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We are BossAlien, part of the NaturalMotion family. Our mission is to bring AAA console visuals and deep compelling gameplay to mobile platforms. For the past three years NaturalMotion Studios have been named one of the Best Places to Work in the UK games industry by gamesindustry.biz.

Job Purpose

We are looking for a Senior Character Artist to join us at BossAlien, a division of NaturalMotion, in creating Star Wars™: Hunters, a competitive arena combat game for the Nintendo Switch system and mobile devices. Star Wars: Hunters will bring players together to engage in thrilling, team-based, multiplayer battles featuring a diverse array of distinctive new Star Wars characters.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with engineers, designers and producers to ensure consistent product vision
  • Identify production and pipeline issues and communicate them appropriately
  • Participate in art reviews and respond to critical feedback in a professional manner and contribute feedback to your peers.
  • Produce multiple levels of detail while maintaining the highest possible visual quality
  • Review and mentor other character artists

Required Skills & Experience

  • Expert attention to detail in all aspects of UV Mapping, textures, shaders and LOD’s
  • Outstanding understanding of shape, structure and silhouette regarding modelling.
  • You have an outstanding understanding of form and anatomy.
  • Optimize models and textures to meet the specifications
  • Ensure textures display accurately across all required mobile-device resolutions
  • You’re passionate about – and have good knowledge of character design, art and culture.
  • An excellent portfolio which validates that you have a good knowledge of character creation in different styles.
  • Excellent skills in ZBrush, Max or Maya, substance and Photoshop
  • Experience in taking care of outsourced character models, giving reviews and feedback.
  • Experience working as a character artist on several titles
  • Outstanding 3D skills
  • Self-Organised and willing to participate in team meetings.
  • Strong visual sense for character design

Desirable Skills & Experience

  • A Passion for Games
  • A loving for the Star Wars brand.

What do we offer?

  • Competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus scheme and Zynga stock allowance.
  • Create next-gen games that will be played and loved by millions of players around the world.
  • Work in a family-friendly, collaborative team that invests in your development and growth on-the-job.
  • A diverse team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers.
  • Flexible working hours & crunch-free working culture.
  • Communal music and laid-back atmosphere.
  • Summer/Christmas parties and Happy Hour in the studio each Friday.
  • 25 days holiday plus Christmas shutdown and public holiday.
  • Private medical care and healthcare cash plan.
  • Life insurance and critical illness insurance.
  • 6 months fully paid maternity leave or 3 months fully paid paternity leave.
  • Annual rail season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.
  • Well stocked office kitchen and free Monday studio lunch.

NaturalMotion is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, pregnancy, marital status or veteran status.