Material Artist (Fixed-Term) - Remote & Flexible Hours

Foolstheory; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed-term contract

Remote work

English lessons

Experienced team

Custom tools

JetBrains tools

Training courses

Medical insurance

Multisport card

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Fool's Theory in Poland is seeking a senior Materials Artist to create photorealistic materials and manage a high-quality PBR library for the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past expansion, in collaboration with CD PROJEKT RED.

You will collaborate with Environment, Character, Concept Art and Lighting teams, mentor others, and drive material pipelines using Substance Designer, Painter, ZBrush and Photoshop.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of relevant industry experience and at least one shipped AAA title.
• Portfolio showcasing realistic, game-ready materials and textures.
• Strong skills in procedural material creation software (Substance 3D Designer).
• Experience with Photoshop or equivalent tools.
• Experience prototyping and creating master materials in engine.
• Solid skills in at least one major modeling package (3ds Max, Maya, Blender).
• Good knowledge of colour theory and lighting technical specifications.
• Strong understanding of physically based rendering practices (PBR).
• Experience with Photogrammetry asset creation workflow and mentoring others.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Create photorealistic materials for various use cases and asset integration.
• Build and maintain a high-quality PBR material library.
• Collaborate on concepts and planning for locations and assets; contribute ideas.
• Work with Environment, Character, Concept Art and Lighting teams to ensure consistency.
• Cooperate with Technical Artists to develop and optimize shaders.
• Collaborate to develop and improve material pipelines.
• Plan and work with scanned data.
• Create materials using Substance Designer, Substance Painter, ZBrush and Photoshop.
• Coordinate with Art Director and Lead to maintain visual consistency.
• Create documentation to support workflows and processes.
• Mentor and support other artists.
• Maintain production pipeline and deadlines.
• Collaborate with production on scope and scheduling.

Skills

Photorealistic materials

PBR workflows

English fluency

ZBrush

Photoshop

3ds Max

Maya

Blender

Tools

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

ZBrush

Photoshop

3ds Max

Maya

Blender

Job description

Fool's Theory in Poland is seeking a senior Materials Artist to create photorealistic materials and manage a high-quality PBR library for the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past expansion, in collaboration with CD PROJEKT RED.

You will collaborate with Environment, Character, Concept Art and Lighting teams, mentor others, and drive material pipelines using Substance Designer, Painter, ZBrush and Photoshop.