Senior 3D Character Artist - Modular Pipelines Unity Remote

Proxima; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Creative freedom

Job summary

Proxima Studio is seeking a Senior Technical 3D Character Artist to lead our character pipeline, crafting modular, swappable features and a unified rig that supports countless NPCs. Your work will emphasize bold silhouettes, comedic physicality, and a systems-first approach within a stylized aesthetic.

You will architect the pipeline from the ground up, build plug-and-play facial features and clothing kits, and integrate with Unity using Mecanim and C# scripting for procedural animation and IK.

Qualifications

• Must design reusable, modular kits for hundreds of variations.
• Strong understanding of silhouette, exaggerated postures, and slapstick.
• Experience with stylized, non-photorealistic art.

Responsibilities

• Model, texture, and rig stylized low-poly characters.
• Build modular heads, facial features, and clothing.
• Configure Unity humanoid avatars, prefabs, animator controllers.
• Create reusable component systems for character pipelines.

Skills

Cartoon silhouette

Modular design

Procedural animation

C# scripting

Tools

Blender

Unity

Mecanim

Job description

Proxima Studio is seeking a Senior Technical 3D Character Artist to lead our character pipeline, crafting modular, swappable features and a unified rig that supports countless NPCs. Your work will emphasize bold silhouettes, comedic physicality, and a systems-first approach within a stylized aesthetic.

You will architect the pipeline from the ground up, build plug-and-play facial features and clothing kits, and integrate with Unity using Mecanim and C# scripting for procedural animation and IK.