Lead Environment Artist

Torn Banner Studios
Toronto, ON, Canada
Job type: Permanent

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Job Description

Torn Banner Studios is looking for a talented, team-oriented Lead Environment Artist to help us make Chivalry: Medieval Warfare 2, the sequel to our multi-million-copy selling original, and support it and future titles. We are a team of around 35 developers. This is an on-site, full-time, paid position in Toronto, Canada.

As a Lead environment artist at a small independent studio, you’ll have a wide range of responsibilities from creating art to organizing the department, communicating with production, facilitating feedback and working with other leads to execute the vision for the games we make.

Responsibilities

  • Organize, plan and lead the environment art team
  • Continue to personally produce high-quality photorealistic art on a daily basis
  • Establishing a quality bar and direction for other artists on the team and being responsible for the teams ability to execute and reach that quality bar

Requirements

  • An exceptional portfolio of work that exemplifies the creation of high-quality photorealistic environments
  • 6+ years of professional game development experience
  • At least 3 shipped titles
  • Expert knowledge of game environment development processes, from sculpting to retopo, baking, uvs, texturing, etc
  • Excellent communication, time-management, and organizational skills
  • Ability to provide in-depth critique
  • Ability to work under tight deadlines
  • Personally motivated
  • English speaking
  • Willingness to move to Toronto

Bonus

  • Passion for the medieval era and melee combat
  • Experience with Unreal Engine
  • Familiarity working with version control (we use Perforce) and task-management software (we use Jira)
  • Background in traditional art
  • Concept Art skills
  • Particle FX skills

Benefits & Perks

  • Profit sharing
  • 4 weeks Paid vacation
  • A no crunching policy
  • Relocation assistance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Weekly happy hour
  • Healthcare & benefits

Skills & Requirements

Requirements

  • An exceptional portfolio of work that exemplifies the creation of high-quality photorealistic environments
  • 6+ years of professional game development experience
  • At least 3 shipped titles
  • Expert knowledge of game environment development processes, from sculpting to retopo, baking, uvs, texturing, etc
  • Excellent communication, time-management, and organizational skills
  • Ability to provide in-depth critique
  • Ability to work under tight deadlines
  • Personally motivated
  • English speaking
  • Willingness to move to Toronto

Additional Information

  • Relocation assistance is offered

How to Apply

To apply email a short introduction to careers@tornbanner.com with your resume and portfolio.

Alternatively, check out all our open roles at http://tornbanner.com/careers/ and apply through the form.

About the Company

Torn Banner is a mid-size indie studio that specializes in multiplayer melee combat games. We founded the studio back in 2012 along with the dream that our (at the time) fledgling new title Chivalry: Medieval Warfare would find a big audience. And it did!

We are a team that puts passion into our work, and every individual at Torn Banner has a huge impact on the final product that we put out.