Senior 3D Artist

Merri is looking for a Senior 3D Artist who is passionate about the future of the gaming industry. Your experience with environment art, architectural visualization, interior décor, terrain, and / or landscaping will help drive Merri's interactive event planning product to the next level.

We are looking for someone with experience at a gaming or architectural studio with a robust art pipeline and quality control standards. Your 3D modeling and texturing skills will shape the look, feel, and experience users will have on our platform. Your ability to convert reference images and architectural drawings/floor plans into a full-scale model of an interior or exterior space will be critical to the delivery of high-quality content.

**Day-to-Day Responsibilities**:

- As an individual contributor, you will:

- Recreate and design detailed, full-scale, 3D venue assets using reference materials
- Create optimized and high-fidelity textures and materials for each mesh
- Contribute towards the look and feel of the entire Merri platform by creating, updating, and enhancing interactive game assets
- Overdeliver on project timelines and deliverables with mínimal feedback
- Work towards creating a world-class art pipeline with improvements and suggestions
- Work with, and mentor, Junior Artists to improve their processes and techniques
- Collaborate with Project and Account Managers, and Engineers, to diagnose and resolve issues
- Bachelor’s degree in visual arts or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience as a 3D artist within the game or architectural design industry
- Experience working with mainstream 3D software packages and game engines such as Unity or Unreal
- Experience with PBR workflows, and texture map creation
- Proficient in both hard surface and organic modeling techniques
- Ability to work cross functionally in a fast-moving startup
- Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems independently
- Ability to estimate project timelines and meet deadlines
**Would be a Plus**:

- Experience working at a AA or AAA game studio
- Experience with Abode Creative Suite
- Experience developing assets for mobile platforms
- Experience developing custom tools or executables
- Experience working with and creating custom shaders
- Scripting experience in Python, MaxScript, Perl, C#, etc.
**What We Offer**:

- Competitive salary and health insurance, including dental & vision
- Stock options package
- Flexible work schedule with hybrid in-office and remote schedule
- Unlimited vacation
**About Us**:
Merri is revolutionizing how events are designed, planned, and booked in the digital age. We are streamlining the historically non-digital live events industry through a first-of-its-kind interactive 3D platform. Our integrated workflows and collaboration tools bring venues, vendors, and event hosts onto a single platform, creating the only centralized platform for information, processes, and tools across the entire events ecosystem.

We believe that planning an event shouldn't take away from the joy of whatever it is you're celebrating. Whether a wedding, non-profit gala, annual meeting, or a brand activation, Merri streamlines all of the decision making that goes into planning a flawless event — from the venue, to the menu.

We're a fast-growing, venture-backed startup, looking to hire into critical roles over the next few months to expand our incredible team

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $1,640,000.00 - $2,180,000.00 per year

**Experience**:

- 3ds Max or similar: 3 years (preferred)
- Adobe Photoshop: 2 years (preferred)
- Substance 3D Designer/Painter: 1 year (preferred)
- Unity: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)