Material Artist

**WHO WE ARE**: Next Level Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd. We’ve been passionate about video game development for over 20 years now, shipping award-winning games for fans across the world and still going strong. Some of our titles include Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Metroid Prime Federation Force, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and most recently Mario Strikers: Battle League. At NLG, we believe that a project finds success when we collaborate. Therefore, we place careful consideration on building an environment where everyone feels welcome and has fun in the process of achieving our shared goals. **WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING**: We are currently looking for an experienced and passionate Material Artist who is excited to join our team You will play a key role in executing the unique artistic style and creating materials that have major impact on the experiences we create. Key responsibilities of the role include: - Collaborate with the Art Director, Senior Material Artist and Environment Art team members to create materials that fulfill the art vision for the project - Use industry-leading techniques creating assets that set an inspirational quality bar for the team - Texture benchmark environment assets and work with Environment and Lighting Artists to set metrics for consistency across all materials in the game - Play a large part in the look and feel of our next exciting title - Maintain and communicate a strong knowledge of innovative game production technologies and the capabilities/ limitations of these technologies as they relate to the project goals - Test and proactively troubleshoot areas that are not working in the game engine and help to fix them - Maintain and constantly improve your artistic skills and foster a creative working environment **WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR**: - A strong portfolio of in-game material artwork - Minimum 3 years professional experience on a AAA title, creating real-time environments. - Proficiency in Substance Designer, Substance Painter, ZBrush and Photoshop - Proficiency with Procedural Art Generation. - Solid understanding of a general PBR Shading Model - A strong understanding of industry leading art techniques and processes - Ability to maintain an organized material and texture library - Expertise working with Maya modeling for gaming - Complete understanding of the High-poly -> Low Poly workflow - A good sense of how to approach stylizing real-world materials - Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills - Proficient writing skills and the ability to document procedures and pipelines - Experience in using code-based shader graphs is a bonus **WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE**: - Competitive benefits and annual leave, including discretionary performance bonus program and health coverage - Support for mental health, financial well-being, legal assistance and more through our Employee Assistance Program - Access to our in-studio gym, and an extensive media library filled with games and books - Join a committee - board games, sports, or something else - it’s all here - Discounted shopping for Nintendo products and merchandise at the online employee store - A workplace that values inclusivity and encourages continuous growth - A chance to be part of Nintendo, creating award winning games that make an impact Please note this is a hybrid position, requiring at least three days per week at our Vancouver studio. We wish to thank all applicants in advance; however, only those under consideration will be contacted. We are currently only considering applicants who already have work eligibility and are residing in or willing to relocate to Metro Vancouver. gklLRG2cLo