Senior 3D Character Artist

What kind of professional are we looking for?

We’re seeking a talented Senior 3D Artist to join our team. The main focus of this position is creation of fully developed characters and participation in improvement of real-time tech and pipelines. You will be working closely with Character Art, Animation, Design, and Programming teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creation of high poly models of characters, monsters — clothes, body parts, and accessories.

• Texturing under a PBR pipeline.

• Importing models to our engine and supporting other teams in the process.

• Participating in concept stages, proposing, and developing design ideas.

• Support of the entire character creation process to game release.

• Helping and mentoring more junior colleagues.

• Planning and distribution tasks for milestones.

• Interviewing candidates for Character Artist position.

• Help in character creation workflow building and description.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years in AAA game development as a Character Artist.

• Sculpting, modeling, texturing.

• Extensive knowledge of Maya/Max/Modo, Substance Painter, Marmoset baker.

• Strong knowledge of PBR principles.

• Good skills in Zbrush and Photoshop.

• Deep understanding of animations’ requirements for low poly models creation.

• Basic knowledge of any game engine, preferably Unreal.

• In-depth knowledge of a character production pipeline.

• Able to work creatively as part of a large or small group.

• Upper-Intermediate English.

• Experience with Version Control Systems (SVN/Perforce) and bug trackers (Jira or similar).

Preferences

• Experience in animation.

• Knowledge of real-time hair creation pipelines and skills in 3D grooming.

• Experience in creating materials in Substance Designer.

• Experience in preparing scanned models for further steps of character creation.

• Scripting skills (in Max/Maya or external scripting tools).

• Superior eye for light, shade, color, and detail in creating texture maps.

• Experience in modular systems for characters.

• Knowledge about face creation techniques.

• Fluency in English

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