Senior Artist - Video Games
Tantalus Media, Australia

Established in Dublin, Ireland in 1998, Keywords Studios is fast becoming one of the worlds biggest go-to providers of technical services across the video games industry. Listed on the London Stock Exchange with over 70+ Studios across 5 continents and 23 countries the Keywords business provides 7 key service lines across including Art Services, Game Development, Audio Services, Functionality QA, Localization, Localization QA and Player Support working with and collaborating alongside some of the biggest names in the industry including Activision, Tencent, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sony, Warner Bros and Nintendo just to name a few.

Keywords Studios Australia comprises of Tantalus Media, Wicked Witch Games, and Mighty Games Group.

We are a seeking an experienced Senior Artist with generalist skills to create and review assets on our broad range of PC and console projects.

Working with the other Artists, you will also assist in establishing artistic standards and best practices, help mentor and guide team members and foster a creative and collaborative environment.

While it is expected that this position will often be producing game ready assets a large part of the role will involve reviewing and providing feedback in regard to incoming third party assets. As such the candidate will need to have a high level of both technical and aesthetic skills. They will also need to be well organised and excellent communicators. All of these skills will need to be demonstrable.

Working with the other Artists, you will also assist in establishing artistic standards and best practices, help mentor and guide team members and foster a creative and collaborative environment.

While it is expected that this position will often be producing game ready assets a large part of the role will involve reviewing and providing feedback in regard to incoming third party assets. As such the candidate will need to have a high level of both technical and aesthetic skills. They will also need to be well organised and excellent communicators. All of these skills will need to be demonstrable.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Assist in guiding and reviewing outsourced art work
• Create and review exceptional assets within defined technical limitations. This includes but is not limited to environments and prop models, characters, textures and materials
• Work with artists internal and external to ensure consistency between vision and implementation of art assets
• Supervise and mentor junior artists on the team
• Provide constructive feedback and guidance to other team members
• Effectively communicate ideas, concepts and concerns
• Explore new technologies and techniques to achieve best possible results
• Work within inter-disciplinary teams of artists, designers and engineers
• Demonstrate a desire to learn and grow professionally
• Actively participate in discussions, creative brainstorms, troubleshooting
• Contribute towards a positive and supportive company culture

Requirements

• Aprox. 4+ years of industry experience creating high-quality 3D art assets for games
• Strong demonstrable artistic skills
• Proficient in next-gen asset creation
• Demonstrable asset tracking and general organisational skills.
• Proficient with industry standard tools like Maya, 3DMax, Substance Painter and Photoshop, with a high capacity to learn new tools
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A passion for games, an interest and awareness in the latest trends, tools, technology and approaches in creating content.
• *** PLEASE ENSURE A LINK TO YOUR PORTFOLIO IS PROVIDED DEMONSTRATING A WIDE RANGE OF ARTISTIC SKILLS (Rendering, Shading, Hard Surface, Environmental) ***

Benefits

• Competitive Market Rate Remuneration
• Employee Assistance Program
• Weekly catered lunches
• We offer flexible working arrangements - Full-time, compressed week, hybrid and remote.
• Employment Hero benefits and discounts
• Best of both worlds - Perks of a global business with the intimacy of a small business
• Opportunity to work on a diverse range of next generation games with some of the largest developers in the industry.

We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will contribute to our long-term success.

We strongly encourage Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other minority groups to apply.

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