Realistic 3D Characters Project Lead Senior

1 Month ago • All levels • 3D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Room 8 Studio is seeking a Senior Project Lead with expertise in photorealistic character creation for game development. The role requires a leader capable of maintaining high quality and style standards, with a strong understanding of the character creation process, including technical and artistic constraints. The ideal candidate will manage and review team output, mentor artists, resolve challenges, and ensure smooth project delivery from setup to success. Excellent English communication and collaboration skills are essential. Proficiency in Zbrush sculpting, character topology for animation, anatomy, UV mapping, and texture baking is required, along with experience as a Project Lead and high standards of work quality.
Must have:
  • Proven experience as a Project Lead in Realistic 3D Character Art
  • Portfolio with relevant work examples
  • Manage and review team output quality
  • Mentor and guide project team
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Drive projects from setup to success
  • Advanced English level (written and spoken)
  • High-poly sculpt in Zbrush
  • Character topology for animation
  • Excellent knowledge of anatomy
  • Experience with hard surface
  • Create UV mapping and texture baking
  • High standards of work quality and artistic taste
Good to have:
  • Experience with game engines
  • Experience in creating creatures
  • Solid understanding of rigging and animation
  • Drawing skills
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 game enthusiasts

Job Details

Realistic 3D Characters Project Lead Senior

Room 8 Studio is an international art production and game development outsourcing company that provides external services worldwide! We are proud to work with seven of ten global publishers, including Activision, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Gameloft, EA, Xbox Game Studios, and others. Together, we create exceptional projects, bringing the game development industry to a new level of quality and creativity. We cover a wide range of high-end solutions, from mobile and console game porting to AAA game art, television, and film animation.

  • Locations: Argentina; Brazil; Canada; USA
  • Cooperation: Remote
  • Languages: English
  • Team: 3D Art, 3D characters

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

  • Proven experience as a Project Lead within a Realistic 3D Character Art team in a game development environment;
  • Relevant portfolio with examples of work in the corresponding direction;
  • Ability to manage and review the quality of the team’s output, ensuring it meets artistic and technical standards;
  • Skills in mentoring, guiding, and resolving artistic and technical challenges within the project team, as well as providing clear, constructive feedback;
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset to work in dynamic, creative environments;
  • Driving projects from setup to success—building strong client communication, taking initiative to optimize workflows, and ensuring smooth, efficient delivery;
  • Advanced English level (written and spoken) for seamless collaboration and documentation;
  • 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.);
  • Experience working as a Project Lead;
  • High standards of work quality and artistic taste.

You’re a rockstar
if you have

  • Experience with game engines;
  • Experience in creating creatures;
  • Solid understanding of the rigging and animation processes;
  • Drawing skills.

As a part of Room 8
studio, you will

  • Lead photorealistic character art projects, with the opportunity to focus solely on art direction full-time;
  • Execute quality control for the work produced by the team of artists;
  • Support the team in solving artistic and technical challenges;
  • Organize task distribution and workflow across the project team;
  • Develop clear technical specs and art guides to align output with project goals;
  • Create efficient UV maps and texture bakes (normal, AO, etc.);
  • Texture assets using Substance Painter (including hand-painting when required by the project).

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.

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