Senior Character ArtistLocation: UK, LemingtonLength: 12 monthsRate: From £35.58 p/h (Inside IR35)Hours: 9am-6pm Our client's mission is to help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. We are creating immersive experiences, and the characters and avatars that embody personal expression are at the heart of this vision. As part of this exciting initiative, we are looking for a talented Senior Character Artist to join our team and help build innovative, expressive avatars for our client.About the Role:As a Senior Character Artist, you will work alongside a team of industry professionals to create visually appealing avatars, clothing, and other characters that resonate with our diverse audience. You will contribute to the creative development of the play and essential role in shaping how users express themselves through avatars. Your ability to bring characters to life and deliver high-quality, production-ready assets will be key to your success in this role.Responsibilities:

Avatar & Character Creation: Design and create high-quality, visually appealing clothing and costumes for avatars, along with other characters and creatures that will engage and delight our users
Collaboration: Work closely with art, animation, and technical art teams to ensure high standards and alignment across all aspects of the creative process
Production Delivery: Ensure the timely delivery of production-ready character assets, including clothing and character variants, that meet project specifications
Vendor Coordination: Collaborate with external vendors, providing feedback on both technical and artistic aspects of their models and textures

A typical day in the role:

Many projects going on
Character sculpting a character or creator – clothing
End-to-end pipeline of character art
Outsource content
Style and re-produce our client's characters and animals

Top 3 must-have hard skills:

Portfolio Attached – wireframes, texture, game output – lots of people and creatures. Different art directions
Games experience
Engine experience
Deliver their content working in a stylized manner and take directions well

Minimum Qualifications:

Strong communication and collaboration skills; the ability to give and receive feedback constructively
A portfolio that showcases excellent character creation and design, as well as the ability to deliver content optimized for real-time systems (i.e., game engines)
Practical experience setting character asset quality standards and delivering assets to game engines, with the ability to debug and resolve related issues
Highly proficient in industry-standard software (Maya, Z-Brush, Substance, commercial game engines, etc.)
Expertise in human anatomy and the ability to represent this in a stylized manner, adhering to established art guides
Strong understanding of low-poly modelling techniques, particularly for mobile and VR platforms

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in costume design and a keen understanding of current fashion trends
Experience working with outsourcers or external contributors to ensure quality and consistency
Ability to skin character models and adjust geometry/skin weights to ensure smooth deformation during animation

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