Senior Environment Artist
About The Position
Disney Digital Entertainment, a division of Disney Experiences, is embarking on a mission to create the ‘digital front door’ for The Walt Disney Company, bringing all of the magic of Disney together into a new interactive universe! Disney Digital Entertainment, a division of Disney Experiences, is embarking on a mission to create the ‘digital front door’ for The Walt Disney Company, bringing all of the magic of Disney together into a new interactive universe! We are building an expert development team that will be building a groundbreaking game experience that will herald the next generation of Disney to the world. Working with top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for the seasoned Senior Environment Artist looking to create something epic - collaborating with an incredible group of game developers focusing on individual experiences to build a wonderfully rich and cohesive product that is truly “Disney”. We are looking for a uniquely talented Senior Environment Artist with focus on asset and kit creation to join us on a daring and exciting new project. Are you an experienced game developer with superb art skills, and have a love of Disney/Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel properties? If so, you’ll want to check out this opportunity!
Requirements
- 5 years of PC and console game development experience, including holding a position of Environment Artist for at least 3 years.
- A portfolio of work that accurately represents your personal and team-based artistic achievements.
- Strong artistic and interpersonal skills, while being a great partner and enjoying collaborative development.
- At least one shipped game or equivalent service game launch experience.
- Demonstrated creative vision, an excellent eye for artistic quality and confirmed knowledge of current game development techniques used to achieve specific visual targets.
- Texture and material creation proficiency within Substance Designer/Painter, Adobe Photoshop and UE5.
- Expertise in environmental visual design, including lighting, composition, staging, and architecture.
- Proven understanding of environment creation that supports level design and enhances gameplay.
- Ability to craft unique new assets and also creatively re-using existing libraries.
- Experience developing content using Unreal Engine and/or UEFN knowledge of current UE-specific environment creation, lighting and optimization technologies and techniques.
- Familiarity with early game and/or R&D development.
Responsibilities
- Use Maya, ZBrush, Substance, Photoshop, Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) and UEFN (Unreal Editor Fortnite) to create high quality environment assets, materials, kits, layouts and lighting for both architectural and organic environments.
- Collaborate with artists, designers, and other disciplines to create engaging, inspiring and compelling props, spaces, and items based on Disney’s robust portfolio of worlds and characters including Disney/Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars.
- Iterate on game assets and environments with fellow artists via paint overs, studies, and group critiques to improve visuals and gameplay.
- Uphold and evangelize in-game environment performance and best practices for asset creation, materials, lighting, etc.
- Partner with other artists and outsourcing providers to facilitate high quality external asset development and integration.
- Serve as a key member of a growing game development team at Disney, helping to build and define the world of our project.
Benefits
- Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide.
- Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
