Senior Level Artist

2K•Montreal, QC

About The Position

As a Senior Level Artist at Cloud Chamber, you will join our talented development team to shape the next installment of the BioShock franchise. In this role, you’ll collaborate with a passionate group of game developers to construct visually stunning and gameplay-enhancing game worlds, create and maintain modular kits to optimally build believable and detailed spaces, and propel the narrative through environmental storytelling, bringing the richly imagined world of BioShock to life. At Cloud Chamber, we are champions of high standards, pushing for progress and embracing change. We will work closely and constructively across design, art, engineering, animation, and audio teams to realize our creative ambitions. Together, we will stay current on technological advancements and identify solutions to overcome developmental obstacles to deliver a world-class AAA experience. At Cloud Chamber we strive to make BioShock games that move people: evocative, immersive, and meaningful experiences that stay with you long after you’ve rolled credits. Great games are born from great collaborations, supported by a culture that brings out the best in our teams. We work openly, learn through play, take ownership, push ourselves to be better, and deliver for our players.

Requirements

Experience shipping at least one 3D AAA title in FPS or Third Person (using Unreal 4 or Unreal 5).
Professional experience working with Unreal 5.
Experience working within cross-discipline strike teams on collaborative assignments effectively and constructively.
Bachelor’s Degree in Art, or equivalent work experience.
Superior eye for composition, contrast, color, and detail.
Proficient in the creation of modular kits and proxy models for high-quality, stylized environments.
Solid understanding of form, shape, structure, and silhouette as it relates to world building.
Solid understanding of architectural structure, spatial design, industrial design, and the details necessary for crafting the building blocks of believable environments.
Experience creating and maintaining asset libraries, organized by theme and function.
A reliable, positive force multiplier, actively seeking opportunities to integrate work across disciplines and contribute to a healthy, supportive team environment.
A solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly, package information for diverse audiences, and deliver difficult feedback with empathy and professionalism.
A persistent and self-motivated person with a proactive mindset.
Able to maintain effectiveness and quality under pressure, ambiguity, and fast-changing priorities.
An active listener able to build and maintain trust-based relationships across all levels of the organization, understand differing perspectives, and navigate organizational complexity with tact and emotional intelligence.
Highly open to feedback and direction, possessing a desire to learn new skills, and capable of producing quick, quality revisions based on new insights or constraints.
A strong owner of your tasks, who strives to drive their work forward autonomously while maintaining a critical eye for detail and organization, ensuring high standards of quality.
Dedicated to upholding Cloud Chamber’s core values, contributing to a positive and respectful company culture while striving for excellence in all endeavors.

Nice To Haves

Experience with materials and shaders, knowing what is needed and where to use them for difficult visual targets is a plus.
An interest in relevant adjacent disciplines such as architecture, urban design, interior design, photography, film, lighting, and drawing is beneficial.
Proficiency in French is required.
Proficiency in English is required to effectively collaborate with teams based in the United States.

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with the Level Design, Modeling, Narrative, Concept, Combat, and Cinematic teams.
Create believable, functional, and visually strong environments from scratch.
Gather references, concept art, and translate Art Direction into clear and repeatable. architectural and world construction rules, communicating and championing those rules to peers both in and out of the Art Department.
Iterate on layouts using blocking to support and enhance combat and level design requirements, scene composition, and general world logic.
Create and compose modular kits and collection sets to form optimized yet dramatic and detailed spaces.
Assume full long term creative, technical, and production ownership over your levels. Contribute to the artistic vision of your space, ensure that dependencies are properly communicated, and your work is technically compliant according to best practices established by the Tech Art and Core Tech teams.
Participate in look development, creating visual benchmark environments and level layouts to present to your team and develop processes in which to replicate those successes.
Communicate effectively with team members, production, and management to ensure that project goals and deadlines are met.
Work with Leads to develop world building and modeling processes, alignment decks, documentation and tutorials, and ensure that quality is maintained for environment art.
Receive, give, and apply feedback effectively while maintaining a constructive, team centric attitude.