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Sr 3D Character Artist

About PeopleFun

PeopleFun is a rapidly growing studio where development teams thrive on collaboration, creativity, and fun! Our mission is to create the best games in the mobile market, and have a great time doing it.

We are actively working on games like Wordscapes, Blockscapes, and Wordscapes Search… but our deeply experienced team is expanding into new visually exciting games and franchises within the mid-core landscape. This means worlds, characters and amazing new technologies.

PeopleFun seeks a top-talent 3D Character Artist who has a deep passion for games, especially in mid-core mobile space, who is experienced in creating amazing high quality character models. This position requires someone with focused expertise building/texturing characters from start to finish. Results should look amazing but are cleverly optimized for a wide range of mobile devices. You will be an integral part of the pipeline, and should be able to independently design, execute, and make your artwork jump off the screens of our games. As a Sr Game Artist, you will likely be the character champion of a game, and will drive additional art resources by forging benchmark assets that represent the gold-standard for a new franchise.

Responsibilities

• Supports team in visual character design, working closely with programmers, designers, production, and everyone else on a tightly-knit game development team
• Build/Maintain high quality characters for our project
• Liaise and collaborate with the team, creating amazing characters
• Help develop and maintain the defined art visual style
• Understanding of how to create a character pipeline that can lean into customization or modularity.
• Drive quality and style standards for additional character development with outsource partners.

Requirements

• 5+ years prior professional experience as a 3D character artist developing games (Preferably Mobile Games)
• Ability to quickly create and texture 3D character models from 2D concepts that are ready to become fully rigged and animated for real-time use in the Unity engine.
• Build stylized character models that ‘come to life’ by capturing the spirit of the original art and pushing the design to even greater heights.
• Expertise building 3D character models with optimal topology for best animation deformation and engine performance.
• Excellent 2D skills that are foundational in creating stylized hand painted texture work.
• Highly collaborative. Experience working with other artists and can take the lead on strike teams, features, or art lead projects.
• Takes initiative and will help create and maintain a vision for a game, understanding that following through with memorable game experiences is a team effort
• A passionate, performance-driven self-starter
• Experienced in creating Style guides, Brand guidelines & other necessary documentation
• Be passionate, and love the games you are helping to create. Understand the market and the broad audience that we are reaching with PeopleFun games, and be able to create artwork that continues to grow and evolve in that space.
• Actively seeks out additional ways to learn and grow.
• Flexible, and adaptable to changing and evolving needs of a live product
• MUST have a portfolio with work samples that illustrate your expertise in your craft, and have shipped quality games in the mobile space.

Valuable Additional Skills

• Mastery and deep understanding of Unity for mobile game development
• Photoshop (or equivalent) painting mastery
• Interest in player behavior and player experience, with a solid understanding of how character assets in games drive collectibility
• Deep mobile market knowledge
• Ability to work with internal and external artists and outsource companies
• Ability to create 3d character artwork by taking all the way from start to finish (in engine)
• 3d skills in 3dmax/ Maya or similar 3d software

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Performance bonuses
• 401K with 3% employer matching
• Family friendly culture
• Flex PTO policy
• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• On-Site Gym and free Yoga classes
• $1,000 annual game device and IAP budget
• Free drinks & snacks, catered lunch on Fridays
• Happy hours, social events and more

PeopleFun is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.