Full-time Character Artist required at Amazon

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Studio: Amazon

Job Opening: Character Artist – New World

Location: New York, USA

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with art lead to execute the artistic vision of the game.
  • Must have a deep understanding of the development of the character’s visual style/pipeline for outfit, weapon, and creature to deliver cutting-edge assets.
  • Works effectively and collaboratively across all functional disciplines of the team.
  • Accountable for delivery of assets, ensuring that they meet the highest quality, defined tasks, and scheduled requirements.
  • Able to follow directions and react to critiques in a timely manner.
  • Collaborate with the concept, character, animation, and tech art teams.
  • Increase the team’s skills through mentorship of skills, process, and artistic techniques.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • 3+ years of experience with high-end game engines, including high-resolution 3d modeling, surfacing, optimization, and game integration.
  • 1+ shipped AAA game titles or equivalent work e.g. live product development.
  • 3+ years of experience in game development as an artist specializing in character/creature using Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, Mudbox, or Marvelous designer.
  • Online Portfolio demonstrating character art skills.
  • Expert grasp of form, shape, structure, and silhouette as they relate to modeling and gameplay.
  • Thorough understanding of anatomy and how characters move when rigged.
  • Solid knowledge of working with shaders and normal/spec/diffuse maps to get the best look within game engine technical limits/constraints.
  • Great eye for light, shade, color, and detail in creating texture maps.
  • Able to create assets under supervision that fulfill the needs of rigging, animation, and design to ensure clean handoff for assets.
  • Able to articulate needs to Lead with regard to developing new or improve upon technologies to improve character model quality.
  • Able to accurately estimate the time to complete tasks.
  • Being an avid gamer!
  • Skill in one or more related disciplines – illustration, animation, visual effects, or technical art.
  • Ability to mentor and share knowledge effectively.
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.

Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://account.amazon.jobs/jobs/1450037/apply
 

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