Lead Character Artist

As a Lead Character Artist, you will report to the Art or Creative Director and you will be responsible for managing and coordinating art-related project plans whilst mentoring teams of artists to help them grow from good to great.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the Creative Director, Producer, and/or Art Director to establish and maintain the visual look of a project.
• Develop integrated project plans, implementation schedules and overseeing the assigning and tracking of art assets.
• Communicate regularly with Creative Director, Producer, and/or Art Director regarding project milestones and initiatives in making sure to obtain executive guidance and approval when needed.
• Creating briefs and documents for asset creation and training.
• Prepare and plan for content submission packages for client ensuring that content is present, organized and quality checked so that they are ready to review all of this on time.
• Interact with Artist on Client/Partner side to ensure expectations are met and understood
• Diagnose and understand Client/Partner technology and processes and train artists in using it if required.
• Identify and recommend areas of growth for each artist to the Art Director.
• Participate in defining tools and art production pipelines whilst understand the advantages and limitations of technology and thus develop strategies to maximize performance.
• Assist in HR related processes such as monitoring staff well-being and identifying potential risks.

Requirements

• Full proficiency in software packages and tools of the games industry listed below

1. 3ds Max/Maya
2. Substance Painter
3. Zbrush
4. Photoshop
5. PBR workflow

• Surface knowledge on the following software and tools

1. Blender
2. Intermediate to high proficiency in the following tools:
3. Unreal Engine Character Setup
4. Unreal Engine Rendering (Lighting, Rendering)

• Highly proficient in at least one of the following disciplines and intermediate in the rest.

1. Human Anatomy
2. Creature Anatomy
3. Hard Surface Modeling
4. Cloth Sculpting or Simulation

• Passion for game development.
• Proficiency in Game Engine technologies such as Unreal with asset integration.
• Experience with the game art asset pipeline, i.e. highpoly and efficient game ready lowpoly modelling, texturing and baking.
• Exceptional knowledge of technical game art theory (game design, texel density, polycount, optimization, etc.) and traditional art theory (function, form, shape, proportions, color, etc.)
• Keen eye for light, shade, color and detail in creating texture maps of different material types.
  

Beneficial skills

• Experience in scripting languages are a plus.
• Ability to guide and train Juniors
• Experience using Substance Designer
• Skill in one or more related disciplines—concepting, animation, visual effects, or technical art

Benefits

• Flexible Hours
• Paid Time Off
• Health Insurance
• Career Development
• Relocation Assistance
• Games Night!