\nTHE OPPORTUNITY\n\n\nUnknown Worlds is seeking an accomplished Lead 3D environment artist to work on our next game in the Subnautica Universe.  Our ideal candidate will have a passion for world building and environmental storytelling in the science fiction genre.  The environment lead is responsible for overseeing the internal and external environment art team, including hard surface,  and managing the related art pipelines on the project. This is a highly collaborative role working with vis dev, world team, production and design to bring our amazing game worlds to life.\nResponsibilities\n\n\nCollaborate closely with the concept team, environment and hard surface artists to create stunning, expressive 3D environments and bring our game worlds to life.\n\nWork with the art team to define and maintain our environment art pipelines and quality targets on the project.\n\nProvide coaching and feedback to members of the environment art team.\n\nWork with art, world and design leadership to understand the gameplay requirements and assets needed for each region of the game. Collaborate with production to manage work across team members and our external partners.\n\nProvide art feedback as needed to our external partners.\n\nCreate and implement environment assets as an individual contributor as time allows outside of leadership responsibilities.\n\n\n\nQualifications\n\n\n5+ years experience as a 3D artist in the games industry with a minimum of one full project cycle in an art leadership role, and one shipped title as an individual contributor.\n\nHigh level of proficiency with Blender, Max, or Maya, Z-Brush, and Substance Designer and Painter.\n\nExperience as an individual contributor with environment art modeling, texturing and materials creation including development of hard surface assets.\n\nExcellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.\n\nExperience managing and directing outsource partners.\n\nExperience leading a small to mid sized art team.\n\nSelf-motivated,self managing and comfortable working in a remote environment.\n\n\n\nPreferences\n\n\nStrong traditional drawing/painting or sculpting skills.\n\nExperience developing in Unreal engine.\n\nExperience with multiplatform development including console.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDon’t meet every single requirement? \n\nStudies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply at jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  At Unknown Worlds we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.  You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.\n\n\n\nReasonable Accommodation\n\nKRAFTON Americas is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the Company will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply for an open position, perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the HR Talent team at KRAFTON Americas, to begin the interactive process.\n\nEEOC statement\n\nKRAFTON Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.\n\nDue to recent scams, our recruiters will only reach out to you via @sds.com, @krafton.com, @unknownworlds.com or @pubg.com. If you received an email and are unsure you can always email [email protected].  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design and HR jobs that are similar:\n\n $35,000 — $55,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nTHE OPPORTUNITY\n\n\nUnknown Worlds is seeking an accomplished Lead 3D environment artist to work on our next game in the Subnautica Universe.  Our ideal candidate will have a passion for world building and environmental storytelling in the science fiction genre.  The environment lead is responsible for overseeing the internal and external environment art team, including hard surface,  and managing the related art pipelines on the project. This is a highly collaborative role working with vis dev, world team, production and design to bring our amazing game worlds to life.\nResponsibilities\n\n\nCollaborate closely with the concept team, environment and hard surface artists to create stunning, expressive 3D environments and bring our game worlds to life.\n\nWork with the art team to define and maintain our environment art pipelines and quality targets on the project.\n\nProvide coaching and feedback to members of the environment art team.\n\nWork with art, world and design leadership to understand the gameplay requirements and assets needed for each region of the game. Collaborate with production to manage work across team members and our external partners.\n\nProvide art feedback as needed to our external partners.\n\nCreate and implement environment assets as an individual contributor as time allows outside of leadership responsibilities.\n\n\n\nQualifications\n\n\n5+ years experience as a 3D artist in the games industry with a minimum of one full project cycle in an art leadership role, and one shipped title as an individual contributor.\n\nHigh level of proficiency with Blender, Max, or Maya, Z-Brush, and Substance Designer and Painter.\n\nExperience as an individual contributor with environment art modeling, texturing and materials creation including development of hard surface assets.\n\nExcellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills.\n\nExperience managing and directing outsource partners.\n\nExperience leading a small to mid sized art team.\n\nSelf-motivated,self managing and comfortable working in a remote environment.\n\n\n\nPreferences\n\n\nStrong traditional drawing/painting or sculpting skills.\n\nExperience developing in Unreal engine.\n\nExperience with multiplatform development including console.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDon’t meet every single requirement? \n\nStudies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply at jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  At Unknown Worlds we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.  You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.\n\n\n\nReasonable Accommodation\n\nKRAFTON Americas is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the Company will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply for an open position, perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the HR Talent team at KRAFTON Americas, to begin the interactive process.\n\nEEOC statement\n\nKRAFTON Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.\n\nDue to recent scams, our recruiters will only reach out to you via @sds.com, @krafton.com, @unknownworlds.com or @pubg.com. If you received an email and are unsure you can always email [email protected].  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, HR and Designer jobs that are similar:\n\n $40,000 — $70,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

