Take a mix of 2D drawings, 3D design meshes and other reference and translate them into high quality, playable art including characters, props, hero set pieces and more with the art team.

Lead the character and character component pipeline and work with the team of artists on and offsite to achieve quality and schedule goals

Work w/ the concept team, Art Director and other 3D artists to set the requirements of concept art for the project

Create realistic 3D assets when necessary using PBR pipeline

Help define the 3D art pipeline

Work with Art Director, Tech Artists and Engineering teams to set performance standards for the game and how they relate to the look

Integrate other source assets like animation, vfx and sfx assets into the Unreal Engine as necessary

Help diagnosis art optimization issues

Anticipate the needs of the 3D creation pipeline and suggest tools to help optimize the creation process

Demonstrated experience building PBR based assets

Demonstarated experience leading a team of artists

Demonstrated experience interpreting 2D concepts into 3D playable art

Expert level knowledge of Maya

Demonstrated knowledge of working in the Unreal Engine

A gamer that’s passionate about art

Worked on at least 2 games, ideally one in Unreal

Able to contribute to VFX, animation or other related fields is a big plus

Experience working w/ external art development teams

Avid gamer with opinions on how to improve games

Experience building or using world builder game tools (eg. Houdini Engine) to develop art for games

An extremely low co-pay for medical, dental and optical insurance for you and your family

401k program with no vesting period

Flexible Spending Accounts for health and child care

Our studio is in a historic building in the thriving downtown San Diego Gaslamp district

Free downtown 24 hour parking