Senior 3D Character Artist

Characters are a key part of what brings games to life. In Paradox games, we have characters ranging from Victorian queens to funghi aliens. If you’re looking for a role that offers you a great variety to your art, then this might be for you.
About the role
We are currently on the lookout for a Senior 3D Character artist with a broad skillset who could take on a variety of 3D character creation tasks, ranging from realistic characters and accurate historical costumes, to alien creatures and their wardrobe. Together with the art director and the art leads you will be helping out to set up and drive the character art vision, and also defining and driving a character customization system


You will be creating characters, clothing, hairstyles and character props, and in close collaboration with our animators and VFX artists bring the characters to life. Your work will also entail establishing pipelines, estimations, and milestones, coaching and mentoring other team members, as well as working with external development partners (writing briefs, regular communication and feedback, implementation of outsourced assets into the game engine).


Requirements


Several years of character creation experience from the games industry
Expert knowledge in Zbrush, Marvelous Designer and Substance Painter
Knowledge of skinning, rigging, technical constraints and optimization
Ability to create, adapt, and iterate, within a variety of artistic styles.
Ability to properly research and work independently in absence of concept art



The right candidate is passionate about Paradox grand-strategy games and about maintaining historical accuracy, which is very central to many of our IP’s. At Paradox we take pride in providing opportunities for our artists to work on varying projects and titles, and to develop and learn new skills. Therefore we also actively look for people who are interested in expanding their talents. Ideal Paradox employees enjoy working in a fast paced open work environment, and have good communication and pedagogical skills.


If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.


At Paradox Interactive we celebrate difference and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. We therefore encourage you, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think you’d be a great addition to our team.