Lead Weapons Artist

Overview

1047 Games began with the simple principle that people should have fun while making great games. Bucking convention and driven by a passion to create the ultimate gaming experience, Ian Proulx and Nicholas Bagamian founded 1047 Games in 2017 in their Stanford dorm room. Their love for arena shooters of the past drove them to create Splitgate, a unique sci-fi first-person shooter that adds portal guns to upend the genre. 

What started as two computer science majors putting portals into a first-person shooter for a project demo has evolved into a VC-backed company which has raised more than $120MM in funding. 

At 1047 Games, you’ll find a permanently remote, dedicated team of top-tier talent from some of the world’s biggest gaming and tech companies who share our founders’ vision. Grit, ingenuity, a desire to have fun, and a start up mentality define our crew. We are currently working on a brand new shooter in the Splitgate universe.

What We're Looking For:

• A passionate art leader: You love to take on difficult, seemingly impossible problems and dig in to find creative ways to solve them
• A hard worker: You love to put in the extra effort, because you enjoy your work and know the impact of finishing the tasks at hand
• Passion for gaming: You can recognize what separates exceptional games from the average ones. You understand the mindset of gamers which enables you to create and implement features that will further benefit the game

What You Will Be Doing:

• Sculpt detailed high-poly models with creativity and detailed nuance in mind
• Create low-poly meshes and pipelines for internal/external execution
• Collaborate with Engineers to optimize runtime performance without sacrificing artistic integrity.
• Work closely with concept artists, tech artists, engineers, animators, game designers to build, detail, iterate and execute final game assets

• Collaborate with the Production team to maintain schedule and priorities of the content teams’ deliverables and bug fixes
• Collaborate with the Art Director and Concept team to come up with weapon ideas.
• Comprehend weapon art limitations and best practices with regard to modeling, model deformation, and Materials, and simple rigs.
• Creation of efficient UV’s and ID maps
• Assist with integrating Outsourced Weapon art
• Work within budgets while hitting key timelines
• Review assets to make certain that they satisfy their intended design and are ready for rigging and animation
• Proactively engage with leadership and peers across departments to align on high-level priorities and maintain strong lines of communication.
• Review assets to make certain that they satisfy their intended design and are ready for rigging and animation
• Mentor artists by providing creative and technical training, guidance, and feedback
• Develop & support scalable, next-gen character pipelines character customization processes
• Provide timely, thoughtful feedback to character artists to ensure assets are stylistically cohesive and aligned with established artistic and technical quality bars.
• Partner with Tech Art and Engineering throughout development to ensure assets are functionally sound and optimized for engine/platform constraints.
• Assist in continually expanding the capabilities of the Weapon Art team through mentoring and team building, refinements of process and techniques, and candidate recruiting and hiring.

What You Will Need To Succeed

• 5+ years game development experience, creating real-time weapons using Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop (or equivalent DCC packages)
• 2+ years experience as Weapons Lead
• Actively worked on and shipped at least one AAA First Person Shooter title
• A strong understanding of hard surface modeling techniques and processes, color theory, form and silhouette
• A proven portfolio of weapon modeling and material execution that showcases an understanding of form, detail and personalization
• Proven Unreal Engine 4/5 knowledge in actual game development
• Demonstrated proficiency in current modeling techniques and PBR workflows
• Excellent communicator who can take feedback and direction well and is willing to learn and teach others
• Collaborative, self-motivated, and effective time-management skills
• Ability to create and texture a 3D model from an image or description
• Strong time management skills and excels at working within deadlines
• Thrives in a creative and collaborative team environment
• Strong understanding of lighting, color and scene composition
• Strong communication and organizational skills

What Will Help You Succeed

• Strong foundation in traditional arts across concept, illustration and color theory
• Proficiency in Substance Painter
• Understanding of rigging, animation and performance needs
• 2+ AAA games shipped