3D Character Artist

5 Days ago • All levels • 3D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Niantic's 3D Art Team seeks a skilled 3D Character Modeling Artist to create characters, provide art direction to other 3D artists, and collaborate with engineers and game designers on mobile platforms. Responsibilities include 3D character creation, leading internal/external 3D artist teams, providing creative feedback, and collaborating across teams. The role requires proficiency in DCC tools (Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop), team leadership, and strong communication skills. The position is hybrid, requiring in-office presence 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Fluency in Japanese is mandatory.
Must have:
  • 3D character creation skills
  • Art direction experience
  • Proficiency in Maya, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop
  • Team leadership experience
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Fluency in Japanese
Good to have:
  • 3D asset specification creation
  • Experience with DCC tool design
  • Unity game development experience
  • C# or Python scripting
  • Shader coding
  • Character animation/controller creation
  • VFX creation
  • Concept art experience
  • Experience with Marvelous Designer, Perforce, Github/Gitlab, ShotGrid, Houdini

Job Details

Niantic’s 3D Art Team is seeking a daring Modeling artist. In this role you’ll create 3D characters and provide art direction to other 3D artists. You will also work with engineers and game designers on mobile platforms to create innovative new games and new features.

Responsibilities

  • Work with the engineering and game designer teams to create 3D characters.
  • Lead a team of internal and external 3D artists and manage the creative produced by the team.
  • As art director, you provide feedback on the project's creativity.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to cultivate strong working relationships with project team members, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
  • Required in-office 3 days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Qualifications

  • 3D character creation skills.
  • Experience in art direction of 3D characters.
  • Outstanding skills in DCC tools for 3D modeling (Maya, Zbrush, Substance painter, Photoshop).
  • Experience in managing tasks as a leader in a team of 3D artists.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice. 
  • Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.
  • Fluent in Japanese.

Plus If...

  • Experienced in creating 3D asset specifications.
  • Experienced in working with engineers to design DCC tools.
  • Experienced in working with engineers to build a development environment for 3D assets.
  • Experience in game development using Unity.
  • Scripting skills as a TA (C# or Python).
  • Shader coding skills.
  • Experience in creating character controllers.
  • Experience in creating character animations.
  • Experience in creating VFX.
  • As a concept artist, have experience in designing, drawing and painting characters and mood boards.
  • Experience with the following tools: Maya, Substance painter, Z Brush, Marvelous Designer, Unity, Photoshop, Perforce, Github or Gitlab, ShotGrid. Houdini, Mac OS

Join the Niantic team!

Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers use Niantic’s platform to build their own AR applications and experiences, either with the Lightship Platform or directly through the web with 8th Wall.

We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.

Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.

We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Bellevue, Kansas, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, Hyderabad, and Zürich. #LI-HYBRID

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Niantic inspires people to explore the world, together. Our mission is to use emerging augmented reality (AR) technology to enrich our experiences as human beings in the physical world. Originally formed at Google in 2011, we are now an independent company with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. We have offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Lawrence, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Hamburg, and Zurich. 

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