Lead Artist | 3D Character Artist

Side; London; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and entrepreneurial company as a 3D Lead Character Artist, where you will lead a talented team in creating stunning AAA quality characters and assets. This role offers the opportunity to drive artistic vision and team development while working with the latest technologies in the gaming industry. You will play a crucial role in maintaining project quality and fostering creativity among team members. If you have a passion for game development and a strong background in art and leadership, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact in a rapidly growing company dedicated to excellence in interactive media.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent holiday entitlement

Dynamic culture

Latest technologies

Work for a leading provider in the games industry

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading teams in the games industry.
• Strong knowledge of 2D & 3D software and game engines.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the artistic team in developing AAA quality characters.
• Maintain effective communication and provide feedback.
• Ensure artistic vision and quality standards are met.

Skills

Team Leadership

Artistic Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Self-Motivation

Education

Experience as a Senior or Lead Artist

Knowledge of 2D & 3D Software

Experience in Video Game Industry

Tools

3DS Max

Zbrush

Photoshop

Game Engines

Job description

Title: 3D Lead Character Artist

Level: Project Management

Type: Remote, Home-Working

Location: Anywhere in the UK

We are extensively growing our Global Art Team

The role of Lead Artist is to lead and motivate a team of talented 3D Artists in delivering astounding characters and AAA quality assets. This position entails a great deal of responsibility and opportunity to drive further the development of a strong team, for which your artistic, technical, and managerial expertise are of great importance. As a 3D Lead Character Artist, your job is to plan, organize, follow up, and evaluate their work to ensure that they meet the production objectives in terms of time and quality. In this role, you are required to anticipate and find solutions on team and production levels to deliver a stunning visual experience of the project.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead the artistic team in the development of AAA quality characters and assets.
• Participate in the scheduling of your part of the project and maintain planning foresight.
• Maintain effective informational flow to the team to ensure team members are aligned with the project objectives.
• Provide regular review and feedback on team work in a clear and constructive manner.
• Encourage creativity and participation from all team members.
• Maintain efficient collaboration between team members and other dependent teams.
• Achieve the creative vision of the production.
• Maintain a close working relationship with your direct manager, producers, leads, directors, and other teams to push project quality.
• Raise the bar for the project by demanding high results from yourself and team members.
• Actively participate in the constant improvement of work methods and pipelines.
• Share knowledge and recommend best practices in your area of operation.
• Ensure that produced and integrated assets respect the artistic vision of the game and meet quality standards.
• Create art while following instructions to support creative production processes and be responsible for producing sketches or artwork, and drawing sketches from different angles.
• Create concept art to enable the visualization of characters.
• Have previous experience in creating art for 3D characters, including the creation of low-poly art and concepting new assets for real-time virtual experiences.
• Possess a passion for virtual reality architecture and a proven understanding of what makes virtual reality visually appealing and how this can affect user experience.
• Exhibit strong self-motivation, self-organization, and a personal commitment to succeed.
• Demonstrate great presentation, influencing, and communication skills, enabling you to explain concepts and user stories with confidence.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior or Lead Artist in the games industry.
• Passion for game development and strong game culture.
• Experience in the video game industry will be considered an advantage.
• Experience in team leadership and management.
• Excellent knowledge of 2D & 3D software (3DS Max, Zbrush, with excellent knowledge in Photoshop or other equivalent packages).
• Good knowledge of game engines.
• Strong artistic skills.
• Excellent communication skills and a teamwork-oriented attitude.
• Problem-solving attitude.
• Able to drive change and inspire others to generate new ideas.

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary.
• Excellent holiday entitlement plus public holidays.
• Dynamic and entrepreneurial culture.
• Work with the latest technologies.
• Work for one of the world's leading providers of specialist services to the games industry.

Who we are

PTW is a video games services company that supports video game developers and publishers through outsourced production services. We started 25 years ago and have grown exponentially year-on-year to where we are today. Our history is in gaming, and we are gamers at heart. In our time within the games industry, we have worked on over 1500 titles across all genres and all platforms, including 8 out of the past 10 Game-Of-The-Year-winning titles.

We have grown rapidly over the past few years and now have 35 sites spanning the globe. The PTW umbrella of companies includes 1518 studios, SIDE, and Orange Rock. SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market. Orange Rock is our in-house game and product development studio. 1518 is our global award-winning art studio.

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