Senior Technical Character Artist - Treyarch

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate a balance of technical skills and excellen t art sense while keeping efficient games in mind.

Your Mission:

• Evaluat e , expand , and maintai n asset creation pip e line s and processes.
• Present and carry through new innovative ideas for raising the vi sual bar and improving t echnology.
• Automation.
• Interface with engineers and artists to drive collaboration, support, and communication.
• Develop advanced deformation systems for clothes and muscles to achieve realistic results during real-time gameplay.
• Work with existing and build new real - time physics systems for cloth , hair, soft and rigid objects .
• Develop procedural systems for deformation and mechanical machines.
• Interact with outsourcing teams during skinning and deformation reviews, guide on improving visual quality.
• Work with animators on d evelop ing animation control rigs tools and animation pipeline tools .
• Mentor, educate, and share your subject matter expertise with the team to instill best practices and further grow our rockstar team.

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in video games and/or at least two shipped titles.
• Ability to assess the content scope and ensure successful delivery of content on tight deadlines.
• Strong communication, presentation, and follow-up skills .
• Outstanding problem-solving skills regarding creative, technical, and production issues, while keeping a professional, calm, and composed demeanor.
• Experience developing and improving tools and scripts with Python APIs in various art creation software.
• Experience using Qt, PySide , and/or PyQt .
• Experience working in various game engines and run time packages.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of facial and figure anatomy, as well as hard surface mechanical shapes.

Bonus Points:

• Passion for playing and making video games.
• Self-starter and proactive .
• Ability to fix or modify modeling issues, including LOD’s and UV’s.
• Understanding version control and project management tools .
• C++ / Maya API experience.