Level Artist

OWLCAT GAMES was founded in 2016. The studio employs experienced developers who worked on projects such as Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, and is currently working on titles Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy and The Expanse: Osiris Reborn.

TASKS:

• Managing a team of Level Artists team: task planning, prioritization, time management and quality control;

• Reviewing levels and providing feedback on composition, lighting, environmental detail, and gameplay readability;

• Mentoring and guiding a team: onboarding, feedback, training on pipelines and tools;

• Level dressing in Unity, including blockout iteration and final scene polishing;

• Placing environment assets, props, decals, VFX, and gameplay markers;

• Working on level lighting and atmosphere in collaboration with Lighting, VFX, and Environment Artists;

• Contributing to sprint planning and task estimation;

• Сollaborating closely with Level Designers, Game Designers, Technical, Lighting Artists and Programmers;

• Improving pipeline through documentation, guidelines, checklists, and technical standards;

• Monitoring technical performance of scenes.

REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Level Artist or Environment Artist and a portfolio showcasing your work;

• At least one released game title you worked on;

• Team leadership experience: coordinating artists, participating in planning and reviews, and owning the final quality of levels;

• Strong experience working with Unity: scenes, prefabs, NavMesh, LODs, light probes, basic lighting setup;

• Experience working with 3ds Max/Maya/Blender;

• Understanding of URP/HDRP(or similar rendering pipelines);

• Understanding of basic composition principles, flow of levels and optimisation (LOD, instancing/batching, streaming).

• Russian language skills at B2 level are necessary due to the team's Russian-language production pipeline and internal communication.
  
  Pluses:

• Experience working with Houdini  and procedural tools;

• Skills in level design or game design.
  
  

BENEFITS:

• Comfortable offices (if you want to work from office) fitted with areas for recreation and games, coffee points, and snacks;

• Convenient work schedule: adjust work time to your preferences and/or work remotely;

• Strong internal community: we are passionate about what we do. Outside of work, we engage in activities together like playing tabletop games in the office or on Roll20;

• Environment for personal growth: work together with the best professionals and enjoy the benefits of our developed mentoring system and training courses;

• Competitive salary based on the interview, opportunities for career growth.