3D Artist (Character)

Responsibilities

• Work with the engineering and game designer teams to create 3D characters.
• Lead a team of internal and external 3D artists and manage the creative produced by the team.
• As art director, you provide feedback on the project's creativity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to cultivate strong working relationships with project team members, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.

Qualifications

• 3D character creation skills.
• Experience in art direction of 3D characters.
• Outstanding skills in DCC tools for 3D modeling (Maya, Zbrush, Substance painter, Photoshop).
• Experience in managing tasks as a leader in a team of 3D artists.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.
• Fluent in Japanese.

Plus If...

• Experienced in creating 3D asset specifications.
• Experienced in working with engineers to design DCC tools.
• Experienced in working with engineers to build a development environment for 3D assets.
• Experience in game development using Unity.
• Scripting skills as a TA (C# or Python).
• Shader coding skills.
• Experience in creating character controllers.
• Experience in creating character animations.
• Experience in creating VFX.
• As a concept artist, have experience in designing, drawing and painting characters and mood boards.
• Experience with the following tools: Maya, Substance painter, Z Brush, Marvelous Designer, Unity, Photoshop, Perforce, Github or Gitlab, ShotGrid.
• Houdini, Mac OS