Senior 3D Character Artist

4A Games Limited; Malta; On-site; BRL 315,000 - 429,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

4A Games Limited is seeking a Senior 3D Artist focused on character creation for AAA titles. You will craft high-poly characters, improve real-time pipelines, and collaborate with Art, Animation, Design and Programming teams to push visual quality.

You will drive texture work under a PBR pipeline, import assets into the engine, mentor juniors, and help shape the character production workflow from concept to release, with a strong emphasis on creativity and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in AAA game development as a Character Artist.
• Proficient sculpting, modeling and texturing.
• Strong knowledge of PBR pipelines.
• Experience with game engine integration (Unreal preferred).
• English at upper-intermediate level.

Responsibilities

• Create high poly models of characters and monsters including clothes and accessories.
• Texture under a PBR pipeline.
• Import models to our engine and support other teams.
• Contribute to concept stages and develop design ideas.
• Support the entire character creation process through to release.
• Mentor junior colleagues and plan milestones.
• Participate in interviews for Character Artist position.

Skills

AAA experience

Character art

Sculpting

Texturing

English (Upper-Intermediate)

Tools

Maya

3ds Max

Modo

Substance Painter

ZBrush

Photoshop

Unreal Engine

Marmoset Toolbag

Jira/SVN/Perforce

Job description

Responsibilities

We’re seeking a talented Senior 3D Artist to join our team. The main focus of this position is creation of fully developed characters and participation in improvement of real-time tech and pipelines. You will be working closely with Character Art, Animation, Design, and Programming teams.

• Creation of high poly models of characters, monsters – clothes, body parts, and accessories.
• Texturing under a PBR pipeline.
• Importing models to our engine and supporting other teams in the process.
• Participating in concept stages, proposing, and developing design ideas.
• Support of the entire character creation process to game release.
• Helping and mentoring more junior colleagues.
• Planning and distribution tasks for milestones.
• Interviewing candidates for Character Artist position.
• Help in character creation workflow building and description.

Requirements

• 5+ years in AAA game development as a Character Artist.
• Sculpting, modeling, texturing.
• Extensive knowledge of Maya/Max/Modo, Substance Painter, Marmoset baker.
• Strong knowledge of PBR principles.
• Good skills in Zbrush and Photoshop.
• Deep understanding of animations’ requirements for low poly models creation.
• Basic knowledge of any game engine, preferably Unreal.
• In-depth knowledge of a character production pipeline.
• Able to work creatively as part of a large or small group.
• Upper-Intermediate English.
• Experience with Version Control Systems (SVN/Perforce) and bug trackers (Jira or similar).

Preferences

• Experience in animation.
• Knowledge of real-time hair creation pipelines and skills in 3D grooming.
• Experience in creating materials in Substance Designer.
• Experience in preparing scanned models for further steps of character creation.
• Scripting skills (in Max/Maya or external scripting tools).
• Superior eye for light, shade, color, and detail in creating texture maps.
• Experience in modular systems for characters.
• Knowledge about face creation techniques.
• Fluency in English

Comprehensive Benefits Package Available