We are currently seeking a senior character artist to work on a new AAA character based IP.

Qualifications

• Create high quality AAA characters capable of the full range of human expression and dialog.

• Understand asset limitations, project milestones, risks and work accordingly.

• Produce models according to the Art Director’s vision.

• Strong technical skills that can be leveraged to help your team create cutting-edge characters.

• Create efficient and rig friendly, efficient polygonal models for game integration.

• Pride in your ability to effectively listen to and communicate with every member of your team in a way that inspires a confident and respectful workplace.

• Work with the technical teams to improve the production processes, tools and pipelines.

Requirements

• At least 5 years’ working experience in game development modeling and texturing characters.

• Portfolio showing the latest work is required for this position.

• Experienced with AAA game production.

• Experienced with blendshape creation.

• Experience in utilizing scan data in the character pipeline.

• Experience with the Unreal 5 Engine

• Very good sense of human and animal anatomy and proportions.

• Highly proficient in Maya, ZBrush (or equivalent software) and Photoshop.

• Strong knowledge of Marvelous Designer and Substance Painter.

• A critical thinker, easy to think of and adapt to new techniques in modeling and texturing.

• Solid knowledge in hi-poly modeling and digital sculpting.

• Strong knowledge of low poly modeling techniques and topology for animation.

• Very good texturing skills, mapping and normal map extraction techniques; Understanding of PBR materials.

• Ability to understand technical constraints and to integrate them when modeling.

• Good sense of form, shape, silhouette in regards to objects.

• Passion for games and strong game culture.

• Ability and desire to work in creative and collaborative teams.

• Ability to manage their own time and work within deadlines.

$60,000 — $110,000/year