Senior Character Artist
Sharkmob
Malmö, Skåne, Sweden
Job type: Permanent
Job Description
Do you consider yourself to be an artist who thrives in a collaborative environment? Then look no further! We are looking for a Senior Character Artist with a passion for creating high quality characters to join our character team. An artist in this position will create assets consistent with the look and feel established by the Art Director, in addition to participating in exploring and researching new pipelines and visuals.
This role offers great creative freedom and ownership, but it also comes with responsibility of leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring the visual excellence of the characters in the finished game.
- Creating high quality models for real time rendering, based on the art direction.
- Participating in planning and supervising.
- Critique character art assets and provide concise and constructive feedback internally and externally.
- Work closely with the design department and to ensure the art supports the gameplay.
Skills & Requirements
Requirements:
- Strong understanding of anatomy, proportions, functionality & design
- Experience with AAA First or Third Person titles
- Strong proficiency in Maya, Zbrush,Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter and Photoshop.
- Experience leading and guiding other team members
- Understands the needs of animation for proper geometry creation & function
- Able to receive and give constructive feedback
- Ensure consistency and quality of work
- Understands latest game technology and pipelines required for creating AAA quality characters
- 4+ years of industry experience and at least one shipped title
- Must provide an up to date portfolio that demonstrates the above skills
Desired Skills:
- Traditional sculpting & artistic abilities
- Experience with Substance Designer and Unreal Engine, understanding of node-based shader networks is a plus.
- Ability to propagate learned knowledge to other art team members
- Experience with outsourcing pipelines.
How to Apply
Please apply here!
About the Company
Sharkmob is on an epic journey, and we want you to join us! Come explore new territory in the realm of AAA online gaming. Our studios are working on three new titles, the first being a battle royal twist to Vampire: The Masquerade. We are looking for people who want to have fun at work, share ownership, and make smart decisions. Responsible people who have a positive attitude, are passionate, and value professionalism. People that follow our guiding principle, “don’t be an asshole.”
Have fun making games
We are fortunate to work with things we are passionate about and we have the privilege of creating entertainment for others to enjoy. We believe that if we have fun making games, people will have fun playing them. Fun is also about daring to do mighty things that allow us to reach levels of achievement. All things said, we want a fun, professional experience & so we all must lead by example.
Share the ownership
We want everyone to feel like they have a stake in the games we make. Our games are not the brainchild of a few people - we own them together. Everyone’s contributions, opinion, and feedback matters. For this to work, everyone needs to respect the big picture and high-level goals of the project. Shared ownership is at the heart of the Sharkmob adventure.
Make smart decisions
We embrace a system of "disagree and commit". This means that we accept that we might not always get our way but we wholeheartedly support decisions we make as a team. Doing more with less and making an extra effort to find the optimal way forward is always valued. We rely on smart decisions to take us further than otherwise possible. Making games is kind of like rocket science—but harder!