Senior 3D Character Artist

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

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. 

• 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.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• 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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