Junior Character Artist - FPS & Unreal 5

BULKHEAD Limited; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

BULKHEAD is seeking a Junior Character Artist in the United Kingdom to help craft memorable characters across our immersive worlds. You’ll collaborate with the Lead Character Artist and a talented team to develop production-ready assets from concept to final polish.

You’ll build your skills in character design, anatomy and modelling, contribute to asset development, and learn to optimise characters for game pipelines.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• 1+ years industry experience.
• Good skills in Maya, Photoshop, Substance Painter, and ZBrush or equivalent.
• Experience or an understanding of creating character art for first‑person shooters.
• Experience using Blender.
• Unreal Engine 5 experience and knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Model, sculpt and texture characters that meet the project’s visual targets, following established pipelines with support from senior artists.
• Gather references independently and bring relevant ideas to planning sessions and visual discussions.
• Apply feedback from each task to raise the consistency of your modelling, texturing and overall asset quality.
• Learn to optimise your characters and meet technical requirements, with guidance from the team.
• Estimate basic tasks, track your deadlines and adjust as priorities shift.
• Keep your Lead updated on progress, ask focused questions, and flag blockers early.
• Work with other disciplines when your tasks call for it.
• Try new approaches and tools, learning from experienced teammates as you grow your autonomy.

Skills

Communication skills

1+ year experience

Tools

Maya

Photoshop

Substance Painter

ZBrush

Blender

Unreal Engine 5

Job description

BULKHEAD is seeking a Junior Character Artist in the United Kingdom to help craft memorable characters across our immersive worlds. You’ll collaborate with the Lead Character Artist and a talented team to develop production-ready assets from concept to final polish.

You’ll build your skills in character design, anatomy and modelling, contribute to asset development, and learn to optimise characters for game pipelines.