Bethesda Game Studios is hiring
Senior Environment Artist
Senior
Contract
Austin, Texas
As Senior Environment Artist, you will…
- Contribute to the development of pipelines and designs of modular systems for mechanical and architectural assets.
- Collaborate with design to ensure the usability of assets within these systems and populate the library with all required variations.
- Create realistic spaces through world building in the Creation Kit.
- Optimize environment art and world building to fit within performance metrics.
What Makes You S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
- You have 6+ years’ experience as an Environment Artist or other relevant experience for creating game ready assets.
- You are proficient in industrial and mechanical design and have experience with hard surface modeling.
- You have an attention detail and an eye for mechanical functionality.
- You are experienced in the creation of next gen game ready assets; high poly, low poly, texturing, exporting, and bringing the asset into the game engine.
- You understand how to build modular systems, trim sheets, and texture reuse for optimal world building and asset creation.
- You possess the ability to leverage existing assets to create new or variations of similar assets.
- You are able to work from photo reference or concept art when available.
- You are proficient in 3ds Max and Painter
- You have a full understanding of working in a PBR system
- You have strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
- You have a passion for high-quality graphics and creating story with their work
- You are self-motivated, driven, and able to manage workload independently under time constraints.
Bonus Skills
- You have experience with various game engines - Creation Kit a plus.
- You have strong knowledge of technical game art theory (texel density, polycount, optimization) and traditional art theory (function, form, shape, proportions, color, etc.)
- You are able to work under tight deadlines and understand how to utilize time where it is most visually important.
- You have familiarity with BGS games
Senior Environment Artist - The typical base pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $75,000 - $165,000 per year.
You must submit an online portfolio.

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