Lead Outsourcing Environment Artist – Action Adventure – Onsite – France

Our client is an iconic games developer based in Paris. They create AAA video games with unique IP, offering immersive narratives for the player to lose themselves in.

As a lead outsourcer, you will also understand the various constraints of game development, including performance, memory budgets, production schedules and artistic requirements. 

Strong communication and team management skills are essential for this position. You will be motivated, demanding and adaptable. 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Very good level in English; 
• Extensive professional experience with at least 1 AAA game published or equivalent; 
• Managerial and artistic experience; 
• Mastery of industry standard tools such as Maya, Zbrush, Substance, Photoshop, Perforce; 
• Strong artistic and visual sensibility; 
• Experience in environmental/vehicle/weapons (modeling, texturing and optimization); 
• In-depth knowledge of High/Low poly pipe, as well as PBR material management; 
• Solid understanding of the technical constraints of real time (memory, GPU, CPU performance); 
• Ability to improve and evolve the project to meet the ever increasing quality demands; 
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to interact and collaborate with our external teams; 
• Initiative and ability to make proposals; 
• Ability to evaluate and develop our external teams in relation to artistic expectations but also to technical and time budgets; 
• Knowledge of Chinese language is a plus. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with the lead environment to maintain the required artistic quality of each asset delivered by our external teams; 
• Work with our production team to ensure that assets are delivered on time with the required level of artistic and technical quality; 
• Maintain a good relationship and follow-up between internal and external teams; 
• Ensure briefs and follow-up of outsourced assets; 
• Ensure good understanding, both artistic and technical, to our external teams; 
• Ensure solid communication with our external teams regarding our expectations of artistic and technical quality.  
• Provide artistic and technical feedback on assets delivered by our external teams; 
• Work with our internal documentalist team to ensure that our outsourcing packages have the right level of quality/detail for our production needs.

BENEFITS:

• VISA and Relocation support for you and your family (if required)
• 25 Days Paid Holiday
• Company Health Insurance Scheme
• The opportunity to join experienced and passionate game dev teams
• Working on highly ambitious, innovative and best-in-class projects
• Work on globally recognised and exciting IP’s
• Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 days remote)

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214413!