Lead Artist

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Rooster Teeth Games is looking for an experienced Lead Artist who can bring their knowledge, creativity and experience to a fast-paced, game development environment. The ideal candidate is a great communicator and supervisor that leads by example creating content alongside the art team they manage, and motivating them to produce the highest quality content possible. To succeed, you must be able to take charge of creative teams and have excellent technical art skills to match.

Rooster Teeth Games is a small, collaborative team with a good mix of industry veterans and new recruits. Our number one goal is to create high quality games that excite and inspire our worldwide audience. Think you have what it takes to join our crew? Check out the job details below:

Responsibilities:

  • Work with the Creative Director to establish the overall art direction of the game
  • Lead by example concepting, modeling, texturing, and lighting game-ready assets
  • Establish creative and technical standards by determining the best tools and techniques, and teaching the art team how to use them successfully
  • Lead, mentor, and motivate an art team to maintain the highest quality art standards
  • Develop content creation guidelines for the art team and help enforce best practices
  • Work with tech artists to develop the art pipeline ensuring an optimized workflow between all toolsets (Maya, Zbrush, Substance, Photoshop, Unreal, Perforce, etc)
  • Collaborate with Production, Design and Engineering teams to ensure the Creative Director’s vision is consistent across all aspects of game development

Qualifications:

  • Amazing portfolio showing a strong knowledge of modeling, texturing, animation, lighting, UI, VFX, and conceptual design
  • 5+ years professional game production experience in a Senior or Lead Artist role
  • Shipped at least 2 game titles, from pre-production to final release (preferably a AAA console or PC title)
  • Excellent artistic eye for shape, proportion, lighting, composition, and color
  • Expert knowledge of Maya, Zbrush, Substance, Photoshop, and Unreal
  • Expert knowledge of Physically Based Rendering (PBR) tools and techniques
  • Ability to manage and mentor an art team of various skills and experience levels
  • Extremely flexible & adaptable to new tools, environments, and unexpected challenges
  • Working knowledge of Perforce (or source control equivalent)
  • Comfortable iterating on ideas using rapid prototyping techniques
  • Positive team-oriented attitude with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proactive and self-motivated (comfortable working without direct supervision)
  • Must be comfortable working in a small, highly collaborative team
  • Must be able to accept critique of your work and have the ability to embrace change
  • Must have a sense of humor

Benefits + Perks:

  • 100% Company paid health & dental benefits
  • Use What You Need paid time off
  • 401(k) with a company match
  • Opportunity for career growth
  • Catered meal on Mondays
  • Flexible dress code
  • Kitchen stocked with snacks
  • Pet Friendly

ABOUT ROOSTER TEETH:Rooster Teeth is a pioneering studio responsible for some of the biggest online series in history, such as the award-winning and longest-running web series, Red vs. Blue. They also produce the globally acclaimed animated series RWBY, the first western anime series to be distributed in Japan; the award-winning Rooster Teeth Podcast; and Immersion, a reality format that brings video game theory to the real world. Rooster Teeth has a massive global footprint of more than 35 million subscribers to its YouTube Network, 5 million unique monthly visitors to its RoosterTeeth.com hub and 2 million registered community members. The company was founded in 2003, and is now a subsidiary of Fullscreen Media a global youth media company that develops online creators and produces multi-platform entertainment experiences. Discover more at RoosterTeeth.com.

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1901 E 51st Street, Austin, TX 78723

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