[Hiring] Senior Material Artist @Certain Affinity

Role Description

As a Senior Material Artist at Certain Affinity, you will work with a small team of Material Artists to create highly detailed materials assets, including textures and masks, set up shaders, and maintain material libraries for the game environments and other world assets.

• Create physically-based Materials/Textures for use on props, environments, and characters with little oversight.
• Assist in material library creation and maintaining material pipelines.
• Collaborate with other artists to build and integrate assets into a visually consistent and highly immersive world.
• Match established art styles while helping improve visual direction.
• Mentor more junior artists on technique and process.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating a wide variety of materials using both procedural and 3D sculpted techniques, including tiled textures and 0-1 UV mapped assets. Assets must show strong attention to detail that focuses on believability and overall composition.
• Solid technical understanding of PBR standards and surface/light interactions.
• Driven to learn new workflows, technologies, and techniques.
• Strong foundation knowledge in traditional arts.
• Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine 5.
• Very strong knowledge of Substance Designer and Substance Painter.
• Strong knowledge of Maya and/or another 3D modeling package.
• Good knowledge of Zbrush modeling.
• Solid understanding of color theory and be able to create balanced and appealing color palettes.
• Must be punctual, diligent, articulate, and organized.

Requirements

• Experience leading other artists.
• Shipped 2+ AAA titles as a material artist.
• Experience using proprietary editors, software, and tools.