Freelance Senior 3D Character artist (Realistic Characters)

Founded in 2012, N-iX Games is one of the biggest game development and art production vendors in Ukraine, working with leading publishers and media enterprises around the globe. The team of 240+ professionals focuses on full-cycle game development, VR solutions, and content creation for all the most popular platforms. The studio has successfully collaborated with over 40 clients, including Paradox Interactive, Tempo Storm, Supermassive Games, and VRChat.

At N-iX Games, we strive to deliver AAA quality of our work and are looking for exceptional talent to join us. If you are excited about the opportunity to collaborate and grow among passionate experts, we invite you to our team!

We are currently looking for an experienced 3D Artist to work remotely, in-house, or on a freelance basis to deliver great-looking realistic 3D characters for AAA games of different genres.

Responsibilities:

• Creation of realistic characters
• Match the required art style of a project
• Cooperate with other artists to streamline the art creation process
• Work with team lead to create a plan and schedule
  
  

Required Skills:

• Strong sculpting, modeling and texturing skills
• Ability to follow and correctly interpret the concept
• Strong knowledge of anatomy, color, shape, scale, silhouette, proportion
• Strong knowledge of cloth simulation
• Good understanding of character topology for animation
• Strong knowledge of 3dsMax/Maya/Blender, ZBrush, Photoshop, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag
• Ability to create realistic hair with cards
• Understanding of technical limitations and art pipelines for the photoreal character creation
• Strong portfolio showing 3D art skills
• Good organization, time management, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Familiarity with the game development cycle
  
  

As a plus:

• Ability to create and texture a 3D model from an image or description
• Knowledge of Unreal engine 4/5, Unity
• Ability to communicate in English
• Experience with AAA production pipeline
• Passion for games
  
  

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Personalized career growth
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
• Education reimbursement
• Memorable anniversary presents
• Corporate events and team buildings
• Other location-specific benefits
• not applicable for freelancers