3D MODELER / ENVIRONMENT ARTIST

The ideal candidate is able to create the whole artistic part of a game level, models terrain geometry, level objects and props at the top quality required by the next-gen consoles market (Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, XBOX 360). He creates textures, sets up lighting, optimizes the geometry of the level, uses in-house tools to export and check the level in-game.

Requirements:
- Extensive knowledge of 3D Studio Max, Maya or XSI (basic knowledge of 3D Studio Max is a must)
- Highly proficient in modelling 3D environments and objects, using both hi-poly and low-poly techniques
- Good knowledge about lightning techniques (vertex colour and lightmap are a must)
- Able to animate basic objects in a 3D environment (trees, moving objects etc.)
- Able to work respecting strict technical and artistical limitations and instructions
- Good artistic sensibilities
- The ability to produce textures of high artistic quality is an important plus
- General knowledge about 3D rendering engines and adjacent technologies (shaders etc.) is an important plus
- Experience in creating games and knowledge about the gaming art and history are very appreciated.

Benefits
The opportunity to work and learn in a professional environment, with people who have a passion for making great games.
We offer a supportive working climate, a young and dynamic team with a free communication style and also the possibility to make outstanding performances fair rewarded.
Motivating salary and a merit pay system.
Lunch tickets.
Medical insurance package, in partnership with Centrul Medical Unirea.
A modern office building including:
- gym facilities, free for employees; massage is an option!
- relaxation area, with pool tables, ping pong tables, air hockey, darts, foosball.
Relocation.
For candidates willing to move to Bucharest or Cluj, we’re offering a relocation package including a relocation bonus and free accommodation for the first months.

Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video games for mobile phones and consoles. Established in 1999, it has emerged as one of the top innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile handsets equipped with Java, Brew or Symbian technology. The total number of games-enabled handsets is anticipated to exceed four billion units by 2012. Gameloft games are also available to players on WiiWare and DS, Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Arcade, Apple’s iPod, iTouch and iPhones, and PCs.

Partnership agreements with leading licensors and sports personalities such as Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, ABC, Dreamworks Animations SKG, Endemol, 20th Century Fox, Viacom, Sony Pictures, Touchtone Television, Warner Bros., FifPro, Ferrari, Paris Hilton, Gus Hansen, Kobe Bryant, Derek Jeter, Reggie Bush, Chuck Norris, Jonny Wilkinson or Robinho allow Gameloft to form strong relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships, Gameloft owns and operates titles such as Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt: Urban GT and New York Nights.

Through agreements with major telephone wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, specialized distributors and its online shop, Gameloft has a distribution network in over 80 plus countries.

Gameloft has worldwide offices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Montreal, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Paris, London, Cologne, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Vienna, Bucharest, New Delhi, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Taipei, Malaysia, Jakarta, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. Gameloft is listed on Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA)

For more information, visit www.gameloft.com