Environment Artist

Cloudhead Games is the veteran VR studio behind the multi-award winning titles, Pistol Whip, an action-rhythm shooter (GOTY, DICE Awards) and the fantasy adventure series, The Gallery (GOTY, VR Awards.) Cloudhead has partnered multiple times with industry legend Valve to create tech demos, with the most notable being Aperture Hand Lab, a humorous Valve Index controller demo set in the Portal Universe. Always innovating, Cloudhead is also known for its early solutions in VR locomotion/comfort with snap turns and teleportation, as well as VR motion capture and hand interactions.

Cloudhead Games is a fully remote company working Pacific Time Zone hours.

As an** Environment Artist**, you will collaborate with designers and the creative team to develop high quality assets and world layouts, and deliver new content. Working collaboratively with the team, you will support a talented team of creatives to help transform an artistic vision into an enticing and engaging experience.
- Please ensure you attach a link to your portfolio._

**What you would do**:

- Work with existing in-game and in-library assets and create new high quality 3D environment assets
- Work collaboratively with artists and designers to create an immersive and compelling world and environment
- Collaborate with designers to improve level layouts
- Optimize assets to ensure performance goals are met
- Stay current on the project’s scope and maintain an understanding of the art
- Recommend new techniques, tools and workflows to improve quality and efficiency

**What you’ll bring**:

- Portfolio should demonstrate skills in 3D modeling and texturing, as well as environmental layouts, structural understanding, and set dressing
- Knowledge of Unity and the art pipeline
- Experience with either Maya, 3DS Max, or Blender, as well as Photoshop or equivalent
- Great attention to detail and critical analysis
- Self-motivated, excellent communication skills, and a great team-player

**Nice to have**:

- Preference will be given to portfolios that demonstrate one or more of the following: a strong understanding of color theory and usage; working understanding of architecture; experience with illustration and/or painting, digital or otherwise
- Any experience with basic animations or VFX
- Worked in previous VR projects
- Be an avid consumer and fan of action movies and videogames

**Compensation**

The salary range for this position is CAD $55k-85k.

**What’s in it for you?**
- Work 7-hour days from home and have flexibility in your schedule
- Competitive salary and generous benefits - medical, dental, vision, wellness and profit sharing
- Paid time-off, unlimited health days and 2-week winter shut down
- 12-week Maternity/Parental leave top up
- Professional development days and funds
- Career growth opportunities
- Annual gaming reimbursement