EA SPORTS — Character Artist, UFC — Vancouver, Canada

EA SPORTS; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

EA Sports in Vancouver is seeking a photorealistic character artist for temporary assignment. You will build likenesses, bodies, hair, garments and accessories from scans and references, and integrate assets with animation and rigging teams.

Requirements include at least one year of professional character-creation experience, strong anatomy and material skills using Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop and Substance Painter, plus a portfolio showing realistic characters and final game assets.

Qualifications

• At least one year of professional character-creation experience in games or a related field.
• Strong anatomy, sculpting and material skills using Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop and Substance Painter.
• Game-engine experience and a portfolio showing realistic characters, final game assets and texture/material breakdowns.

Responsibilities

• Build character likenesses, bodies, hair, garments and accessories from scans and references.
• Develop topology, UVs, baked detail and realistic PBR materials.
• Integrate and polish assets with animation, rigging and technical-art teams.

Skills

Character anatomy

Sculpting

Material skills

Tools

Maya

ZBrush

Photoshop

Substance Painter

Job description

Create photorealistic characters and customisation assets for EA SPORTS UFC.

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Work model: hybrid. Employment: temporary employee; duration not stated. Role ID: 216159.

What you will do

• Build character likenesses, bodies, hair, garments and accessories from scans and references.
• Develop topology, UVs, baked detail and realistic PBR materials.
• Integrate and polish assets with animation, rigging and technical-art teams.

What the studio is looking for

• At least one year of professional character-creation experience in games or a related field.
• Strong anatomy, sculpting and material skills using Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop and Substance Painter.
• Game-engine experience and a portfolio showing realistic characters, final game assets and texture/material breakdowns.