RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform modeling and texturing at an exemplary level.
- Create high-quality and optimized 3D environments, props and characters.
- Work with your Art Lead and Art Director in establishing and maintaining the look of a 3D project.
- Identify, troubleshoot and resolve visual issues with in-game environment assets and character environment interaction.
- Identify and develop pipeline advantages, ensuring that assets are created in the most efficient way possible.
- Interface with Lead Artist, Art Director, Producers, and other project leads on various issues and deadlines.
- Identify and solve aesthetic and technical issues in the development process.
- May be called upon to support the tech art team with simple rigging and skinning tasks.
REQUIREMENTS
- 3+ years of 3D game experience.
- Must have worked on at least one 3D game from conception to completion.
- Complete mastery of Maya and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Rendering and real-time shader development awareness.
- Experience with Substance Painter and PBR materials.
- Ability to work in a broad range of subjects and styles.
- Firm grasp of both Environment and Character art process.
- Good understanding of human and animal anatomy.
- Perfect understanding of composition, color, value, and form as it relates to both classic art and gameplay visuals.
- Must understand 3D pipeline and process as it relates to game development and have experience partnering with other game team disciplines such as engineering and design.
- Excellent problem-solving ability.
- Art Degree or similar working experience.
- Experience with Unity.
- Excellent grasp of the English language.
NICE TO HAVE
- Strong 2D concept and illustration skills.
- Rigging experience in Maya.
- Scripting experience in Maya (Mel or Python).
- Shader creation experience in any shader graph tool.
- Knowledge of Substance Designer.
- Experience with ZBrush.
Skills Required
- Provide link to online portfolio, website, or pdf showcasing recent artwork
- 3+ years of 3D game experience
- Worked on at least one 3D game from conception to completion
- Complete mastery of Maya and Adobe Creative Suite
- Rendering and real-time shader development awareness
- Experience with Substance Painter and PBR materials
- Ability to work in a broad range of subjects and styles
- Firm grasp of both Environment and Character art process
- Good understanding of human and animal anatomy
- Understanding of composition, color, value, and form for art and gameplay visuals
- Understanding of 3D pipeline and experience partnering with engineering and design
- Excellent problem-solving ability
- Art degree or similar working experience
- Experience with Unity
- Excellent grasp of the English language
- Strong 2D concept and illustration skills
- Rigging experience in Maya
- Scripting experience in Maya (Mel or Python)
- Shader creation experience in any shader graph tool
- Knowledge of Substance Designer
- Experience with ZBrush
Jam City Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Jam City and has not been reviewed or approved by Jam City.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are consistently characterized as strong, including medical, dental, vision, FSA, and life insurance. Solid coverage is highlighted as a plus across benefits descriptions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous or “unlimited” PTO alongside paid holidays, sick leave, bereavement, and parental leave is widely listed. These time-off provisions are positioned as strengths even when base pay may not be top-of-market.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as pet-friendly offices, commuter benefits, snacks/drinks, company events, and wellness activities are commonly showcased. Remote/hybrid options further support day-to-day flexibility and work–life balance.
Jam City Insights
What We Do
Jam City is an award-winning entertainment company providing unique and deeply engaging mobile games that are played by tens of millions of people across the globe. Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date. The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018. Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto. The Jam City team is known for its creative excellence and technological innovation in key areas including storytelling, data science and audience insights.
