3D Environmental Artist - Contract

Requisition Number: 156518

Position Title: Contingent

External Description:

Join EA Mobile as our next Contract 3D Environment Artist - Create Your Career With Us!
 
At Electronic Arts we put our players first, and we’re looking for the most talented and creative game developers in the world to help us become the world’s #1 mobile gaming company. Mobile is the future of our industry and the future of our company. As EA's first label dedicated to purely digital games, EA Mobile creates games for mobile devices, social networks and online environments that deliver seamless play anytime, anywhere, on any device. Connecting a market of more than one billion core and mass-casual gamers worldwide, EA Mobile delivers engaging, accessible, high-quality games to people of all skill levels and interests.
 
Our mobile team is growing fast, with 17 exciting studios around the world and a portfolio of blockbuster titles like Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, The Simpsons: Tapped Out, FIFA, Madden NFL Mobile, NBA, Real Racing, SimCity, The Sims FreePlay, and Plants vs. Zombies.  Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication are what makes us tick as we prepare ourselves for massive amounts of growth and an incredible amount of fun. We want to engage our players and create the most entertaining mobile titles in the world.

EA Seattle is looking for a Contract 3D Environment Artist to join our successful and talented team.

The Role

As an Environment Artist, you will be a primary contributor to the artistic vision for our games.
We are looking for a talented modeler who will contribute to our games’ environment look and feel by creating 3D environment assets, assist with outsourcing feedback, and integrating assets into Unity. Work done in this role must: bolster the products’ IP and style, be authored for optimal performance on various devices, and satisfy our game designs’ needs in order to obtain stakeholder buy-in.  

What You’ll Do

-Work with the Art Director and creative team to develop various environment props and compose full environmental scenes in 3D.
-Work proactively with various disciplines to align on asset creation goals for our products.
-Work with our outsource manager to provide feedback to work coming in from 3rd party vendors.
-Adjust and prep models for integration.
-Help with integrating environment assets into our game (Unity)
-Come up with creative solutions on how to convert 2D concepts into performant, appealing, and functional 3D game assets.

Required Skills and Experience

-Maya and ZBrush skills (Hard surface and organic modeling)
-Solid texture painting skills in Zbrush/3D Coat/Photoshop
-Experience with integrating assets into Unity.
-Proactive work ethic with the ability to self-organize and make decisions when dealing in ambiguity.
-Excellent communication and collaboration across all disciplines.
-Ability to adapt to a major IP’s style for the needs of mobile game experience.
-Strong understanding of how to create successful/optimized models for use on a mobile platform.
-A passion for playing and making awesome games!

Pluses
 
-Lighting experience is a big plus.
-Experience in a leadership role.
-Experience with providing feedback to outsourcers.
-Character modeling
-Experience with Substance Painter or 3D Coat 
-Experience with Perforce and Hansoft

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!
 
Our EA Seattle location features fantastic amenities and easy access to everything the metropolis of Seattle offers, and wonderful Washington State is a nature lover’s paradise.

More about our location: www.ea.com/studios/popcap
 

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Community / Marketing Title: 3D Environmental Artist - Contract

Company Profile:

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Days Open: 33

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無は考慮されません。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。