3D Artist - Generalist (Senior / Staff / Principal)

3 Months ago • All levels • 3D Art • $120,000 PA - $180,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior 3D Artist for Gym Class, you will be creating virtual assets for avatars and environments, collaborating with various teams. Responsibilities include shipping 3D assets, collaborating with stakeholders, and creating high-quality 3D models for characters, accessories, props, and environments. This involves modeling, texturing, and baking. The role requires asset setup, look development in Unity, rigging, skin weight painting, and managing performance limitations. Additionally, creating marketing assets and maintaining artistic consistency are crucial. The company offers equity and medical, dental, and vision benefits. Join Gym Class at the forefront of social gaming and virtual reality.
Must have:
  • Shipped 3D assets on high-quality games or VR.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders on project goals.
  • Proficiency in Autodesk Maya, Adobe Substance, and Unity.
  • Ability to create realistic and stylized assets.
  • Proficient in character skinning and weight painting.
  • Comfortable with managing scene budgets and performance.
  • Strong in Physically Based Rendering (PBR) workflows.
  • Experience with Unity render pipelines and shaders.
  • Experience with rigging and skin weight painting.
  • A strong portfolio showcasing relevant skills.
Perks:
  • equity
  • medical benefits
  • dental benefits
  • vision benefits

Job Details

Role Summary

Gym Class is the top rated game on the Meta Quest platform (58K ratings, 4.9 stars). Millions of players globally have downloaded GC to make friends, explore social worlds, and compete to become a star. Our community formed around social basketball, and is now rapidly expanding interests and gameplay - including football, baseball, and much more.

As a Senior 3D Artist for Gym Class you’ll be driving the creation of virtual assets which include both assets for avatars and environments. You’ll collaborate with our co-founders, artists, animators, content creators, backend and Unity engineers, and web designers across a wide variety of features.

The company is backed by top technology and sports investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator, National Basketball Association (NBA), the Golden State Warriors, and top player-investors like Kevin Durant, Danny Green, Zaza Pachulia, Andre Iguodala, and Lonzo Ball.

Join Gym Class if you’d like to work at the frontier of social gaming and virtual reality, love to ship company-critical work, get energized from the feedback of a hungry community, and want to grow your career alongside a world-class team.

Responsibilities

  • Shipping: Has shipped 3D assets on high quality games and/or VR experiences with a large consumer base
  • Collaboration: Collaborates with stakeholders to develop task lists to ensure assignments are progressing in alignment with schedules, milestones, roadmaps, and individual project goals
  • 3D Assets - The Art:
    • Create high quality 3D models for characters, accessories, props and clothing, and environments. These models will be taken through the modeling, texturing, and high to low poly baking pipeline
    • Responsible for asset setup and look development in Unity game engine - this includes setting up models, materials, textures, and shaders
    • Rigging and skin weight painting for avatar customization
    • Manage draw-calls, batching, texture memory, and GPU and CPU limitations
    • Create high quality stills and assets to be used in marketing, content drops, in-game UI, and video edits
    • Maintain artistic unity across the game from reference images and concepts to the final art in the game engine
    • Validate your work on device and review with stakeholders (Oculus VR Headset + in the Unity editor)

Qualifications

  • Strong in Autodesk Maya, Adobe Substance, and Unity (Proficiency in these tools is a must have)
  • Ability to create both realistic and stylized assets
  • Proficient in character skinning and weight painting
  • Comfortable with managing scene budgets, draw calls, and performance profiling
  • Strong in Physically Based Rendering (PBR) workflows
  • Experience with Unity render pipelines
  • Familiarity with Unity shaders and materials
  • Familiarity with Unity lighting and lighting methods
  • Experience with rigging and skin weight painting
  • Has a strong portfolio showcasing topology, texturing, material look development, environments, and props

PAY AND BENEFITS

Salary ranges may be inclusive of several career levels and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Additional benefits for this role include: equity; and medical, dental, and vision benefits.

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About The Company

Gym Class is a top-rated social VR game on Meta Quest with over 70,000 reviews and a 4.9-star rating​. Millions of players join to connect with friends, explore social worlds, and engage in competitive games. The community launched around basketball, and is now expanding rapidly into more categories. The company's mission is to connect the world by simulating it. To achieve this, Gym Class recently raised over $8M from the world's top technology investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator, the National Basketball Association, the Golden State Warriors, top NBA players like Kevin Durant, Lonzo Ball, Andre Iguodala, Soma Capital, Founders Inc., Danny Green, Zaza Pachulia, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Balaji Srinivasan, and more. In 2023, the company announced a licensing relationship with the NBA.

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