WE ARE GAME MAKERS\n\n \n\nWho we are:\n\nWe are a diverse team of developers driven by a passion for our art, united by our core values and inspired by a culture of inclusivity to build amazing games that thrill players everywhere. We pursue growth and innovation in an environment of safety and trust. Our culture is built on the belief that the more varied voices in our collective will strengthen our team and our games.  We are looking for our next teammate who will raise our bar and make us better.\n\nWhat we need:\n\nAs a Senior Concept Artist at 31st Union, you'll have a significant role in shaping the visual direction for the project.  You are a strong and seasoned designer with excellent conceptual art skills and sensibilities.  You will be collaborating directly with the character development team and key stakeholders and visual designers to set the look and feel for our project.  You will work proactively with others in all visual art disciplines to help provide visual solutions that supports gameplay, narrative, and art direction needs.  We love games that play well and look great; together we will set the stage for a rich and stunning world filled with diverse characters and environments.\n\nResponsibilities:\n\n\n* Collaborate closely with character development team and key stakeholders to conceptualize, design, iterate on a range of assets to bring our characters to life\n\n* Conceptualize stylized designs to best represent game design intent that supports the overall vision for the project.  Ability to draw to style and in multiple views with a heavy emphasis on character development.  Other responsibilities may include weapons, props, vehicles, storyboards, and environment art.\n\n* Develop character designs with artistic sensibilities that also balances game design, narrative, and technical boundaries.  \n\n* Prioritize, plan, organize, and execute on conceptual art output, working with development partners, game designer(s), and other visual art departments to best deliver and execute to the project's creative vision\n\n* Concept, iterate, and produce visual assets for all stages of development from pre-viz sketches and paintings to polished marketing materials\n\n* Work with the art department to establish and craft clear style guides that speaks to the art direction and provide clear instructional guides for the art team to use as resources\n\n* Identify and implement best practices, workflows and pipelines that pushes the quality bar for character focused conceptual designs\n\n* Mentor and help fellow artists grow artistically and professionally\n\n* Improve on personal and professional knowledge\n\n\n\n\nRequired Qualifications:\n\n\n* Expert knowledge on character costume designs and character development\n\n* Ability to showcase polished stylized character illustrations and clearly demonstrate strong drawing and painting abilities that translates well into 3D models\n\n* High knowledge of human anatomy and ability to create character designs in different styles\n\n* Extensive character design focused portfolio with awesome inspirational and informative drawings and paintings\n\n* Online portfolio is a must. Portfolios should show stylization range with awesome inspirational character designs. Please include development sketches in additional to more refined, polished, and fully realized character designs\n\n\n\n\nWho You Are:\n\n\n* Strong stylized character designer who can demonstrates great artistic sensibilities to create artwork to inspire and to inform the direction for our project\n\n* Ability to take direction and engage in constructive brainstorming with the team\n\n* Strong traditional art experience with the ability to create assets from sketches to more polished marketing pieces\n\n* Ability to work in and explore concepts in 2D and 3D\n\n* Excellent eye for anatomy, color, composition, and overall design skills\n\n* Awareness of current trends in visual communication and how best to adapt those trends into an interactive game experience\n\n* Ability to work with industry standard 2D graphics applications (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects etc.)\n\n* Plus, if you have experience working in game engines (e.g. UNREAL, Unity, and other propriety or commercial engines), design tool-sets and production pipelines\n\n* Ability to leverage 3D applications (e.g. Maya, 3DS Max etc.).\n\n* Perforce and Jira experience\n\n* Passion for games!\n\n\n\n\nThe pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between _____ and _____ per year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an 'at-will position' and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.\n\nSECURITY NOTICE -  We have recently been made aware of increasing occurrences of bad actors posing as company HR personnel to gain information from "potential candidates", in the form of job interviews and offers. These scams can be quite sophisticated and appear legitimate.\n\nPlease know that 31st Union and 2K never uses instant messaging apps to contact prospective employees or to conduct interviews.\n\nIf you believe you have been a victim of such a scam, you may fill out a complaint form at https://complaint.ic3.gov/ and https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ detailing as much as possible. We are taking these matters very seriously and apologize for any inconvenience.\n\n \n\n Join our mission: Bring fun, inspiration and awe to our lives and to our community:\n\nhttps://thirtyfirstunion.com/values\n\n \n\n31st Union prides itself on the diversity of its team members, partners, and communities.  For this reason, we remain committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship, from recruitment and hiring through compensation, benefits, discipline and termination.  This means that employment at 31st Union depends on your substantive ability, objective qualifications and work ethic – not on your age, race (including traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), height, weight, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), alienage or citizenship status, transgender, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability (actual or perceived), medical condition, AIDS/HIV, denial of family and medical care leave, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy status, childbirth, breastfeeding (or related medical conditions), marital status or registered domestic partner status, political activity or affiliation, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, arrest record, or taking or requesting statutorily protected leaves, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws.\n\nAs an equal opportunity employer, we are also committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the job application and/or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Please contact us if you need to request a reasonable accommodation.\n\n#LI-Onsite\n#LI-Hybrid\n\n\n\n\n#LI-Remote \n#LI-Onsite \n#LI-Hybrid\n\n \nJoin our mission: Bring fun, inspiration and awe to our lives and to our community:\nhttps://thirtyfirstunion.com/values\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Designer, Senior and Marketing jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $105,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nSan Marcos, California, United States

