Posted 3 months ago
Advanced Material Artist
@ Certain Affinity, Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Certain Affinity, Inc. is hiring an Advanced Material Artist for full-time work in Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario or Nova Scotia only). The role creates physically based materials, textures and shaders for game props, environments and characters, maintains material libraries, and mentors junior artists. Salary is stated as 100K-120K CAD.
Responsibilities:
- Create physically based materials and textures for props, environments and characters
- Assist with master materials and material pipelines in Unreal
- Collaborate with artists to build a consistent, immersive world
- Mentor junior artists on technique and process
Requirements summary:
- Portfolio of varied procedural and sculpted materials
- Shipped 2+ AAA titles as a material artist
- Very strong Substance Designer and Substance Painter skills
- Strong Unreal Engine 5 and Maya knowledge
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-19
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Design & creative |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Certain Affinity, Inc.
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Full company description
Certain Affinity (CA) was founded in 2006 with a goal of creating innovative, top-quality action games. It brings together an exceptionally experienced, unusually talented group to form one of the largest independent video game developers in North America. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a second, award-winning studio in Toronto, Canada. Certain Affinity is credited in over 40 titles across more than 17 world-class franchises, with 200+ full-time employees including veterans from dozens of successful game studios.
- LinkedIn followers
- 26,483
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 177
- Reported office locations
- 7620 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78752, US
- Toronto, CA
- Business categories
- Gaming
- PC Games
- Gamification
- Online Games
- Other recorded names
- Certain Affinity, Inc.
- Certain Affinity
- Specialties
- Entertainment and Video Games
- Co-Development
- and Lead Development
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 15,000,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Certain Affinity (CA) was founded in 2006 with a goal of creating innovative, top-quality action games. It brings together an exceptionally experienced, unusually talented group to form one of the largest independent video game developers in North America. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a second, award-winning studio in Toronto, Canada. Certain Affinity is credited in over 40 titles across more…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer Games |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Austin, TX |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2006 |
| Specialties | Entertainment and Video GamesCo-Developmentand Lead Development |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 2 |
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Advanced Material Artist
Would you like to work on some of the greatest franchises in gaming history? What about working on our new original IP? Certain Affinity is a game development studio in Texas, based out of Austin, and we have a growing presence in Toronto, Canada. Our culture reflects the values and the vibrant nature of the cities we call home. This includes a commitment to evolution, diversity, excellence, and work-life balance. We are also excited to be the latest recipient of the Canadian Studio of the Year award. We're best known for co-developing numerous AAA FPS games, though now we are creating compelling new games of our own. We're always on the lookout for amazing talent to join our team.
As a Advanced Material Artist at Certain Affinity, you will work with a small team of Material Artists to create highly detailed materials assets, including textures, masks, and setting up shaders and maintaining material libraries for the game environments and other world assets.
This position is open to candidates in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia Canada only.
Responsibilities
- Create physically based Materials/Textures for use on props, environments, and characters with little oversight.
- Assist in master material creation in Unreal and maintaining material pipelines.
- Collaborate with other artists to build and integrate assets into a visually consistent and highly immersive world.
- Match established art styles while helping improve visual direction.
- Mentor more junior artists on technique and process
- Help streamline material creation workflows in Substance Designer
Requirements
- Portfolio demonstrating a wide variety of materials using both procedural and 3d sculpted techniques including tiled textures and 0-1 UV mapped assets. Assets must show strong attention to detail that focus on believability and overall composition.
- Shipped 2+ AAA title as a material artist.
- Solid technical understanding of PBR standards and surface/light interactions.
- Driven to learn new workflows, technologies, and techniques.
- Strong foundation knowledge in traditional arts.
- Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine 5.
- Very strong knowledge of Substance Designer and Substance Painter.
- Strong knowledge of Maya and/or another 3D modeling package.
- Good knowledge of Zbrush modeling.
- Solid understanding of color theory, and be able to create balanced and appealing color palettes.
- Must be punctual, diligent, articulate, and organized.
Salary Range: 100K-120K CAD
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