3D Character Artist

About Us

Streamline Media Group is a 25-year creative development studio specializing in full video game development, co-development, publishing, and interactive digital asset production. We have shipped titles across every major platform for clients, including Sony, Microsoft, and global AAA publishers.

Description

We are hiring a 3D Character Artist on a freelance/contract basis. You will need to solve a wide range of problems with well-rounded experience across multiple disciplines, with specialization in Character production workflow. You thrive on collaboration and report to the Lead Artist to work as a team towards the monthly content pushes and milestones. You have a natural curiosity for all parts of the creative pipeline, and invest time improving your skills.

This is a fully remote, project-based engagement: scope, deliverables, timelines, and rates are defined per
work order. It is not a full-time employment position.

Responsibilities

• Delivering excellence

  • Works efficiently and effectively within the technical constraints of production
  • Generates high-quality art work that matches or exceeds studio standards

• Communication

  • Keep the Lead Artist up to date regarding status of tasks at all times
  • Obtain the Lead Artists guidance and approval as needed on tasks, project initiatives and milestones
  • Proactively schedule own time as necessary, notify Managers and Lead Artists in advance of upcoming roadblocks and challenges

• Team and personal development

  • Consistently refine one’s own artistic abilities and learn new software packages and in-house tools
  • Contribute and help build a positive team environment

Requirements

• Full proficiency in software packages and tools of the games industry listed below

  • 3ds Max/Maya
  • Substance Painter
  • Zbrush
  • Photoshop
  • PBR workflow

• Surface knowledge on the following softwares and tools

  • Blender

• Intermediate proficiency in the following tools:

  • Unreal Engine Character Setup
  • Unreal Engine Rendering (Lighting, Rendering)
  • Highly proficient in one of the following disciplines and/or intermediate in all of them
  • Human Anatomy
  • Creature Anatomy
  • Hard Surface Modeling
  • Cloth Sculpting or Simulation

• Passion for game development.

• Proficiency in Game Engine technologies such as Unreal with asset integration

• Experience with the game art asset pipeline, i.e. highpoly and efficient game ready lowpoly modelling, texturing and baking.

Pluses:

• Familiarity with other game engines (Unreal Engine, Unity, etc.)
• Capable of working in other art disciplines (Concept Art, Rig, Animation, VFX, etc).

Deliverables Expectations

Freelancers/Contractors will be measured according to the metric below: 

• On-time delivery of project deliverables
• Outcomes delivered as per project specifications, consistently
• Time spent on an outcome is within project or budgeted mandays

Streamline Values: Responsibility, accountability, discipline, teamwork, clear communication, continuous improvement, and learning.

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