Senior Level Artist (FPS; UE4)

tinyBuild is a global video game publisher, and developer focused on creating long-lasting, sustainable franchises across multiple media formats. Responsible for over 70 titles, including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, and Potion Craft, the company has a dozen development studios spread across the US, EU, Serbia, and Ukraine.

We are looking for a Senior Level Designer for the Deadside project - a hardcore multiplayer survival first-person shooter with an open world. The game is currently in early access on Steam.

DEADSIDE Official Trailer: youtu.be/W_Oaujmj9T0

What are you working on?

• The name of the project(s): Deadside
• At what stage of the project(s)? Early access on Steam
• Genres: Action, Shooter
• Platforms: PC

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

• Planning and creating game locations in collaboration with the Art Director and other artists;

• Designing photorealistic locations for first-person/third-person view;

• Creating landscape designs with natural elements (forests, rivers, rocks, etc);

• Creating technogenic locations (cities, settlements, industrial areas, military objects, etc);

• Creating and customizing tile textures based on scans or photo textures;

• Creating nature objects based on texture sets derived from real object scans (trees, grass, rocks, etc) and integrating them into game locations;

• Filling existing locations with content;

• Adjusting lighting;

• Sourcing and working with references;

• Participating in the optimization of graphical content.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• 3+ years of experience in the gamedev industry as a Level Artist/Level Designer;

• Understanding of spatial composition, color and light theory, perspective, scale, proportions, and landscape formation;

• Strong skills in modeling natural environmental objects (especially vegetation);

• Confident knowledge of Unreal Engine 4 (as an artist), and one of the 3D packages, Photoshop, Substance Designer/Painter (or similar);

• Basic knowledge of gameplay and level design;

• Artistic education: self-taught or academic;

• Possession of a relevant portfolio in a realistic setting.

It would be an advantage:

• Proficiency in World Machine (or similar);

• Basic knowledge of SpeedTree.

Why do we enjoy working here?

• Professional development courses, game dev conferences, and other events;

• Possibility to work remotely / relocation (if it is desired). The company covers relocation costs;

• Unlimited paid vacation and paid sick leave;

• Two weeks of corporate holidays simultaneously for the whole team (one in the summer and one during the Christmas and New Year celebrations). This allows you to have a complete break from your tasks and any communication with your team;

• Corporate English classes;

• Corporate hardware.