3D Artist

Company Name: Emerald City Games

Position Title: 3D Artist

Business Address: 240-4299 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1H1

Location of Work: Burnaby, BC

Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full-time – Shift Work 40hrs Average/Week

Language Required: English

Wage: Starting at: $60 000 to $80 000

Benefits: Extended health care

NOC: 52120

Emerald City Games is a collection of the best designers, developers and artists, and we’re looking for an awesome 3D Artist to join our team!

Someone that has a good work ethic, attitude and wants to work on great games with great people.

Your day to day tasks will include:

Collaborating with art directors and concept artists to help create and maintain our high visual standards

Modeling and texturing in 3D, working in a variety of styles: low poly, high poly, fantasy, sci-fi

Taking part in regular art reviews and discussions

Working in Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter and Designer

Developing games that you yourself would want to play!

Technical Requirements:

Proficient in a 3D packages including: Maya, Blender or 3d Studio Max

Experienced in creating high poly models in Zbrush

Proficient in texturing packages such as Substance Painter

Traditional 3D texturing techniques with Photoshop

Proficient in Unity and/or Unreal 4+

Other Skills (Characters):

Strong understanding of anatomy

Ability to translate concepts into fully realized characters/creatures in 3D ready for animation

Understand and meticulous in preparing game ready models with proper edge flow and loops, consider geometry for optimization, rigging and animation

Excellent communication skills

Ability to manage and switch between different projects and adapt to different art styles.

Other Skills (Environment):

Strong architectural sense, scale and details

Ability to translate concepts into fully realized environments

Understand and is meticulous in preparing game ready models

Excellent communication skills

Ability to manage and switch between different projects and adapt to different art styles.

Emerald City Games is unique, even by industry standards. It’s a great culture, that has you inspired every day. You need to be able to check off the following:

Be really good at what you do. We have a high standard. We like to give our devs a lot of responsibility and ownership.

Work hard. We want people to roll up their sleeves when they need to, while supporting and encouraging others!

Get along well with others. At ECG we see everyone as family. We pride ourselves on creating an environment that is supportive and offers equal opportunity for everyone!

We are 100% independent. We create our own worlds, we choose to work on the games we want to make, and you will not find a more talented, inspiring, down-to-earth group to join. Drop us a line if you’re interested in being a part of it.

Oh, and don’t think you need to be in Canada to apply. Our company has a long history of obtaining work visas. We want to work with the best, and we don’t let borders stop us.