Overview
IGG’s CG/VFX Team is looking for a Cinematic Matte Painter/3D Environment Artist to support our game trailers/videos.
Our last game trailer for you to watch: https://youtu.be/PCGdjnCreYM
KEY SKILLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create high quality digital matte paintings in a variety of different art styles (classic fully painted backgrounds, stylized, photo bashing, 3D renders overpaint)
- Scatter vegetation into a 3D environment and be able to render it with efficiency
- Create, light and manage a large scale environment scene
- Work closely with the team to develop quick workflows and share complex tasks
- Work and develop the look of a project with the Art Director, trying to find the best technical approach to match their vision.
- Be able to quickly output sequences with the same environment
- Build environment assets, mixing procedural and organic modeling and texturing techniques.
- Ensure the paintings meet the technical requirements for each video, with special attention to color space management and conversion.
TECHNICAL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE
- Excellent knowledge of Photoshop, Nuke, Substance Painter and Maya. Z-brush are a big plus.
- Experience /interest in developing procedural environments workflows
- Good problem solving and optimization abilities, able to work independently on a sequence.
- Able to get artistic directions and be part of a team
- Strong artistic skills in digital matte paintings. Art background with an emphasis on environments is desirable
- Modeling and Texturing Skills.
- Other duties assigned by the team
Position type: permanent or others to be discussed
Compensation Package for permanent employees:
- Comprehensive benefits after 3 months including extended health and dental.
- Paid Vacation + paid Sick days: 18 days(accumulated and based on percentage earning)
- Active Living Benefits (such as Fitness Memberships, Registration fees for team sports reimbursement) after 3 months
- Training and development fee reimbursement after 3 months
- Dependent Child Benefit
- Extra Paid Holiday Closure
- RRSP matching after 1 year
Perks for permanent employees:
- On-site car and Bike Parking
- Monthly Transit Allowance after 3 months
- Work hours: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour paid lunch.
- Dresscode: Casual
- Child Gift
- Lots of snacks, drinks available
- Monthly Team lunch
- Referral Bonus
This job has to work on-site.
Link to apply: https://igg.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=132
About IGG Canada
IGG Canada is a premium mobile game and video production studio located at 5 East 8th Ave. Vancouver, Canada. With spectacular views of the downtown skyline, coastal mountains and English Bay, our new studio is spacious, high-tech and inspiring.
IGG Canada is a division of IGG - I Got Games, a global interactive digital entertainment company that specializes in the development of and operation of Mobile Games. Established in 2006, IGG was founded with the aim of becoming a leading massively multiplayer game publisher and developer. The company has rapidly expanded its global operations, through strategic partnerships with popular gaming platforms such as Facebook, iOS, Amazon, Google Play, Kongregate and many others. IGG currently operates studios in China, Philippines, Singapore, the U.S. and Canada which opened its doors in 2013.
If you're passionate about creating mobile games that reach millions of players around the world and are interested in becoming an integral member of our Canadian team of superheroes, we want to hear from you!