3D Vehicle Artist

Company Description

About Gameloft

Leader in the development and publishing of mobile games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are featured in the “Top 10 Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 4,600 people worldwide. Every month, 114 million unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with Gameloft Advertising Solutions, a leading B2B offering dedicated to brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.

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Job Description

You will join an established team of artists working on multi-platform racing titles at Gameloft's Barcelona Studio. Working under the supervision of the Lead Vehicle artist and Studio Art Directors you will drive the art creation for our multiplatform titles. Our current titles include Asphalt 9 and the recently released early access title Disney Speedstorm. We value our artists and offer a supportive environment that gives you the space to be creative.

Create 3D models for vehicles, level props, and character weapons in both low- and high- polygon counts, depending on the project.

Create textures for modeled material using diffuse, specular and normal maps, and use good UV layout distribution to maximize quality.

Understand and respect the identity and techniques of the project as established by the Art and Technical Directors.

Implement models using shaders and commercial or custom real-time lighting solutions for models to be used both in games and in cinematics.

Create assets used for art direction and gameplay prototypes.

Work directly with the programming and game design teams in the implementation process to ensure optimal use of polygons, shaders and textures.

Willing to feedback outsourcers and improving upon their assets.

Qualifications

Requirements

Knowledge of 3dsMax and Substance Designer

Able to model in high-polygon counts

Experience in both modeling and texturing detailed hard surface props and intricate mechanical elements.

Able to approach and manage mesh detail, lighting and shading techniques effectively in both high-polygon and low-polygon environments.

Able to optimize low-polygon or mid-low-polygon models while taking aesthetic and technical considerations into account.

General knowledge of art and technical standards for vehicle design in games.

Assets

Knowledge of mesh topology optimization techniques.

Understanding of vehicle design and a passion for car racing games.

Affinity for a realistic 3D art style.

Experience in high-polygon sculpting (ZBrush, Mudbox, etc).

Background as a technical artist a major asset.

Previous experience in vehicle modeling for games

Additional Information

Why Join the World of Gameloft?

Because you want to be part of an exceptional experience within a company that is constantly growing!

Because you want to work with talented people who are industry pioneers!

Because you want to be part of an international environment with daily contact with other countries & cultures!

Because you want to work in an inclusive equal opportunity workplace!

Or, just because you're looking for a great place to work!

Benefits:

Permanent contract, full-time job with excellent Social Benefits.

25 vacation days per year

Private medical health insurance

Flexible compensation with Ticket Restaurant Card

Free language courses

Birthday day off + option to work a shortened schedule on three days.

Flexible work-from-home hybrid model + 2 months of full remote to work from anywhere you want!

Merit based salary progression system and a competitive initial salary package.

Career-development opportunities.

Excellent local working conditions (quality of offices, geographical location of office in the centre of Barcelona).

... and Thursday afterwork beers!

We can't wait to find our next great talent!

We're looking for gamers from all walks of life to join our team! We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone feels welcome, respected, valued, and empowered to do their best work. To do so, we joined hands with organizations such as FemDevs and COGAM, who are helping us to create a safe workplace where gamers can come together (no matter what their background culture or identity is) and create amazing experiences for our players.

Whether you're a casual gamer or a hardcore e-sports competitor, and regardless of the platform you prefer (we're a cross-platform dev Studio now!) we want you to feel like you belong to our team.

Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted and your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months.

Want to know more? Please visit our Website: www. gameloft.com

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