About the role
Role Overview
Roarty Digital is seeking an excited, driven, motivated, and talented 3D Character Artist for a remote position. The role focuses on creating realistic and highly detailed real-time/game character models for world-class AAA and advertising projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Create realistic and highly detailed real-time/game character models.
- Contribute to all aspects of character creation on large-scale projects.
- Execute real-time workflows: high-poly to low-poly game mesh, texturing, and materials.
- Maintain a high standard for anatomy, cloth, and character aesthetics.
Required Qualifications
- Portfolio: Strong portfolio demonstrating realism and high-quality real-time assets.
- Experience: 3+ years of experience as a character artist in the videogame or VFX industry and/or post-secondary education.
- Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Maya.
- Experience with Zbrush and/or Mudbox.
- Experience in Substance Painter.
- Proficiency in Marvelous Designer (strong understanding required).
- Strong understanding of UE (Unreal Engine).
- Workflow: Strong understanding of real-time character workflows.
- Soft Skills: Great team player, self-motivated, and capable of clear communication.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of hair creation for real-time.
- Experience creating cinematic/post-production characters.
Application Requirements
To apply, candidates must provide the following:
- Full Name and Email Address.
- Current location.
- Portfolio and Resume links.
- Current employment status and details.
- Years of industry experience.
- Proficiency levels in Maya, Unreal Engine, and real-time character creation.
- Evidence of real-time character work (via link).
- Proficiency/experience with mechs/robots.
- Evidence of Marvelous Designer work (via link).
- Preference for stylized vs. realistic character creation.
- English proficiency.
- Leadership experience (if applicable).
- Preferred employment type (full-time, part-time, or any).
- Day rate (hourly rate x 8 hours) and currency.
- Willingness to perform an art test if requested.
- Earliest availability to start.
- Current upload and download speeds (to assess remote capability).
- Information regarding any known contacts at Roarty Digital.