[Hiring] Principal Character Artist @People Can Fly

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.