Lead Asset Artist

TN France; Paris; À distance; EUR 50 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

An established industry player seeks a talented Asset Lead to oversee the creation of high-quality CG assets for Game Cinematic and Commercial projects. This exciting role involves hands-on modeling, texturing, and supervising a dynamic team of artists. You'll collaborate with international teams to ensure exceptional artistic quality while nurturing innovation and creativity. If you have a passion for visual effects and a strong portfolio showcasing your skills, this is an incredible opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking projects in a vibrant and collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in high-quality asset creation, focusing on characters and hard surface models.
• 3+ years leading teams, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Proficient in tools like Maya, ZBrush, and Substance Painter.

Responsabilités

• Create and supervise high-quality models and textures for projects.
• Coordinate with rigging teams to meet animator needs.
• Collaborate with directors and supervisors for project alignment.

Connaissances

3D Modeling

Texturing

Sculpting

Facial Rigging

Problem Solving

Formation

Bachelor's Degree in Art or Design

Master's Degree in Animation or Game Design

Outils

Maya

ZBrush

Mari

Substance Painter

Unreal Engine

Unity

Description du poste

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The Mill is a global creative partner for agencies, production companies, and brands, working across all media channels and platforms.

We are trusted specialists in visual effects, creative technologies, and content production. Our projects include digital products, virtual experiences, world-class visual effects, and video production.

We are a vibrant network of talented artists, producers, directors, and creative technologists from multinational backgrounds. We nurture innovation, flexibility, and diverse ideas across our studios in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Shanghai, Seoul, and India. We are united by a single ambition: to create extraordinary and memorable work that captivates and excites audiences.

We are The Mill. We create the extraordinary.

This role can be remote in France, UK, or Poland, but we cannot accept applications from outside these regions.

Job Description

The Role

The main responsibilities of the Asset Lead involve organizing, planning, and overseeing the execution of all CG assets for Game Cinematic and Commercial projects. You will work hands-on and oversee the construction of props, vehicles, stylized characters, creatures, photoreal humans, FACS blendshapes, and environmental work. You will focus on hero assets like characters and creatures, providing supervision. Your portfolio must showcase exceptional artistic skill. Collaboration with teams in Los Angeles, Europe, and India is essential, especially leveraging time zone overlaps for efficient workflow. A drive for artistic and technical excellence within a collaborative team is highly valued.

The assets department handles model creation, texturing, lookdev, and rigging. The Asset Lead should have expertise in generating clean geometry for various outputs, including rigging, simulation, photorealistic rendering, and real-time game engines. Collaboration with supervisors and department heads ensures assets meet project and client needs, following best practices and pipeline standards.

Experience with real-time engines like Unreal Engine, Unity, and Frostbite is highly desirable.

Details

Local Report: LA Head(s) of CG

Works With: Directors, Creative Directors, CG Supervisors, VFX Supervisors, HODs, Producers, and Coordinators

Responsibilities:

• Create and supervise high-quality models, UVs, sculpts, retopology, blendshapes, textures, and lookdev.
• Model hero characters and creatures, along with hard surface models.
• Have an exceptional understanding of facial modeling and FACS blendshapes.
• Work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Coordinate with the rigging department to ensure rigs meet animator needs.
• Participate in meetings with LA and India assets teams as needed.
• Collaborate with directors and supervisors to ensure high-quality deliverables aligned with project expectations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in high-quality asset creation (modeling, sculpting, UVs, texturing on hero assets, characters, and hard surface models).
• 3+ years of experience leading or supervising teams.
• Proactive, self-driven creative problem solver.
• Proficient in Maya, ZBrush, Mari, Substance Painter.
• Ability to texture in Substance Painter and/or Mari.
• Ability to adapt to and improve new pipelines.
• Understanding of facial modeling, FACS blendshapes, and facial rigging.
• Scripting knowledge in MEL and/or Python is a plus but not required.