Character Artist

Create impressive and realistic-looking characters for our newly announced Project 007
IO Interactive is currently looking for a full-time Character Artist to join Project 007, a brand new James Bond video game to be developed and published by IOI.
Featuring a wholly original Bond story, players will step into the shoes of the world's favourite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story.
As an integral part of the team, you will collaborate with directors, leads and other team members to achieve the creative vision of the project at the highest level of design. You will be involved in the initial design of graphics and technical considerations of implementation, and your goal is to continuously set new levels for character graphics in our 007 game, and push to the highest standard of the industry, together with your team.
What you will do
Collaborate with key team members in the creation of in-game characters
Being able to own parts of the pipeline such as shading, texturing, modelling, marvelous/substance painter or designer
Mentoring other team members
Produce character art, assemble the characters inside the game and lay out the technical in-game setup for them
Come with initiative and be proactive in setting benchmarks for character graphics quality
Work with multiple disciplines to ensure outstanding character art properly fitting the game design requirements
Work closely with technical animators using a mix of third party and proprietary tools setting up character art for optimal execution and display in our in-house game engine
Add the final touch and polish to already existing graphics
Support your lead and producer in the overall planning of the character art production
Deliver content on schedule and within technical limitations
Fix bugs and optimize game assets for required performance and to comply with specifications on various platforms



Who you are:
You are a character artist with experience of working on at least two AAA titles in multiple stages of production
Clear understanding of the technical limitations and requirements for in-game character art making
You have the ability to create impressive and realistic-looking game character art and work solution-oriented
In-depth knowledge and proven experience working with for example 3ds Max and Maya for building game characters
Hands-on experience working with 3D sculpting applications such as ZBrush
Experience with texturing tools such as substance painter and designer
Knowledge of rigging principles and technical constraints of characters to understand the impact on the extended pipeline
Hands-on skinning knowledge
Strong understanding of anatomy and color
Understanding of the details in character-making and subtle storytelling
Self-motivated towards solving creative problems and technical challenges



We would love it if you had:
A background within fine art
Experience with animation
Experience with Marvelous Designer
Experience with outsourcing workflows or cross-site experience

Who we are:
A team, above all. If you join our studio, expect to be encouraged, listened to and have your efforts and insightful impact recognized and valued. We take pride in the friendly haven we built at IOI, and we expect you to take part in cultivating that. We are also highly international, with over 27 nationalities working in both our Copenhagen and Malmö offices.
We also have a reputation for being a very friendly workplace with highly talented people. That is why the members we welcome in our team never fail to integrate, and are supported, valued and listened to at all steps. We are dedicated to quality and have fun while doing it. We welcome you to join us and do the same.
The position is open in our Malmö office. We welcome candidates from all over the world and we are looking forward to hearing from you!