Job title: Senior Vegetation Artist
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: FX
Salary type: Annual
Salary: GBP £60,000.00
Location: Stockholms län, SE
Job published: 25/09/2024
Job ID: 70075

Job Description

Are you interested in working with an brilliant AAA games studio based in Sweden? Do you want to redefine industry norms by bringing you outstanding games across multiple genres. 

Job Title - Senior Vegetation Artist
Salary - Circa
Location - Stockholm, Sweden
Reporting to - Art Lead
Perm/Contract  - Permanent
 
Role Summary: 

As a Senior Vegetation Artist, you will be tasked with crafting stunning game environments for our games, focusing on natural biome content. You will collaborate in a multidisciplinary team to create art for our world and all of its components, where we expect you to take your assets from conceptual mockups through modeling, texturing and making the assets performant in the game.
 
We are looking for someone who can create landscapes in a variety of art styles, from realistic to stylized. You should know how to distribute materials and plants and use vegetation assets and ground textures. In addition, you will be expected to drive the quality benchmark for your discipline while managing your time to match the project’s goals.


Responsibilities:

  • Create high-quality vegetation assets like trees, plants, and foliage.
  • Work independently from concepts to implement the project's vision.
  • Collaborate with artists, designers, and other disciplines.
  • Optimize assets for performance without compromising quality.
  • Contribute to best practices for art pipelines and tools.
  • Innovate with new creative ideas and solutions.
  • Support, guide, and provide feedback to peers and outsourcing partners.
  • Lead specific project areas and mentor less experienced colleagues.


Experience/Skills:

  • Extensive experience as a Vegetation Artist or a similar role.
  • Proficient in modeling, texturing, sculpting, and using tools like Maya, Substance Painter/Designer, Zbrush, and Photoshop.
  • Skilled with procedural generation tools such as SpeedTree and Houdini.
  • Capable of taking full responsibility throughout the art pipeline.
  • Strong understanding of art fundamentals and an artistic eye for detail.
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to manage tasks efficiently and meet deadlines.
  • Fluent in English, both written and verbal.

 
Please get in touch with me, Ben McKenna-Smith if this position sounds of interest. I am a consultant at mustard with a specialist approach to creative recruitment.

For more info on this role or to chat about other options call me on 01174200015 or the office on 0117 929 6060. You can also email me at ben.smith@mustardjobs.co.uk

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