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Principal Character Artist @People Can Fly
Design
Salary unspecified
Remote Location
Employment Type full-time
Posted 2d ago

[Hiring] Principal Character Artist @People Can Fly

2d ago - People Can Fly is hiring a remote Principal Character Artist. πŸ’Έ Salary: unspecified πŸ“Location: Northern America, Europe

Role Description

We are looking for someone who can work remotely from either Poland, Europe or Canada and is flexible with working hours across different time zones.

  • Maintain artistic direction and quality
  • Produce high quality character, creature, and props suitable technically and artistically with the project's universe and visual direction.
  • Cooperation on setting artistic vision benchmarks and helping define the style under Art Director/Lead supervision, as well as maintaining the quality standards across the entire development pipeline.
  • Production/Deadline
  • Produce work within specifications and maintain workflow pipelines within given deadlines.
  • Bug Fixing and describing R&D case studies in the knowledge base.
  • Feedback
  • Participate in reviews, adapt to, and implement feedback from leads and peers in a professional manner.
  • Provide feedback and improvement to visual quality.
  • Collaboration/communication
  • Knowledge sharing.
  • Collaborate with Tech Art/Anim and lead on R&D initiatives, to explore new techniques and implement improvements to pipelines and workflows.
  • Occasionally support leads and HR collaboration in recruitment efforts.
  • Occasionally support new hires onboarding process.
  • Other artistic specificity
  • Working closely with Animation and Technical departments to ensure the character fulfills the quality expectations.
  • Tuning (or creating) surface shaders for in-game characters.

Qualifications

  • A strong portfolio showcasing character modeling and texturing skills.
  • Excellent knowledge of industry-standard software packages for 3D modeling, high-poly sculpting (Maya, Max, ZBrush, Photoshop, or their equivalents).
  • Excellent knowledge of working in Substance Painter or similar PBR texture workflow.
  • Ability to create believable characters that are full of life and personality.
  • Ability to create high poly and low poly models as well as textures.
  • Strong organic modeling skills (human faces, clothing, believable creatures).
  • Ability to create complex creature types from bipeds to quadrupeds and beyond.
  • Artistically interpret concepts or creatively push beyond an initial ideation.
  • Excellent understanding of art fundamentals (shape, form, texture, value and color) and anatomical knowledge of both bipedal and quadrupedal forms.
  • Strong hard-surface modeling skills (armor, weapons).
  • Experience with PBR based shaders.
  • Experience working with Unreal Engine.
  • Ability to adapt, and develop specific art style, techniques and workflows with minimum guidance.

Requirements

  • Software: Maya/Max/Modo/Blender, and ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Photoshop.

Benefits

  • Benefit package 100% paid by PCF. The insurance company reimburses 100% of claims (Up to $1000 per service a year, as well as individual family coverage).
  • Full Dental coverage, including major dental.
  • 4% RRSP matching before tax deductions, 100% vested on day 1.
  • Paid week off during Winter Holidays.
  • 20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.
  • Free virtual health and mental well-being sessions are included in the plan for members and their dependents.
  • Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.
  • Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.
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