3D Environment Artist II - VALORANT, Maps

Riot Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Riot Games is looking for a 3D Environment Artist III to join the VALORANT team. You'll be responsible for creating visually compelling environments that enhance gameplay while mentoring junior artists. This full-time role offers open paid time off, flexible work schedules, and a focus on work/life balance.

Benefits

Flexible work schedules

Medical and dental insurance

401k with company match

Open PTO

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience as an environment artist.
• Experience with stylized art styles.
• Portfolio or demo reel required.

Responsibilities

• Create the look and feel of 3D assets, including both hard surface and organic foliage.
• Oversee the creation of environments through modeling, sculpting, and lighting.
• Ensure assets are optimized and performant.

Skills

3D modeling

texturing

lighting

concepting

sculpting

Tools

Maya

Photoshop

Z-Brush

Unreal Engine

Substance

Job description

As part of the Environment Art team, you will channel your knowledge of concepting, modeling, and texturing to help tell stories through visually compelling environments. Working closely with designers and technical constraints you will build optimized environments that enhance the purpose and mood of the game. Your craft expertise and eye for structure, form, shape language, and design will help build fantastic new worlds for our players to explore.

VALORANT is Riot’s take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT - click here!). As a 3D Environment Artist III on the VALORANT team, you will report to the Manager of 3D Environment Art and will help create the handcrafted visual style of the project. Additionally, you will find the right balance between creating a beautiful world and its gameplay. You’ll also help to oversee the creation of the project’s environments through modeling, sculpting, texturing, and lighting.

Responsibilities:

• Create the look/feel of 3D assets ranging from hard surface structures to organic foliage
• Influence asset creation pipeline with your understanding of optimized low poly asset creation such as modular kits to take into account efficiency, speed, and cross dependencies
• Work with various materials from hand-painted diffuse to PBR workflows
• Work on lighting for various environments
• Interpret and push concept designs to the next level while taking into account technical and design constraints such as draw calls, poly counts, texture memory limits, and gameplay boundaries
• Communicate with various other disciplines to ensure all assets are optimized and performant
• Serve as a mentor to more junior environment artists on the team
  
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience as an environment artist
• Professional experience working in stylized art styles
• Professional experience working in Maya, Photoshop, and Z-Brush
  
  
  

Desired Qualifications:

• Professional experience working in Unreal engine
• Strong understanding of Substance and PBR workflows
  
  
  

As a part of the application process, candidates will be expected to provide a portfolio or demo reel of their work and may be asked to complete an art test.

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

At Riot Games, we put players first. That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player. Whether you’re working directly on a new player-facing experience or you’re supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission. And just like in our games, we’re better when we work together. Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday. If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we’re looking forward to your application.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
• Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
• Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters
  
  
  

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.

• (Los Angeles Only) Base salary range between $109,200.00 - $153,300.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.
• (Mercer Island only) Base salary range between $109,200.00 - $153,300.00 USD + incentive compensation + equity + 401K with company match + medical, dental, vision, and life insurance + short and long-term disability + open PTO.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer Games, Software Development, and Technology, Information and Internet

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