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Evil Empire is a studio formed in early 2019 by a few ex-Motion Twin people with the intention of creating more Dead Cells and using that as a stepping stone towards making our own games. We work in the same open space as Motion Twin and regularly beat them in Nerf wars and Smash.
The name of our studio is a dig at some of the shadier aspects of the game industry and, if you have a sense of humour, a signal that we're all about being the exact opposite (also, some people didn't like the "Cat Nap Studio" suggestion...in spite of it clearly being the better choice).
As we start work on incredimazing new projects, alongside continued support for Dead Cells, we need to ensure that we're working with the latest technology and bringing in a talented and experienced team capable of leading ambitious projects.
While we're currently growing rapidly, we pay a lot of attention to ensuring that we maintain small autonomous teams (10-15 people max). This not only means we work on a more "human" scale, but also that everyone can really impact the game with their ideas and initiatives.

What We Do Differently

If you're working at Evil Empire you will NEVER crunch (it's nuts that this has to be said), you will have excellent health cover, five weeks paid leave (plus public holidays), subsidized meals, flexibility with work time, free fruit and other noms and of course as much coffee as you can drink.
We also do regular trips to some of the most legendary gaming events in the world, including excursions to National Parks and other such shenanigans (team building right ? ), so there's plenty of opportunities for motivated people to get out and see the world.
While we're an indie company, our financial stability allows us to offer the kind of work environment that we always wished we could have, so we're always scheming new ways to make our work lives enjoyable.

Comfortable Work Environment

We're always open to suggestions regarding new tech and hardware, learning resources like books, patreon subscriptions, or training and of course everyone gets to pick what goes in the junk food cupboard. So you should always have access to everything you need to be happy in the office.
In addition, Bordeaux is an awesome city as it's big enough to have plenty to do, but small enough that you can walk across it in half an hour. Beautiful 19th century architecture and more restaurants than you can poke a stick at make it a great place to live. You're also 45 minutes drive from the beach and 3 hours from the ski slopes. While access to a very well connected airport and a 2 hour high speed train ride to Paris mean you're never far away from anything.

Evil Empire is looking for a Senior Polyvalent Game Artist to work on one of our amazing new projects.

You would be joining the team and be in charge of creating new content for a game developed in Unity.

We're looking for someone who wants to help us with :

• Extending the art direction of the project in a creative way while respecting pre-existing rules. You'll be working on someone else's project, but we want you to build new stuff !
  
• Creating concepts and designs for environmental assets that will make this game unique. Characters a plus.
  
• Modelling, texturing and implementing all sorts of assets into Unity.
  
• Collaborating with all the team, aiming at an high level quality standard of work
  
• Sharing your experience and skills with the rest of the team
  
• Giving us feedback on the production pipeline and tools and suggesting improvements if necessary
  

The profile above is quite varied, and we hope you enjoy to be this swiss-army knife !

• The ideal profile has a minimum of 3-4 years of experience
  
• Strong art / painting skills are required (concept, texture painting...)
  
• You're an art powerhouse, you're proficient at most game art skills and enjoy all of it !
  
• Experience in modeling (Blender preferred)
  
• You've shipped a few games and are able to provide reference of people you worked for or with that we can check.
  
• You can work in a team among equals, give and receive feedback with positivity.
  
• You're passionate about video games.
  

Bonus points :

• World-building and lighting experience is a plus
  
• Being able to implement assets in-engine is a plus
  
• English (at least intermediate level)
  
• Previous work experience in either indie or AAA studios.
  
• Your jokes are less funny than those of the CEO
  

Resume, cover letter and portfolio are all mandatory (it doesn't have to be in English though). Artstation or other personal projects help us to know more about your skills. Thank You !

To: Sophie DOSIERE