Lead Character Artist

Remote Lead Character Artist 

If you’re a talented Character Artist on the lookout for an opportunity to take your career to the next level, this lead position at an award-winning studio could be perfect for you! Read on to find out more... 

As a Lead Character Artist at this fully remote studio, you will be playing a key role in driving the vision and quality of game characters, acting as a key point of contact and looking after asset development underneath the Art Directors, striving to deliver genre defining titles. 

This studio is made up of a veteran tam of developers, and they are currently working on a highly anticipated upcoming AAA game, so it’s the perfect time to join them! 

Lead Character Artist responsibilities: 

• Mentor a team of Character Artists 
• Deliver amazing AAA characters 
• Create industry leading assets 
• Manage external relationships, provide feedback and maintain a consistent vision for characters 
• Create, improve and maintain pipelines 
• Set budgets and document workflows 
• Assist with implementing and optimising runtime assets 
• Give and take feedback 

Key requirements for this remote role: 

• Significant prior experience in a similar position 
• Have worked on one or more shipped game 
• Extensive knowledge of character art principles 
• Expert knowledge of character creation software such as Zbrush, Substance, Maya, etc. 
• Hands on experience of Unreal Engine or similar 
• Desire to improve the character development process 

If you like the sound of this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you! Contact Sam today to find out more and have your application considered on sr@skillsearch.com or apply now by submitting your CV in the form below. 

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Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.

Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.