We are looking for a passionate and talented Senior 3D Character Artist with a proven background in delivering AAA game content to help push our visual bar for our characters to the next level. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the Art team and will be expected to help drive the look and feel of our characters within the game.

Location & Reporting Line:

This position will be based in Scopely’s new office in Los Angeles. The position will work closely with and report to the franchise Art Director, on an unannounced cross platform strategy/MMO title within Scopely.

Responsibilities:

Understand your game’s core vision and key character creation art principles, and champion those to both the internal team and external partners
Assist the Franchise Art Director in creating style guides, art bibles, mood boards, and other necessary documents to define, communicate, and drive a game’s art vision and quality bar
Work from concept art and photo-reference to create highly memorable, stylized, and compelling in-game characters
Create benchmark character assets and devise best practices for efficient high-quality asset creation pipelines
Work with designers, technical artists, and riggers to ensure characters embody their narrative lore, meet detailed technical criteria, and support necessary gameplay requirements
Review character models from team members and external partners to ensure and maintain high quality across all models
Ensure character optimization and LOD creation to ensure optimal game performance
Build relationships between internal teams and distributed development art partners, including vendor asset management, quality control, and sharing of best practices
Participate in recruiting and developing studio art talent
Actively participate in building the studio art team culture across different time zones, while also taking on a leadership role

Requirements:

Deep appreciation for stylized artwork
3+ years of related experience with multiple shipped titles on mobile, PC, or console, including at least one project in a Senior role
Demonstrable experience setting visual quality standards, reviewing assets, and managing the character modelling art quality bar across a team
Experience with a variety of art styles and a deep understanding of stylized characters and aesthetics
Deep experience using the industry’s most common game engines, 3d art authoring packages, and production workflows. Unity, Maya, and Z-Brush are preferred
Ability to create high quality organic and hard-surface models using industry standard software and techniques is a must (ie. Zbrush, Substance Designer/Painter, Maya, etc)
Deep understanding of PBR workflow and texturing
Excellent understanding of materials and lighting, and how they affect art
Deep attention to detail both in asset fidelity as well as asset management
Experience working in a distributed development model, with remote teams, across many time zones and cultures
Ability to travel both within China and abroad if necessary for work
Experience working on strategy games, MMO’s, or live service games is a plus

Scopely is a leading mobile games company home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including Star Trek™ Fleet Command, Looney Tunes™ World of Mayhem, WWE Champions 2019, The Walking Dead: Road To Survival™, YAHTZEE® With Buddies and Wheel of Fortune®: Free Play, among others. Scopely creates rewarding, immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform that personalizes gameplay at scale across one of the most diversified portfolios in the west. Recognized in Fast Company’s ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies’ and #2 on Deloitte’s ‘Technology Fast 500’ as one of the fastest-growing companies in North America, Scopely has achieved more than $1 billion in lifetime revenue by creating game experiences that are important part of people’s lives. With global operations in Los Angeles, Barcelona and Dublin (DIGIT Games Studios), and additional studios in seven countries across four continents, Scopely has raised more than $250 million in financing from global entertainment and technology investors.

Scopely is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, family or parental status, gender identity, veteran, or disability status, or other protected status.

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