\nTeam Description: \nKitware's Medical Computing team solves complex healthcare challenges through customized software solutions. The team provides research, development, and technology integration services to research centers, universities, and companies in the medical and biomedical sectors. By joining our team, you will participate in a dynamic multidisciplinary work environment with exceptionally talented computer scientists, software engineers, mechanical engineers, and biomedical engineers. \n\n\nAbout the Projects: \nWe build powerful software solutions using our well-established open source platforms, including VTK, ITK, 3D Slicer, Pulse, iMSTK, CMake, and ParaView. These platforms are mature, supported, documented, and thoroughly tested software systems that are in use by tens of thousands of developers and end-users worldwide. Our commercial projects involve generating solutions for medical device companies from ultrasound and preclinical imaging companies, to surgery device companies. Our research projects involve collaborations with top research institutions, including Harvard Medical School, MIT, Cleveland Clinic, Duke University, and others, and build on our open source platforms.\n\n\n\nIn This Position You Will:\n* Design, develop, and improve medical data analysis and visualization research software applications in a wide range of computing. environments, including but not limited to Windows, Unix, macOS, mobile, and web environments.\n* Design GUI layout and interactive widgets.\n* Collaborate with commercial customers in application testing and verifications.\n* Generate documentation required for user support and regulatory applications.\n\n\n\nRequired Qualifications: \n* Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related field with emphasis on user application development.\n* Outstanding skills in C++, Python, Objective-C, Swift, and/or Kotlin.\n* The ability and passion to rapidly pick up other languages and technologies.\n* A passion for software development, customer interaction, and user experience.\n* Strong communication skills.\n* Strong knowledge of GUI development using a modern UI layout system, such as Qt /QML, Xcode/UIKit, WinForms, WPF, or other markup-based technologies.\n* Strong creative skills in GUI design, human-computer interaction, look and feel strategies, and user experience improvement.\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications: \n* Knowledge of Medical Imaging and DICOM.\n* Working experience with client/server architectures, distributed systems, and/or other common communication protocols.\n* Familiarity with medical software development processes such as IEC 62304 and software quality assurance processes and standards such as ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.\n* Working experience in an FDA-regulated environment.\n* Experience with our open-source toolkits and applications for medical image analysis and visualizations such as ITK, VTK, and 3D Slicer.\n* Experience or strong interest in 3D rendering APIs (OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal, etc.).\n\n\n\n\n\nCompany Description: \nKitware is a research and development software solutions provider with a mission to advance science, make a positive impact, and share our results all within a collaborative, employee-focused work environment that is friendly, fair, and flexible. Our work is improving healthcare outcomes, increasing national security, and advancing our national computing infrastructure. Our customers and collaborators include top universities from around the world, government organizations, national research labs, medical device manufacturers, car manufacturers, financial institutions, and many others.   \n\n\nKitware is proud to be 100% employee-owned, and Great Place to Work-Certified™.   \n\n\nAdditional Information:\nOur team members enjoy a small company environment, flexibility in work assignments, and high levels of independence and responsibility. Besides a great work environment, our comprehensive benefits package includes a competitive compensation plan, tuition reimbursement program, flexible working hours, six weeks paid time off, 401(k), health insurance, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, bonus plan, and free coffee, drinks, and snacks.  Kitware actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, protected veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.  To be in compliance with the requirements for federal government contractors, all Kitware new hires must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their start date. Kitware will consider exceptions for religious and medical reasons, where appropriate. “Fully vaccinated” means you must have both doses of a 2-dose vaccine and two weeks have elapsed since the second dose, or have received 1 dose of a 1-dose vaccine and two weeks have elapsed since the dose. Proof of your vaccination status in the form of a copy of a CDC vaccine card, or notice of approval of a religious or medical exemption by Kitware human resources, must be submitted prior to your start date.\n\n\nAny unsolicited resume sent to Kitware, including to Kitware's mailing addresses, fax machines or email addresses, whether directly to Kitware employees or to Kitware's applicant tracking system, will be considered Kitware property.  Kitware will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, and will consider any candidate submitted by a recruitment agency without a fully executed contract with Kitware to have been referred free of any charges or fees.\n\n\nIf you need assistance with applying or interviewing for a role due to a disability or special need, please reach out directly to our HR team at [email protected] at any time during the hiring process.   \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to HR, Testing and Digital Nomad jobs that are similar:\n\n $65,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nCarrboro, North Carolina