Grooming Lead for Photoreal 3D Game Characters

HellaGoodAudio; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Room 8 Studio is seeking a Team Lead specializing in photorealistic hairstyle creation and 3D character grooming for game development. You will supervise and guide a team of skilled artists, shaping concepts into lifelike personas and creatures across multiple worlds.

Your leadership will ensure artistic excellence and technical rigor, mentoring staff and refining processes. Strong English communication and a deep knowledge of industry pipelines are essential.

Qualifications

• Leading a 3D grooming/art team in a game development environment.
• Ensuring output meets artistic and technical standards.
• Mentoring and providing constructive feedback to team members.
• Maintaining a high-quality visual standard and pipeline alignment.
• Strong knowledge of current industry pipelines, tools, and trends.
• Experience with full-cycle character creation: sculpting, modeling, texturing.
• Proficient English communication for collaboration and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and organize the character art team and project work.
• Provide guidance and resolve artistic/technical challenges.
• Oversee quality control and ensure standards are met.
• Create technical specifications and writing guides.
• Participate in hiring and portfolio development.
• Develop photoreal characters for various game worlds.
• Collaborate with other departments and document pipelines.

Skills

Team leadership

Quality review

Mentoring

Artistic vision

Industry knowledge

Full-cycle character creation

English communication

Tools

ZBrush

3ds Max

Maya

Marvelous Designer

Substance Painter

UV mapping

Texture baking

Job description

Room 8 Studio is seeking a Team Lead specializing in photorealistic hairstyle creation and 3D character grooming for game development. You will supervise and guide a team of skilled artists, shaping concepts into lifelike personas and creatures across multiple worlds.

Your leadership will ensure artistic excellence and technical rigor, mentoring staff and refining processes. Strong English communication and a deep knowledge of industry pipelines are essential.