Senior Material Artist

We are Fool’s Theory, a company from Bielsko-Biała in Poland, creators of the game Seven: The Days Long Gone and freshly released The Thaumaturge. Now that The Witcher Remake is in development, we are actively seeking skilled individuals to join our team for this project, developed in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED studio. At this point, the game is in its initial phases, and we have seasoned developers who have contributed to past Witcher titles on board. Sounds interesting? Get in touch with us!

Responsibilities

• Creating photorealistic materials for different uses (tiling, decals, atlases etc.),
• Building and maintaining a high-quality PBR material library,
• Collaborating in the creation of concepts and plans for locations/assets,
• Collaborating effectively with Environment, Character, Concept Art and Lighting Teams to produce consistent and high quality materials,
• Cooperating with Technical Artists to prepare shaders,
• Planning and working with scanned data,
• Creating high-quality realistic textures/materials using tools, such as Substance Designer / Painter, ZBrush & Photoshop,
• Collaborating with Tech Art to develop material art pipelines,
• Working closely with the Art Director to achieve a consistent look for materials,
• Creating documentation supporting techniques and processes,
• Mentoring and guiding fellow artists to foster team growth,
• Maintaining the production pipeline and meeting deadlines,
• Working with the production team for scope and scheduling.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant industry experience and one shipped AAA title,
• Strong skills in procedural material creation software (Adobe Substance 3D Designer),
• Experience in Adobe Photoshop or equivalent,
• Experience in prototyping and master material creation in Unreal Engine,
• Efficient skills in one of the leading modelling packages (3DS Max, Maya, Blender etc.),
• Good knowledge of colour theory and lighting technical specifications,
• Strong understanding of physically based rendering practices (PBR),
• Experience with the Photogrammetry asset creation workflow and training other team members
• Fluent English.
• Refraining from using AI generative tools to produce imagery for this job.

We offer

• A key role in the process of developing current and future projects,
• Opportunity to work on a cool project in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED,
• Flexible working hours (core hours 10:00-16:00),
• Possibility to work remotely or in our office in Bielsko-Biała,
• Long-term contracts - we are looking for people for more than one project,
• Working in a group of experienced specialists, often gamedev veterans, who are willing to share their knowledge,
• Custom tools to automate boring, repetitive stuff,
• Working with modern tools from leading technology suppliers (e.g. Jetbrains), as well as with our proprietary solutions,
• Support in industry training courses, conferences and fairs participation (both as a participant or speaker),
• Private medical insurance (Enel-med),
• Access to MyBenefit platform with a possibility to co-finance a Multisport Card.
• Psychological support.