Lead Character Artist

Lead Character Artist

We are looking for a talented Lead Character Artist to lead a team of experienced character artists, and create high quality 3D characters for an unannounced project. It is a multiplayer, third-person game with a contemporary setting and realistic art style.

A successful candidate will be a skilled and motivated lead character artist with both managerial experience and creative vision, able to direct a team of talented artists capable of producing stunning and lifelike 3D characters for a multiplayer game.

Candidates local to Ontario, Canada are preferred, but this is not a requirement.

NOTE: For the foreseeable future, all positions at Tactic Studios will be performed remotely, working from home. We are flexible to accommodate the unique needs you may have to ensure a productive, healthy work environment under the present circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of character artists, assigning tasks, reviewing work, and providing clear, fair, and honest feedback to support the vision of the game.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to art staff, fostering a productive team capable of meeting deadlines and achieving artistic goals.
• Act as a leading member of the art team to develop a stunning and immersive visual experience.
• Create realistic high and low polygon 3D characters including facial features and accurately proportioned bodies.
• Create UVMaps, textures, and materials for characters following a PBR pipeline.
• Create clothing variations and accessories for characters.
• Build morph targets / blend shapes to support facial expressions.
• Modify and optimize characters based on artistic feedback, animation needs, or technical limitations.

Requirements

• Prior experience as a lead character artist on a successful modern 3D game.
• Experience hiring, interviewing, forming and managing a highly functional art team.
• Expertise sculpting in Zbrush.
• Expertise modeling high and low polygon 3D models using 3DS Max or Maya.
• Expertise creating textures using a physically based materials system such as Substance painter and designer.
• Ability to create realistic hair models and textures that are optimized for video games.
• Experience modeling clothing using tools such as Marvelous Designer.
• Understand technical performance and memory considerations and are committed to creating efficient meshes and textures.
• Motivated self-starter with exceptional creativity and strong communication skills.
• Passionate about developing high quality video games.

Bonus Skills

• Experience with a modern 3D game engine such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Ability to create 2D illustrations and concepts for characters.
• Experience with 3D animation and rigging.

How to Apply
You will need to provide:

• Portfolio demonstrating high-poly and low-poly characters and textures that you have created. (required)
• Resume detailing your experience. (required)
• Cover letter. (preferred)
• References. (preferred)

Send the aforementioned items either by link or as an attachment to jobs@tacticstudios.com, subject "Lead Character Artist".