Senior 3D Character Artist - Dauntless

7 Months ago • All levels • Concept Art • $115,000 PA - $170,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Senior 3D Character Artist with experience in sculpting, texturing, and retopologizing for game development. Must have strong Zbrush skills and experience with PBR materials.
Must have:
  • Zbrush Sculpting
  • PBR Materials
  • Game Meshes
  • Character Creation
Good to have:
  • Unreal Engine
  • Concept Design
  • Substance Painter
  • Iterative Workflow
Perks:
  • RRSP Matching
  • Flexible Vacation

Job Details

Greetings from Phoenix Labs!

Whether you’re hunting behemoths with your friends in Dauntless or rekindling the magical energy of Azoria in Fae Farm, our worlds empower players to share enduring stories like never before. Around here, we believe people are the ends, not the means. It’s how we strive to be a destination for developers who wish to collaborate on making timeless games enjoyed by players all over the world.

We are looking for an experienced Character Artist to bring creatures and characters to life on our flagship title, Dauntless! In this role, you will use your experience to collaborate with our art team to create characters and game-ready assets. You will help drive the quality and accountability of Characters to meet the visual goals of the project.

The ideal candidate has a strong artistic background, is passionate about creating high-quality assets that help improve the visual quality of our game worlds, and is a strong collaborator who is willing to solve a variety of production challenges.

Responsibilities:

  • Sculpt, texture, and retopologize a new generation of Dauntless Behemoths, Characters, and Creatures that are consistent with the visions of the Art Director and Behemoth Designers.
  • Set high-quality standards while taking into account the technology constraints and other discipline's needs.
  • Help contribute to documentation and style guides, as well as provide feedback to external art partners.
  • Set quality standards and contribute to the studio character art community of practice to raise the studio's quality bar.
  • Collaborate with Designers and Animators on Behemoth development in a proxy-based, iterative workflow.
  • Participate in research and development on latest industry tools, technologies, and workflows.

Required Qualifications:

  • Several years of 3D character creation experience, including multiple shipped game titles.
  • Solid understanding of stylized anatomy, sculpting of clothing, and hard surface skills to achieve the visual look established by the Art Direction of the game.
  • Ability to accurately capture a design's essence without the need for detailed orthographic images.
  • Excellent Zbrush sculpting and organic modeling skills.
  • Experience in building game meshes for animation.
  • Experience in one or more major 3D software packages (Maya, Max, Modo, ZBrush).
  • Experience working within an iterative development process.
  • Strong texturing skills and experience with PBR and materials using Substance Painter.
  • Ability to work side-by-side with Concept Artists, Animators, Designers, and Engineers to identify and solve problems collaboratively.
  • Understanding of color and values to help elevate the overall quality of the work.
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating your in-game character artwork to very high standards.
  • Must be residing in Canada.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Previous experience with Unreal Engine.
  • Ability to do some concept design work.

Pay Transparency

Phoenix Labs believes in pay equity and we welcome conversations with candidates on how their salary expectations align with our established ranges. As you progress through the interview process, it may be determined that your experience might align better with a higher/lower level of position than you originally applied for and, should that happen, we will discuss the new pay range with you before moving forward with additional interviews or an offer.

Phoenix Labs covers the cost of basic medical for employees and their dependents, in addition to offering generous Dental and Paramedical Services. For 2023, we match employees' contributions to their RRSP up to 5% of their salaries. We provide employees with a flexible vacation plan, all the Provincial Statutory holidays, and unlimited sick time.

Benefits listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment and/or work location. Benefit plan details will be provided upon a candidate receiving an offer of employment.

Canada Pay Range

$115,000 — $170,000 CAD

Who We Are

We are dedicated to deepening the engagement and delight of our player communities by focusing on the growth of our existing game franchises. United by our love for games and a collective spirit of innovation, our mosaic team of developers strives to enhance every player's experience. While our main studio is based in Vancouver (BC), we embrace flexible working arrangements, including remote and hybrid for certain roles.

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About The Company

We make games because we love them, and because games have the power to bring people together. We established Phoenix Labs in 2014 to create a place where diverse teams of people could come together to build deep multiplayer games. We've assembled an experienced, passionate team of developers across our locations in Vancouver, BC, Montréal, QC, and San Mateo, CA. In May 2019, we launched our first game, Dauntless. It was the first game ever to launch with true crossplay and cross-progression. Since then, we’ve watched our community grow to more than 25 million players across four platforms. Our next game, Fae Farm, will launch in late 2023. Fae Farm is a magic-infused farm sim where players create their own cozy home in the enchanted world of Azoria, available on the Nintendo Switch.

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