[Hiring] Senior Technical 3D Character Artist @Proxima

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Technical 3D Character Artist who specializes in character pipelines and animations, with a cartoonist’s comedic timing and a systems-first mindset.

• Architect our character pipeline from the ground up.
• Build a scalable, modular character system:
• Design plug-and-play facial features.
• Create swappable clothing kits.
• Develop a unified rig that lets code drive endless distinct NPCs.
• Prioritize bold silhouettes and comedic physicality, extreme emotional states, physical impairment, and chaotic meltdowns instantly readable in first person.

Key Responsibilities

• Modular Character Pipeline: Model, texture, and rig a stylized, low-poly character kit with modular heads, socketed facial features, and swappable clothing that read clearly across extreme states (drunkenness, rage, distress) and across actions.
• Master Rigging & Retargeting: Build and maintain a unified humanoid skeleton with standardized attachment sockets (hands, eyes, accessories, seats) to share animations seamlessly across all roles.
• Smart Objects & Environments: Model modular furniture, stages, and props adhering strictly to interaction metrics, snap grids, and navmesh constraints.
• Unity Integration: Configure character prefabs, Mecanim, rigging, animation states.
• Visual Direction: Establish character style, master visual language across the game.

Qualifications

• Artistic & Design Sense: Strong grasp of silhouette, exaggerated postures, and physical slapstick (Schedule I, The Sims). Favor punchy readability over photorealism.
• Systemic Thinking: Experience designing reusable, modular kits meant to be mixed and matched hundreds of times.

Requirements

• Full Stylized 3D Pipeline: End-to-end expertise in Blender (or equivalent) for low-poly modeling, texturing, rigging, and skinning with clean optimization.
• Deep Unity Proficiency: Direct experience setting up Humanoid Avatars, Prefabs, Animator Controllers, and collision hulls.
• Sockets & Retargeting: Proven workflow for modular prop attachment, socket hierarchies, and retargeting shared animations across varied body types.
• Code based animations: Unity C# scripting for procedural animation/IK, animation blending, target tracking, and more.

How to Apply

Please submit your resume and portfolio link.

• Portfolio Priorities:
• In-engine captures of stylized/low-poly characters in motion with distinct silhouettes.
• Rigging and animation samples showing comedic timing and clean skinning.
• Modular workflows (customization kits, swappable parts, grid-based props).