Vehicle Artist (Unannounced Project) at Wargaming

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Guildford

Job Overview

DPS Games is looking for an exceptionally skilled 3D Hard Surface / Vehicle Artist to work on the creation of a variety of vehicles and machinery in the next big free-to-play title from Wargaming, the company that brought us World of Tanks and one of the strongest free-to-play PC game companies in the world.

In this role, you will help to create the vehicles & gameplay assets for a new and exciting project under a huge new license partnership. You’ll be passionate about hard surface 3d art, highly conceptual, with a strong mechanical background including animation design, setup and optimisation.

You’ll be a hardworking self-motivated team player, who is able to understand the Art vision for the vehicle team, while developing a solid and efficient pipeline for asset production that will stay in place for years to come.

In this position you will be working within a multidisciplinary team of developers, in a global community and will have the ability to both share your hard-earned knowledge and continue to develop your skill set by learning from your teammates.

We are looking for someone with a good sense of humor who can integrate themselves seamlessly into our team & studio culture.

Reports to

The Vehicle Artist will report to the Lead Vehicle Artist and be based in Guildford, UK.

What will you do?

Collaborate with the Art team, designers, programmers on object specifications and deliveries
Work with 3D game assets as required
Work with pipeline procedures to deliver competitive, cutting edge assets
Work with colleagues in defining process and pipeline improvements
Work with high-poly and low-poly models and accompanying texture sets that use advanced shaders

What are we looking for?

Art production experience in the gaming industry
A strong understanding of visual language and affordance
Proven ability to create exceptional high-poly and low-poly models and textures
A great eye for detail, natural flair & a strong understanding of 3d Art
Excellent verbal and written skills, and be able to both take critique and give feedback internally and externally in a professional manner
Strong understanding of PBR shader development and lighting
Solid knowledge of 3ds Max, Painter, Zbrush, and other 2D/3D applications
Diligence around both individual and team tasks, schedule and budgets
Good organization skills with adherence to optimization and asset management

What additional skills will help you stand out?

BA in art or related field or equivalent experience
Experience with Substance Designer and other packages
Unreal 4/5 development experience
Traditional art skills (drawing, painting, sculpting, photography)
Concept skills – Ability to visualize and concept environments and props
Samples of your work displaying clean High Poly to Low Poly bakes, strong understanding of material variation & photo realistic texturing

Benefits

Benefits and perks are tailored to the local market and culture. Our benefits in Guildford include:

5 weeks of Annual Leave per calendar year
Dog-friendly office
Onsite canteen (with an endless supply of snacks and beverages)
Video game areas, Warhammer painting station, a bespoke D&D table, Adjustable height desks
Health Insurance (including family coverage), Life Insurance, Pension contribution
Mental well-being program (iFeel)
Wellbeing perks (Mental Health Days, Dedicated Well-being room, Team of Mental Heath First Aiders)
Career development and education opportunities within the company
Employee discounts
Personal Gaming Account
Company events
Seniority Awards
Referral program - you can recommend the best talents to the Company and receive a reward
Working in one of the main European hubs for game development
Startup within a company with 25 years of experience on the market
To learn more about our studio in Guildford, follow this link: https://dpsgames.com/studio

About Wargaming

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operating since 1998, Wargaming has become one of the leaders in the gaming industry with 15 offices worldwide, including studios in Chicago, Prague, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Vilnius. Our diverse and multicultural team works together to deliver a top-class experience to millions of players who enjoy Wargaming's titles across all major gaming platforms. Our flagship products include free-to-play hits World of Tanks, World of Warships and World of Tanks Blitz.

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