, and that of artists in their charge, is completed within the budgeted effort

Benefits

• Great Place to Work Certified
• Annual Wellness Subsidy
• Birthday Leave
• Wellbeing Leave
• Vacation Leave/Sick Leave
• HMO and Life Insurance