Environment Artist Apprentice (Contract)

We're ArenaNet—we've created a studio that makes online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. We're not the only ones who share this passion; gamers made Guild Wars 2 the fastest selling MMO game in the West with more than 3 million copies sold in its first 9 months, and players and press have consistently called it one of the best MMOs of all time. At ArenaNet, we're serious about games. We created the ArenaNet Apprentice Program to help develop young artists, providing them with the skills they need to be successful in the game industry. We're looking to cultivate artists who have the talent, but lack one thing: work experience. It's our experience that artists learn more in the first few months of a game industry job than in their entire time at art school. We've created an immersive work-based educational program where apprentice artists work alongside professionals to develop real skills that are relevant and sought after in the game and entertainment industry. This isn't a standard studio internship, where you'll be expected to make copies or perform menial tasks for studio artists. You can't develop your skills if you're doing "grunt work" for a year, so expect to be challenged artistically and provided with opportunities to contribute to the success of the studio in a substantive way.

We're ArenaNet—we've created a studio that makes online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. We're not the only ones who share this passion; gamers made Guild Wars 2 the fastest selling MMO game in the West with more than 3 million copies sold in its first 9 months, and players and press have consistently called it one of the best MMOs of all time.