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| Location: | London, ON |
| Date Posted: | May 18, 2023 |
Job Description
Do the characters you create have real depth (and height and width)?
Joydrop is seeking a Senior 3D Character Artist to bring life to our latest game IP. This is preferably a full-time position, though we would consider other options for the right talent. If you have several years of video game art experience, have been around the pipeline a couple times, and possess knowledge of the Unreal Engine, keep reading!
Job Responsibilities
- Infuse the game’s characters with life through modeling, texturing, and animating in 3D, while conforming to art direction, technical constraints, and production deadlines
- Work with or without concept art to create high-poly and low-poly models for environments, props, and characters.
- Use 3D sculpting software as needed for crafting models.
- Bake high-poly details onto low-poly models and bake additional texture maps where needed
- Unwrap models and create detailed textures that support PBR materials
- Work with the technical artist to provide the necessary materials for importing assets into the project
- Work with the art director to ensure that the assets work well with the game and adheres to the style
- Create models that are high-quality, free of errors, and well-optimized for use in the project
- Create sketches or speed-model concepts to communicate ideas with the art team
- Create and rig low-poly character models that deform properly and work well with animation
- Ensure the 3D characters are correctly implemented in game, meeting all quality standards
- Work closely with production and art teams to maintain the consistency of the overall 3D art style
- Produce work in any required style from high realism to heavily stylized
- Actively provide feedback, quality improvements, and optimizations
Required Skills and Experience
- 5+ years’ experience in interactive game or cinematic work
- Skilled with Unreal 4/5 or Unity
- Demonstrated ability with all software necessary to fulfill the above job responsibilities
- An above-average understanding of working within a game engine and pipeline
- Fully fluent in professional English, both verbal and written
Other Requirements
- Live in Ontario, Canada
- Up-to-date resume
- A link to your portfolio
Compensation & Employee Benefits
- Competitive compensation based on your experience
- Flexible work hours, health benefits, minimum 3 weeks’ vacation, and more
Work Where You Live
Now that the pandemic has changed the how and where we all work, Joydrop considers certain remote working options. We are giving more earnest consideration to applicants in or near London, Ontario and residents of Ontario.
About Mikutech / Joydrop
Mikutech tackles real world business problems using innovative and progressive technologies. It’s playful cousin, Joydrop, entertains people with sparklingly new video gaming experiences.
Founded in 2012 and based in London, Ontario, Mikutech possesses the creativity and passion to conceive and construct products that result in unmistakable impacts in medicine, education, and engineering. Mikutech, with know-how in everything from business apps to virtual reality, can make it happen. We also develop our own entertainment IPs and assist other video game companies under the label Joydrop.
Mikutech is comprised of a carefully vetted group of veteran developers, kept fresh by an ardent team of software and media youngsters. Collectively, we’ve been doing this ever since personal computers have been bleeping and blooping out ASCII characters on green and white monitors.
For further information about Joydrop and Mikutech, visit www.joydrop.co and www.mikutech.com
Send your applications to jobs@mikutech.com.