Senior Character Artist - skate.

Requisition Number: 175583

Position Title: Senior Character Artist 2

External Description:

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WE MAKE FUN...FUNNER.

We are Full Circle, and we're all about having fun and making great games that people want to play with their friends. As the developers of Skate™, we are set to provide an experience that embraces and builds upon everything our community found special about the previous games. We believe in creating an inclusive world inside and outside of our games for our players and our team. As a geo-diverse studio, our team members around the globe can either work from home, in the office or a hybrid of both.

"This position is open to qualified individuals anywhere in the Americas where EA operates as an employer."

We are looking for an experienced Senior Character Artist to join our Skate team. This is an opportunity to join us in the early stages of development on a new entry in the Skate franchise. You will report to Skate's Character Director and work in collaboration with content creators working on character style, features, and content creation techniques.

While this role is for someone who has experience across the entire character art production process, we are also interested in candidates looking to focus on or develop a specific aspect of character production - for example, clothing, hair, human anatomy etc.

Responsibilities

• Stay current with the state-of-the-industry in character modeling and surfacing.
• Explore visual targets for character assets through the development of a variety of stylistic approaches.
• Explore the use of different methods of creating character models, clothing, and hair assets.
• Interested in new and unfamiliar tools related to modeling, UV editing, baking secondary information, skinning, surfacing, and rendering with the intent of discovering the strengths and weaknesses of each method.
• Provide prototype (modeled, surfaced and skinned) character assets of all types to support early development of the game and to promote requirements gathering for future pipelines and workflows.
• Create style guides, production guides, and reference assets to communicate with internal artists and external outsourcers.
• Participate in group asset reviews - both internal and external - and give peer feedback on all aspects of the character creation process.
• Communicate about the processes involved with the creation of character assets through meetings, presentations, and documentation.
• Attend all planning and team meetings; Build user stories and produce time estimates for project planning.

Qualifications

Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered. We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialog to be considered.

• 8+ Years Experience on video game asset production teams
• Experience shipping character content in a specialist or senior position on 1-2 shipped console/PC titles.
• Strong understanding of human anatomy and movement.
• High level of skill in 3D sculpture, materials/surfacing, topology.
• Proficiency with the use of photogrammetric methods for capture of human bodies, faces, or clothing.
• Proficiency in the use of ZBrush to create sculpted digital character assets.
• Proficiency in the use of Maya to create topology and UV's for digital character assets.
• A degree in Fine Art, Digital Art, Animation, Visual Design, or related diploma or certificate.

Please submit a portfolio/demo reel link with your application.

 

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Electronic Arts Inc. este o companie de divertisment interactiv, lider la nivel mondial. EA oferă jocuri, conținut și servicii online pentru console conectate la Internet, calculatoare personale, telefoane mobile și tablete.

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Days Open: 51

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA este un angajator care oferă oportunități egale. Toate deciziile de angajare sunt luate fără a ține seama de rasă, culoare, origine națională, descendență, sex, identitate sau exprimare de gen, orientare sexuală, vârstă, informații genetice, religie, dizabilități, stare medicală, sarcină, stare civilă, statut familial sau statut de veteran. De asemenea, EA oferă locuri de muncă pentru persoanele cu handicap calificate, conform legislației aplicabile.