For Underdog Studio - global games developer behind the best-selling first person sniping franchise: Sniper Ghost Warrior, part of CI Games group, we are currently looking for:

Lead Environment Artist & World Builder

In this role you will …

• Lead teams to build cohesive and immersive experiences, from initial block out to final in-game polish
• Contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of content production
• Leverage your expertise to shape and continually improve the artistic direction of our game
• Together with the Art Director and Studio Art Manager, help establish the quality benchmarks for the team
• Work with the Producers and other leads and artists to develop solid estimates, pipelines, schedules, and production plans
• Demonstrate, communicate, and exemplify clear expectations for quality of work, productivity, communication, and professionalism to the team
• Promote a professional and positive work environment for the team
• Assure technical requirements are met consistently throughout the project
• Oversee quality of assets, both artistically and technically
• When required, help review assets and levels from art outsourcing vendors and provide feedback
• Manage level and environment artists, identifying growth areas and participate in their ongoing career development

For this role, you'll need...

• Excellent communication skills, being capable of conveying the project's vision and specific art direction requirements across multi-cultural teams
• A passion for creating immersive environments that convey unique and interesting storylines
• At least 5 years of industry experience with at least one title shipped in a similar role
• An in-depth understanding of next-gen game content development processes, tools, pipelines, scene management, limitations, and dependencies
• Proven ability to direct the production of top quality, next-generation environments/world content
• Experience in all phases of production and planning of environments such as block-out, asset lists, assembly, lighting, polishing, and optimization
• Expertise in constructing levels using Unreal Engine
• To be proactive and self-motivated, working without direct supervision and able to present the work of the team and the project in a professional manner
• Previous team leadership experience; having demonstrated the ability to mentor less experienced artists to achieve top quality and consistent results
• Ability to work remotely with other remote team members, with core hours overlapping our team

We offer:

• Very attractive work with an excellent team and international environment
• Participation in a profit share program
• Social benefits (Medical insurance, Sport card, 100% payable sick leave)
• Flexible working hours (core hours 10:00-16:00 CET)

If you are willing to take this job, please send us your CV in English on the e-mail address: careers@cigames.com

Please be informed that we reserve the right to contact only selected applicants.