Senior Environment Artist (World of Tanks)

Wargaming Prague is looking for a Senior Environment Artist to work on new and exciting features for our groundbreaking MMO title World of Tanks, which has over 100 million players worldwide. 
 As the Senior Environment Artist, you’ll be covering the full development cycle of complex photo-realistic 3D models for World of Tanks maps and hangars, mentor Environment artists in the team and supervise their work. 

You’ll also improve workflows and pipelines in the team, introducing new tools and approaches. You’ll work on organizing an internal library of photo-realistic tiled materials using UpToDate techniques and participate in asset pool planning for new maps and hangars, considering game specific and style consistency.  

To be successful, you need to be an experienced, proactive, open minded Environment Artist who is passionate about game development, using modern technologies and working in a collaborative multicultural environment. 

The Senior Environment Artist will report to the Environment Art Lead.

• Create complex environment assets like buildings and modular architectural sets 

• Create complex photorealistic nature assets like mountains, rocks and trees 

• Mentor team members, introducing advanced pipelines and tools 

• Supervise work of your teammates, driving and pushing quality 

• Work on internal material library 

• Producing high-quality assets for Wargaming, including unannounced projects 

• Creating photorealistic materials and textures  

• Working closely with Game Designers, Level Artists, Tech Artists and Art Director to ensure that environments and assets match budgets, quality bar and art vision 

• Participating in the development of new tools and technologies  

• Supporting and mentoring less experienced team members 

• 5+ years of Environment Art experience gained in video game industry 

• Proven ability to create high quality photorealistic models and textures of AAA quality 

• Solid knowledge of Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop and Substance products 

• A great eye for scale, proportion and composition 

• Excellent verbal and written skills, and be able to both take critique and give feedback internally and externally in a professional manner 

• Fluent English  

• Strong internal motivation 

• Passion for innovation and keeping up with the latest industry trends. 

• Don't forget to include your portfolio 

• Proven portfolio skills in delivering content for AAA PC or console title 

• Strong understanding of color, shapes and composition 

• Strong understanding of classic content production pipeline (LP, HP, NM Bake, Texturing, LODing) 

• Strong understanding of PBR 

• Experience working with game engines (Unreal Engine, Unity, or proprietary engines)

Onsite

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

• 5 weeks of Annual Leave per calendar year

• Additional paid time off 

• Sick Leave Compensation, Maternity & Paternity Leave Benefits  

• Career development and education opportunities within the company

• Language courses (English, Czech) fully covered by the company upon Manager’s approval.

• Meal card contribution

• Public transportation allowance

• Premium private healthcare

• Mental well-being program (iFeel)

• Multisport Employee discounts

• Personal Gaming Account 

• Coffee, fruits, and snacks in the office

• Company events

• Seniority Awards  

• Referral program - You can recommend the best talents to the company and receive a reward