Studio: Prismatic Studios
Job Opening: 3D Character Artist
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create high-quality character assets (models, textures, and materials) that align with project requirements and artistic direction.
- Ensure technical compatibility of character assets within Unreal Engine, optimising models for performance while maintaining visual fidelity.
- Debug character-related effects and assets, working closely with Technical Artists and engineering teams to resolve issues related to shading, rendering, and animation.
- Collaborate with designers, animators, and other teams to ensure character assets function correctly within gameplay and cinematics.
- Review and provide detailed feedback on outsourced character assets, ensuring they meet quality and technical standards before integration.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Chinese language proficiency is required to facilitate communication with external vendors and international teams.
- Proficiency in Maya for modeling, UV mapping, and preparing character assets for production.
- Proficiency in Substance Painter for creating high-quality character textures.
- Experience with Unreal Engine (UE) for implementing, optimising, and troubleshooting character-related assets, including shaders, materials, and rig compatibility.
- Solid understanding of art fundamentals, including anatomy, form, proportion, silhouette, and material definition, ensuring visually compelling character designs.
- Proficiency in the PBR workflow, with a strong grasp of real-time rendering techniques and best practices for optimising character assets.
- Familiarity with animation and rigging workflows, understanding how character assets integrate into animation pipelines to avoid common technical issues.
- Good communication skills that support an open and enthusiastic working environment.
- Self-driven with a strong sense of quality and an eye for detail.
- Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback.
- Excellent time management skills.
Additional Valuable Skills:
- Proven experience managing external vendors, with the ability to review outsourced assets, provide clear feedback, and ensure quality standards are met.
- Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Jira, TAPD, ClickUp).
- Experience in cross-border or cross-time-zone collaboration.
