3D Environment Artist

We're looking for a talented 3D Environment Artist to join our new games Stockholm studio, working on new exciting projects!
Your role within our Kingdom
As Environment Artist you will build amazing worlds that our players become immersed within.
You will be working closely with level designers to prototype fun and exciting arenas to play in as well as making them beautifully well built, textured, surfaced and lit.
You'll need solid experience of art pipelines as you will be responsible for delivering complex scenes from content creation through to target hardware. You will also need a strong understanding of architectural and structural design, surfacing, lighting, structural composition and an appreciation of game level design.
Skills to create thrills
You are creative, highly passionate about games and enjoy working in a flexible and fluid environment where the job will evolve over time. You have a strong eye for colour and composition and are always curious to develop your skills and continue learning. Also:
You are comfortable with stylized environment art and following an existing style guide.
You know how to create polished and distinct gameplay and environment assets with a great eye for composition, colour and lighting.
You have extensive experience of Maya, Z-brush or similar and the Adobe CS package. Unity knowledge is highly beneficial.
You work proficiently in both high-poly and low-poly modelling, sculpting and retopology.
You produce great stylized surfaces with high control of rendering/shading and effective UV mapping. Substance Painter knowledge is highly beneficial.
Great communication skills and strong ability to stay on plan. Beneficial if you are also an inspiring mentor to other artists.
You can make excellent creative and visual decisions that work at both an ‘asset’ and ‘whole game level’ scale.
A portfolio demonstrating all aspects of your skill is required.

Bonus points
Knowledge of technical constraints, optimization and implementation
Skills in animation and special effects
Experience from creating concept art
Skills in creating high quality 2D artwork
Experience working in an agile project environment
Previous experience in creating mobile games

A great saga needs diverse heroes
Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We craft games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all kinds of people from all types of backgrounds to bring them to life. We believe we simply can’t expect diversity in our players and new ideas in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sort of heroes, wouldn’t you agree? That’s why we provide equal opportunities and hire all sorts of talent.
King in Stockholm
The location of our first studio and the birthplace of Candy Crush Saga, Stockholm - with all its urban delights and open spaces - holds a special place in our hearts. Built over 14 islands, it’s one of the world’s most unique and beautiful capital cities. With King based right in the centre, it’ll yours to enjoy and explore.
Officially, we are a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world. Unofficially, we’re a serious business that takes pride in having fun. Every single day at King, we mix intuition with logic, art with science and magic with mathematics to craft the games the world loves to play. Together with our parent company, Activision Blizzard, our mission is to bring moments of magic to everyday life. Do you think this is something you can help us achieve? Then we’d love to talk with you.
Apply now!
Want to join our Kingdom?
You can find more information on our culture, values and benefits, including relocation packages at jobs.king.com. And we will be happy to tell you more about the role and about us.
You should submit your application in English.