The Believer Company is hiring a
Senior 3D Character Artist

Summary

The job is for a Senior 3D Character Artist at The Believer Company, responsible for creating high-quality 3D characters and ensuring their functionality within the product. The candidate should have 5+ years of experience in character art creation for AAA games, knowledge of relevant software, and a passion for gaming.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of experience in character art creation for AAA games
• A clear understanding of human anatomy, proportion, silhouette and stylized character design
• Visual and technical understanding in sculpting, 3D modeling and look development in the Unreal Engine
• You have experience building efficient mesh topologies for clean deformation and animation
• Knowledge of Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, 3DCoat, Photoshop and Unreal Engine
• Knowledge of asset creation pipelines and workflows, including PBR and Toon shading, and material creation inside of Unreal

Responsibilities

• Work with the Art Directors and the art team to create high-quality 3D characters and creatures that achieve the artistic vision and style of our game
• Build low and high resolution models, including organic and hard-surface, UVs, textures and materials in different styles
• Partner with Animation, Tech Art, Design and Engineering to ensure our characters function within our product and performance requirements
• Create high-resolution digital sculpts based on both concept art and collaborative brainstorming
• Look develop 3D characters from start to finish, including building custom material networks in Unreal
• Create hair and clothing models for characters using grooming, simulation tools and low-poly techniques
• Help develop a scalable character pipeline, including outfit customizations, LODs, optimization and standardization of topologies across the game
• Coordinate with R&D, Tech Art and Engineering to help create tools and techniques to improve character development, including use of machine learning and AI

Preferred Qualifications

You are a natural collaborator, willing to share, mentor and partner with other teams

Benefits

• Annual salary range: $135,000-$185,000 USD
• Great compensation package and equity
• Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Believer pays 100% of monthly costs for these plans
• 401(k) with 100% employer matching up to 6% of salary
• Access to Rightway service to help you navigate health insurance
• Spring Health mental health services
• 10 observed holidays + 10 days for Winter Break and 'Take What You Need' PTO policy
• Remote-friendly team #LI-Remote
• We are committed to continuing to expand our benefits and perks to support all Believers