Senior Character Artist required at New World Interactive

Studio: New World Interactive

Job Opening: Senior Character Artist

Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

• Work with Art and Design leads to create appealing characters that fit within our technical requirements.
• Work closely with the Technical Art department to ensure that high levels of quality and performance are achieved.
• Contribute to the research and development of best practices in line with the latest technological developments.
• Be part of reviewing in-house and outsourced character art.
• Manage your own timelines, progress and deadlines.
• Help to develop workflows that fit with the department’s needs.

Qualifications & Skills:

• At least 3 years of experience creating characters for video games.
• At least 1 game shipped as a Character Artist.
• Strong knowledge of human anatomy (form, shape and silhouette) with a good eye for detail.
• Proficiency in UE4/5, with an ability to create believable materials for skin, cloth, eyes, hair, etc.
• A solid grasp of the technical constraints that come with developing characters for games.
• Good understanding of topological flow for better deformation.
• Ability to understand and learn technical and creative concepts.
• Organic and hard-surface modeling/sculpting skills.

• Self-motivated to stay up-to-date with advances in game industry technology.
• Traditional art skills like drawing, painting, and sculpting..

Required Software:

• Unreal Engine 4/5
• Substance Painter
• Blender
• Zbrush
• Marmoset Toolbag
• Maya