Sr 3D Character Artist

Requisition Number: 160430

Position Title: Senior Artist

External Description:

3D CHARACTER ARTIST

At EA, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create amazing experiences for our players everywhere and we consider our players’ experiences first in everything we do. Creating transformational experiences requires constant innovation and, passionate people. We are developing extraordinary new game experiences by bringing together great people that combine creativity, technology, and expertise to provide new ways to play. EA is looking for an experienced, Senior 3D Character Artist that is both artistically and technically minded. This is a rare and unique opportunity at EA to help establish a new model of game development. You will report to our team's Art Producer.

Who you are:

You are focused, with a strong attention to detail. You know the ins and outs of developing incredible characters and how they incorporate it into a mobile game. You are a driving force on quality and improvement and first line of contact for all things 3D character. And last but not least we are a distributed team and you are communicative and proactive. 

What the Senior Character Artist will do

The character artist is an essential role to the success of our game. You will create the cast of characters that users will engage with all across our game universe. You will work with animation, tech, and outsourcing to design pipelines and deliverables to create 3D characters. You will partner with production and design to ensure that all of those characters follow the design and are delivered on time. 

Requirements:

• 7+ years in the games industry creating game ready characters
• 2+ shipped AAA or top 50 mobile titles as a Character Artist
• Experienced in Unity
• Expert level skill in Maya (or 3D modeling package), Photoshop, ZBrush/Mudbox, and Texture creation/Material editing (Substance Painter/Unity)
• An excellent understanding of color and shape language
• You can work from limited reference material / concept art
• Experienced in creating game resolution topology with considerations for deformation and rigging
• Experienced in delivering high-quality assets to time and technical budget constraints
• You can devise new workflows, troubleshoot and improve within a team to enhance character fidelity as a whole
• Self test your work, crushing bugs without waiting for QA to find the issue
• You can write appropriate documentation

Bonus:

• Experience with External Development partners (setup, communication, feedback)
• Experience working from pre-production through development and into live services.
• Prior Senior or Lead experience
• Remote work experience
• Experience with RTS games
• Experience in free-to-play games
• An avid gamer is a plus.

General Information

As part of the application process we might ask you to perform a practical work test. Apply online with a combined CV and portfolio, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story. Our teams inspire creativity using tech and work with thousands of outstanding developers across EA’s network of studios. We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling. If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 22

Can this position be remote?:

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EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。