Intern - Technical Artist

Job Description

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE UNLESS YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
• You are studying in the penultimate year of an undergraduate degree
• Available to commence a full-time, 1-year placement in summer 2022
• Available and eligible to work in Guildford, UK, without the need for visa or relocation support

To apply: Submit an up-to-date CV along with a cover letter which explains why you want to complete your internship with Electronic Arts and what interests you in this specific placement.

We're Criterion, and we love making games!

For more than fifteen years we've entertained millions of players around the world with our award-winning games. Our accomplished people have expressed their passion for world-class game feel, AAA audiovisual quality and technical innovation in the Burnout & Need for Speed series and and more recently in Battlefield 1, Star Wars X-Wing VR, Starfighter Assault and Arcade for Star Wars Battlefront II and Firestorm for Battlefield V.

We believe that healthy, engaged teams make great games, so we place enormous value on collaboration, fresh ideas, and unique perspectives. We'd love to hear yours! Crunch doesn't help make a better game. We don't do it. For the past three years we are very proud to have been recognised by gamesindustry.biz as one of the best places to work in the UK. Let's talk about how you could be a part of it.

We are looking for an accomplished and motivated Technical Art Intern who will help us on this journey, while learning about the field of games technical art hands-on.

What a Technical Artist does at Criterion
• Game Technical Art encompasses many areas, and TAs who join the team will have the chance to develop their all-round creative & technical skills. We need to create beautiful shaders; write tools for artists; create procedural workflows; build UI systems and create 3D asset pipelines from DCC to Engine for all art crafts. Our Technical Artists work across the team to make a positive difference to both the game and to the daily work of their colleagues.
• We are looking for someone versatile and motivated to learn and improve artist workflows to help artists to achieve even better results. Having a passion for both the technical and visual aspects of games will allow you to see where you can make a difference.
• Working with our TAs, Artists and Engineers you will work in the team on all projects. There is always an opportunity to make your mark on the game, and the work you do will get in the hands of millions of players.

Skills and Qualifications
• Currently studying towards a relevant Games, 3D Art/Computer Graphics or Computer Science Degree.
• Experience in one or more areas of real-time 3D art (Environment, Vehicle, Lighting, VFX, Character, Animation, Cinematics, etc.)
• Experience with tools e.g. Maya, Motionbuilder, Houdini, Substance, Photoshop, Unreal Engine, Unity, etc.
• Experience with common scripting/coding languages e.g. Python, VEX, C#/C++
• Passionate about games and game art.
• You must provide examples of your work to be considered (Be sure to highlight your contributions to any group projects)

Please note: If you have a passion to work for Criterion Games please apply, even if this specification does not describe you. Unfortunately, job specifications are a little more box-like than we would like. We do not like putting people into boxes. We would love to hear about who you are because, even if it is not technical art, we may find something here that is right for you and therefore right for us too.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r07e2j-18-117-152-251-42 in your application.