Rigging Artist

• Establish and drive an art culture that engages talent, maximizes team potential, and encourages proactive cross-discipline collaboration to deliver the best possible player experience.
• Take an active, hands-on role in developing, maintaining, and refining game art.
• Conceptualize mockups and draft presentations for game pitches.
• Support the evolution and maintenance of art pipeline workflow.
• Ensure accuracy of art scope, schedule, and budget.
• Develop creative estimates and ensure high quality execution of all deliverables.
• Manage external vendors and provide effective feedback.
• Creatively problem solve art technical challenges as they pertain to various new platforms.
• Contribute to studio level planning for new products.
• Identify inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement within the creative process.
• Lead inter-department communications as they relate to art and assist in supporting all external art requirements to help promote games pre, and post launch.
• Troubleshoot problems on reintegration of outsourced assets into the 3D arts.
• Model and texture high quality, high and low poly 3D content.
• Develop high poly sculpts and textures for 3D arts

Required Skills:

• Excellent Art Direction skills and leadership with the ability to work across varied art styles.
• An eye for detail, able to apply expert level art judgment on form, perspective, color, style, composition and movement in a way which gives the confidence and authority to own the art quality.
• Expert knowledge of 3DSMax and Photoshop.
• Good knowledge of Unity Engine along with Asset Integration in Unity.
• Understanding of Material setup and in built Shaders, texture Compression, VFX - Particle system.
• Lighting in Unity and light-map baking techniques.
• Expert knowledge of ZBrush and Substance Painter.
• Excellent knowledge of real-time modeling techniques (shaders, PBR, normal, displacement etc.)
• Experience managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines with a strong attention to detail.
• Expert understanding of art direction and storytelling.
• Applied conceptual strategy, brainstorm facilitation, day-to-day shepherding of a project to completion and team collaboration with product managers and leads is required.
• Proven ability to think conceptually and broadly about projects and the brand as a whole, and to develop and evolve creative system.

Requirement

• Bachelor s degree or College Diploma in Arts, Graphic Arts, or related field is required
• 5 years games industry experience with industry 3D packages, preferably 3DSMax ZBrush
• Experience working on published AAA games a strong advantage
• Strong verbal and written Communication Skills.

What we offer you:

• Work in a studio that has complete PL ownership of games.
• Competitive salary and Performance Link Incentives.
• Full medical, accident as well as life insurance benefits.
• Generous Paid Maternity/Paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• Active Employee Resource Groups Women at Zapak.
• Frequent employee events.
• Flexible working hours on many teams.
• Casual dress every single day.
• Work with cool people and impact millions of daily players