Realistic 3D Characters Artist, Project Lead at room8 in Romania

Job Description

Room 8 Studio is seeking a skilled and experienced Project Lead specializing in photorealistic character creation for game development. As a Project Lead, you will be responsible for directing photorealistic 3D character projects, ensuring high-quality work from the team, solving technical and artistic challenges, organizing tasks and workflows, creating technical specifications, and producing high-poly and low-poly models. You will also contribute to UV mapping, texture baking, and texturing using Substance Painter. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of character creation techniques, and a keen eye for detail. They will have experience working with game engines, creating creatures, and are familiar with rigging and animation processes. Drawing skills are a bonus. The role offers a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, health insurance, paid vacation and sick leave, and a supportive, diverse and inclusive work environment.

Good To Have:

Work experience with game engines
Work experience in making creatures
Good understanding of rigging and animation process
Drawing skills

Must Have:

High-poly sculpt in Zbrush
Character topology for animation
Excellent knowledge of anatomy
Experience in working with hard surface
Ability to create UV mapping and texture baking
Work experience as Project Lead
High standards of work quality and artistic taste
Good at objective evaluation of team work and giving constructive feedback
Intermediate level of English proficiency

Perks:

Competitive financial reward
Professional trainings and conferences
Internal mentorship
English courses
Health insurance
Paid vacation and sick leave
Culture of diversity & inclusion
Community of people who understand your game passion

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zbrush

substance-painter

texturing

rigging

uv-mapping

anatomy

quality-control

Room 8 Studio is currently looking for a proficient and experienced Project Lead who specializes in photorealistic character creation and has a strong background in game development.

The ideal candidate is a leader who can maintain high standards of quality and style, with knowledge of the technical and artistic constraints of the character creation process.

Superpowers
you have are

High-poly sculpt in Zbrush;
Character topology for animation;
Excellent knowledge of anatomy;
Experience in working with hard surface;
Ability to create UV mapping and texture baking (normal, AO, etc.);
Work experience in the role of Project Lead;
High standards of work quality and artistic taste;
Good at an objective evaluation of the team’s work and giving constructive feedback;
Intermediate level of English proficiency or higher, both in writing and speaking.

You’re a rockstar
if you have

Work experience with game engines;
Work experience in making creatures;
A good understanding of the rigging and animation process;
Drawing skills.

As a part of Room 8
studio, you will

Lead projects in photorealistic 3D character direction;
Execute quality control of the work of artists in the team;
Assist and solve problems in the team that are related to the artistic and technical side of the project;
Organize the work of the team within the project and specific tasks;
Create technical specifications and guides;
Create high-poly and low-poly models of photorealistic characters for games on given concepts;
Create optimal UV mapping and texture baking (normal, AO, etc.);
Work with texturing in Substance Painter (hand-paint texturing in case the project requirements).

Join Us.
get even more!

Competitive financial reward (yes, we are fair enough);
Challenges to raise your XPs score (professional trainings and conferences, internal mentorship, English courses);
Health insurance, paid vacation and sick leave;
Culture of diversity & inclusion to unite the most outstanding talents;
Community of people who understand your game passion.