Senior 3D Technical Artist

Senior 3D and Technical Artist

• Generalist 3D Artist with experience in both organic and hard surface modeling,
• sculpting, and integration across various game engines. The ideal candidate will possess
• a keen eye for design and a strong technical background.

Key Responsibilities

• ● Collaborate with designers and other artists to establish project requirements
• and timelines.
• ● Work with other areas to address and resolve asset-related issues.
• ● Develop prototypes and concept models to communicate ideas and design
• intent.
• ● Create high-quality 3D models, including both organic and hard surface assets.
• ● Sculpt detailed assets.
• ● Refine and optimize meshes for real-time applications.
• ● Perform retopology and optimization of meshes to ensure performance in
• pre-rendered animation, real-time, or simulation environments.
• ● Conduct performance profiling and optimization to maintain frame rates and
• visual fidelity.
• ● UV map and texture 3D models with attention to detail.
• ● Create materials and shaders for various projects.
• ● Light different scenes effectively.
• ● Animate assets as required.
• ● Create and implement particle effects and simulations.
• ● Render stills and animations.
• ● Handle post-processing tasks.
• ● Ensure the quality of every piece produced.
• ● Mentor junior artists and provide constructive feedback on their work.

Experience Requirements

• ● Proven experience working with various file formats and migrating assets
• between them, including OBJ, FBX, CAD files, USD, and other proprietary formats.
• ● Experience preparing, integrating, and optimizing assets for game engines,
• including Unity, Unreal Engine, and Omniverse, with the capacity to adapt to new
• engines as needed.
• ● Experience with virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) projects.
• ● Experience with rigging and skinning characters for animation.
• ● Familiarity with real-time rendering techniques and optimization strategies.
• ● Familiarity with cross-platform development and optimization for various devices.

Technical Skills

• ● Familiarity with game development pipelines and workflows.
• ● Proficiency in creating efficient UV layouts and understanding texture atlasing.
• ● Knowledge of Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, or Cinema 4D.
• ● Experience with Marvelous Designer or Clo3D.
• ● Proficiency in ZBrush, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, and Substance Sampler.
• ● Competence in Photoshop and Illustrator.
• ● Familiarity with After Effects and Premiere.
• ● Experience with Unity, Unreal, and the Omniverse Suite

• Houdini experience highly preferred.