[Hiring] Senior Character Artist @PUBG Madison

Role Description

PUBG Madison is seeking an experienced Senior Character Artist with strong technical expertise to help build high-quality, realistic characters for our games. This role focuses on:

• Heads, hair, player bodies, skins, and variants
• Emphasis on scalability and customization

The ideal candidate blends artistic skill with technical problem-solving, ensuring assets are both visually compelling and optimized for performance. You’ll collaborate across disciplines to shape pipelines for:

• Character creation
• Skin systems
• Variant workflows

This role reports to the Lead of Player Art.

Responsibilities:

• Create game-ready character assets, focusing on heads, hair, bodies, skins, and variants.
• Build scalable workflows for producing multiple character and skin variations while maintaining consistency.
• Ensure models are optimized for rigging, skinning, and animation within Unreal Engine.
• Collaborate with design, tech art, and animation to expand customization and character pipelines.
• Troubleshoot technical issues, test assets in-engine, and refine pipelines for skin and variant creation.
• Partner with producers and leads to plan, track, and deliver tasks efficiently, maintaining documentation of best practices.
• Provide and receive constructive feedback across the art team, including to outsource vendors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in game development with at least 1 shipped title.
• Portfolio showcasing realistic, high-quality characters, heads, and skins/variants presented in-engine.
• Expert knowledge of Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, Substance Suite, Marvelous Designer, or equivalent tools.
• Skilled at producing clean, optimized models with proper UVs, PBR textures, and efficient topology.
• Strong understanding of character design principles: silhouette, form, proportion, and material definition.
• Hands-on experience integrating and testing assets in Unreal Engine.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across disciplines.
• Ability to self-manage, prioritize tasks, and deliver under deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with material creation and shader setup for realistic skin, hair, and clothing.
• Familiarity with blueprint setup for character and skin/variant implementation.
• Experience with scan data workflows for heads or body assets.
• Knowledge of rigging, skin weighting, or technical art workflows.
• Broader art skills such as concepting, procedural content creation, or scripting.

Benefits

• A highly competitive total compensation package.
• Comprehensive employer funded healthcare – ensuring you pay nothing out of pocket for in-network medical care.
• Employer-paid premiums for dental, vision, short & long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D insurance.
• Generous time off including 20 days of prorated PTO, 12 paid holidays, and a studio-wide holiday break annually.
• Generous annual sick leave days to prioritize your well-being.
• Annual health & wellness, video game, and continuing education reimbursements.
• Industry-leading family planning and fertility care benefits, including gender-affirming care, through Carrot Fertility.
• Enjoy free catered lunches, meal reimbursements, and snacks and beverages for in-office staff.
• Engage in regular team outings and events to foster a positive work culture.
• 401K with a company match for your financial well-being.