External Development Artist - Object Reviewer

Requisition Number: 161327

Position Title: Outsourcing Artist 2

External Description:

External Development Artist - Object Reviewer

 

Maxis is looking for a talented individual to be a part of the creative team working on The Sims 4. This particular opening requires that the candidate be motivated, possess excellent communication skills, and have the ability to work well with a cross-disciplinary group. 

The External Development Artist is responsible for maintaining the overall visual style of the assigned project as well as coordinating and supervising the efforts of our external partners to achieve that look. The External Development Artist will work directly with their lead, Art Director, and other art leads to help drive the external development content creation of a wide variety of prop and environmental assets. This artist will be integral to the success of our external development efforts and will need to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a productive relationship with our partners, providing high quality art with consistency and efficiency. This individual will need to collaborate closely with team leads, production, and other art disciplines to get artwork prepared, reviewed, and integrated in-game. The ideal candidate would have experience providing technical and aesthetic feedback and understands that most of their time will be spent reviewing and providing feedback on art assets.

Major responsibilities include: 

• Mentor the external partners on a day-to-day basis by creating highly detailed written and illustrative reviews on daily content deliveries
• Work closely with the art and tech teams to ensure consistency between the concept and final 3d assets
• Work with multiple development disciplines, including non-art specific groups, to assess and improve creative and development pipelines and processes
• Establish and maintain the production requirements to enforce both technical and aesthetical coherence
• Finalize and/or produce assets both for in-game use and for visual target purposes
• Create documentation and communicate requirements to external partners
• Monitor the quality and consistency of external development production
• Revise, change, or fix “finished” assets as needed
• Deliver to quality while maintaining desired schedules

 

Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years professional games development experience.
• At least 1 shipped title in the role of Environmental/Object Artist on PC or major console platform.
• Strong sense of design and an ability to identify styles and trends relating to interior design and architecture.
• A solid knowledge base in art and design history.
• Experience creating documentation for art pipelines and workflow with external partners.
• Extensive knowledge and proficiency in Maya, Zbrush, and Photoshop
• Expertise with up to date art production techniques.
• Excellent artistic skills and experience sharing that knowledge through mentoring, critiques, and tutorials.
• Pro-actively seeks art direction and cooperation with other team members.
• Solid time management & communication skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, solid organization and efficient time management. Takes direction and seeks clarification when necessary.
• Self-motivated, able to collaborate with other game team leads in a deadline-driven environment.

 

 

 

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

EEOText: EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 61

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.