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Senior 3D Character Artist
Ubisoft Shanghai
Job Summary
As a senior character artist, you’ll create people and creatures for players to interact and connect with. You’ll combine your artistic and technical talents to form the physical features that define the characters that live within our worlds.
Key Responsibilities
- Create high quality, detailed character models and assets.
- Understand asset limitations, project milestones, risks and work accordingly.
- Collect and familiarize with reference images.
- Produce models according to the Art Director’s vision.
- Provide proxy models for early game integration.
- Unwrap low polygon models and create high quality color maps.
- Address critiques from the Lead Artist and Art Director and make revisions.
Required Qualifications / Skills
- Proven working experience in game development modeling and texturing characters using 3ds Max and Photoshop (or equivalent 3D and 2D programs).
- Highly proficient in Maya, ZBrush (or equivalent software) and Photoshop.
- Strong knowledge of Marvelous Designer and Substance Painter.
- Solid knowledge in hi-poly modeling and digital sculpting.
- Strong knowledge of low poly modeling techniques, including a strong knowledge of topology for animation.
- Very good texturing skills, mapping and normal map extraction techniques.
- Understanding of PBR (Physically Based Rendering).
- Ability to use texture space efficiently and consider pixel ratio.
- Very good sense of human and animal anatomy and proportions.
- Proven experience with AAA game production.
- Ability to understand technical constraints and integrate them when modeling.
- Good sense of form, shape, silhouette in regards to objects.
- A critical thinker, adaptable to new techniques in modelling and texturing.
- Passion for games and strong game culture.
- Ability and desire to work in creative and collaborative teams.
- Ability to manage own time and work within deadlines.
- Experienced with the production process and good aesthetic sense.
Preferred Qualifications
- Good communication and English skills.
- Experience in animation and rigging is considered an advantage.
Benefits & Compensation
- A minimum of 15 days paid annual leave.
- Monthly meal and snack allowance.
- Premium medical insurance plan and free annual health check.
- Game Package: free access to Ubisoft games on PC plus a rich and expanding library of games & books.
- Employee Assistance Program: wellbeing solutions, emotional support, and life coaching.
- Jumpstart your growth: a rich reservoir of premium and exclusive learning resources to support continuous learning, skillset expansion, and career advancement.
- 10+ staff clubs featuring weekly sports and gaming activities and events.
About Ubisoft Shanghai
Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come.
Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.
As Ubisoft’s first production studio in China, Ubisoft Shanghai opened its door in 1996 and has been at the forefront of the Chinese game industry. It has been working on major Ubisoft brands such as Splinter Cell®, Assassin’s Creed®, Might & Magic®, Just Dance®, Far Cry® and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™.
With our mission to leverage our presence in China, bring a stronger long-term added value to the group, 600+ talents from around the world have jointly developed a world-class expertise in development of open world and wildlife in AAA games, as well as mobile games and live operations.
To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com
