About the Role
The role involves owning the creative, technical, and production aspects of environment development, translating art direction into buildable world rules, and working across teams to support narrative, combat, and cinematic goals through effective level construction and modular design.
Responsibilities
- Work hand-in-hand with level design, modeling, narrative, concept, combat, and cinematic departments to align artistic and functional goals.
- Build immersive, functional, and visually compelling environments from the ground up.
- Collect reference materials and concept art to define and communicate repeatable architectural and world-building guidelines based on art direction.
- Refine level layouts using blockouts to support combat mechanics, level flow, composition, and logical world structure.
- Design and assemble modular asset kits and set collections that enable efficient creation of rich, dramatic spaces.
- Take end-to-end ownership of assigned environments, including creative direction, technical execution, and adherence to production timelines and technical standards.
- Lead look development efforts by crafting benchmark environments and layouts to guide team-wide artistic consistency and process improvement.
- Maintain clear communication with team members, producers, and leadership to ensure alignment with project goals and deadlines.
- Partner with leads to establish and document world-building workflows, modeling standards, and quality benchmarks for environment art.
- Give, receive, and implement feedback constructively, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team culture.
Benefits
- Eligibility for participation in the 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage.
- Fourteen paid holidays annually.
- Paid vacation time ranging from 15 to 25 days per year, or access to a discretionary time off program.
- Up to ten paid sick days each calendar year.
- Paid leave for parental and compassionate care situations.
- Access to mental health and wellness support through company wellbeing initiatives.
- Support for family planning via the Maven platform.
- Commuter benefits to assist with transportation costs.
- Reimbursement for fitness-related expenses.
Compensation
Eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.
Work Arrangement
Not specified
Team
Collaborative environment across design, art, engineering, animation, and audio teams.
What We’ll Do Together
We uphold high creative and technical standards, embracing innovation and collaboration across disciplines. By working closely with design, art, engineering, animation, and audio, we aim to overcome challenges, stay ahead of industry trends, and deliver a world-class AAA experience.
Who We Are
We are dedicated to creating emotionally resonant, immersive BioShock games that leave a lasting impact. Our culture values openness, learning through experimentation, personal accountability, continuous improvement, and delivering exceptional experiences to players.
Other
- For candidates located in Quebec: Proficiency in French is required.
- For candidates located in Quebec: Proficiency in English is required to effectively collaborate with teams based in the United States.
- As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform their essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.
- 2K Games and its studios never use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews. When emailing prospective employees, we only use 2K.com accounts.
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