About Ascendion :

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
• Solve complex problems - and learn new skills
• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About the Role:

This team is a first-party development studio located in Vancouver, Canada. Our objective is to forge the future of the IP and push the limits of entertainment platforms and devices. Our team is comprised of deep creative and technical talent from across our industry and beyond, working cohesively to delight our fan base and pass expectations of what is possible. As a studio, we lead from our values and work together to promote respect and inclusion, a growth mindset and grit, all while putting our team first! Join us and let’s go far together!

This is a great opportunity for an Environment Art Outsource Manager or an Environment Artist with experience in reviewing art and providing feedback to external partners. Working on AAA console titles, you will work with experienced internal and external artists to deliver on the highest quality game environments. You will be collaborating with external partners through documentation and feedback, creating art content, polishing and fixing art bugs. Modeling, sculpting, texturing and surfacing skills are required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contribute to the Environment Art team during all phases of production.

• Creation of 3d assets and textures.

• Fixing bugs and polishing in-game assets.

• Actively accept feedback from the environment art lead and art director.

• Ability to work well under deadlines; self-motivated and works well in collaborative environment.

• Promptly review work submitted by External Partners, ensuring that it hits the quality standards set by our Art and Technical Directors and Leads.

• Work with the External Partners to ensure that the work assigned to them is completed on time, on budget, and to the expected quality bar.

• Ensure that our External Partners have the materials and documentation required to complete their work to the expected quality.

• Train External Partners and internal stakeholders on pipelines and processes used in External Development.

• Maintain regular communication and healthy relationships with External Partners. This may include being available outside of normal working hours to cover different time zones.

• Assist where required in due diligence and onboarding of new External Partners, as well as off-boarding partners from our projects.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• You have knowledge and experience in game development.

• You have experience working with external teams or experience providing art feedback

• You have a portfolio with examples of environment artwork.

• You can model, sculpt and texture environmental assets and surfaces.

• You are very comfortable with Maya or other 3D software, Z-Brush, Substance Painter or Mixer, and Photoshop.

• You are familiar with project managing tools such as Jira or Confluence.

• You are comfortable with a modern game engine such as Unreal, Frostbite or Unity.

• You possess excellent communication skills.

• You work well with deadlines and are self-motivated and directed

• Being open to travel domestically or internationally for work is a plus.

Salary Range: $99,000-$104,000 Annually - Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: (medical insurance) (dental insurance) (vision insurance) (09-10 days/hours of paid time off)

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