Lead 3D Artist - Creative Vision & Game Assets

Side; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Positive, collaborative culture

Local & regional benefits

World-leading game services provider

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Side is seeking a Lead/Senior 3D Artist to join our game development team in Kuala Lumpur. You will mentor a team of artists, own art direction, and drive the look of characters, environments, and props while collaborating with art, design, and engineering.

You will optimize assets for performance, develop production pipelines, review work, and help recruit. Proficiency in Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance Painter, and UE5/Unity is essential; a passion for high-quality visuals is required.

Qualifications

• 5 years work experience as a game artist.
• Proficient creating high quality organic and hard surface assets.
• Proficient with Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, Photoshop, Substance 3D Painter, ZBrush.
• Proficient with UE5 and Unity.

Responsibilities

• Champion established art direction and ensure consistent style across assets.
• Lead, mentor and inspire a team of 3D artists with constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with Art Director, Creative Director, Design, Engineering and Production.

Skills

Game art

3D asset creation

Unreal Engine 5

Unity

Organic & hard-surface modeling

Asset optimization

Tools

Autodesk Maya

3ds Max

Blender

Adobe Photoshop

Substance 3D Painter

ZBrush

Job description

Side is seeking a Lead/Senior 3D Artist to join our game development team in Kuala Lumpur. You will mentor a team of artists, own art direction, and drive the look of characters, environments, and props while collaborating with art, design, and engineering.

You will optimize assets for performance, develop production pipelines, review work, and help recruit. Proficiency in Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance Painter, and UE5/Unity is essential; a passion for high-quality visuals is required.