Game Artist at Playground Labs

Job Description

• Game Artists at Playground Labs are responsible for game asset design and managing remote contractors who also produce game assets. A typical work week will include sourcing and managing remote contractors to develop game assets, ideating and designing advanced game environments, and working closely with the game development team to add designs to new features.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage a team of contractors in the design and development of game assets
• Using independent creativity, create game assets
• Understand all aspects of asset development including high resolution models, low resolution models, and textures for real-time 3d engines
• Collaborate with developers to create run-time asset delivery pipelines

Required

• Excellent technical ability in one or more of Maya, Max, Zbrush, or an equivalent 3D software
• Strong working knowledge of Photoshop & Substance Painter
• Strong working knowledge of advanced “baking” techniques (e.g. Normal, AO, Cavity, Spec, Gloss)
• Familiarity with constraints in modeling (e.g. high & low resolutions)
• AAA-title company in work experience, with demonstrated management proficiency
• Three to five years of experience in game production
• Three references, one of which is from a previous manager

Preferred

• Participated in multiple launches of a Unity-based multiplayer games
• History of introducing creative design elements into games
• Proficiency in rapidly prototyping and ideating game assets
• Interest and desire to learn more about blockchain technologies
• Playground Labs was founded by scientists, and the team loves having scientifically-minded labmates in the studio

Compensation

• Game Artist compensation at Playground Labs consists of a competitive salary package alongside awarded DAO tokens for the projects in which they participate.

Benefits

• Fully remote work with flexible work hours
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Paid time off
• Educational and training opportunities
• Company retreats
• DAO tokens

About Us

• Playground Labs’ mission is to bring more equitable ownership and compensation models to the next generation of gaming. We accomplish this through a suite of unique blockchain-enabled products, principally play-to-earn games and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). We construct both of these with purpose & intent to fully release control of the products to the community after ensuring that they have been properly incubated. Team members are passionate about leveraging blockchain to provide economic opportunities to people across the globe, and see gaming as a natural education on-ramp for the ecosystem. We work closely with dominant Layer 1 protocols to ensure that our employees have access to robust technical troubleshooting suites and cutting-edge tools to stay ahead of the game.