Playground Games is seeking an Senior Character Artist who will be responsible for creating a diverse variety of characters needed to realise the vision for an entirely new AAA open world action / RPG project.

As Senior Character Artist you'll also have experience in the technical aspects of your craft, including materials, asset optimisation and the creation of meshes with clean and functional topology, as well as being comfortable communicating with technical departments.

You'll of course be familiar with industry standard software packages such as 3DSMax or Maya, as well as having extensive experience with Mudbox or ZBrush. Your knowledge of human anatomy will be well developed and you'll have a good level of understanding on best practices to suit animation and engine requirements.

Skills Summary:

Minimum of 3 years experience of working on published AAA titles on current-gen consoles with at least a AAA title released
An strong understanding of technical considerations for character creation
Strong knowledge with latest version of Zbrush or Mudbox
Good understanding of current generation production workflows in relation to character art production
Strong understanding of human anatomy and it's proportions
Strong understanding of creating meshes with very clean topology for deformation
Able to communicate with technical team members
A strong portfolio demonstrating your in-game character art work to very high standards
A self-motivated team player, with good communication skills
Good understanding of clothes creation software such as Marvellous Designer
Good knowledge of textures creation packages such as substance Designer and substance Painter
Good traditional art foundation

Desirable Skills:

Experience with cloth simulation setup
Experience with blendshape creation workflows

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the world's most exciting games studios, using cutting edge technology to create world class games, within a successful, highly talented and collaborative team.