Lead 3D Character Artist (offline)

Job Responsibility Description:

Reporting to the Art Director, our Lead 2D Environment Artist will have the following main responsibilities:

- Manage 3d characters modeling pipelines, high and low poly;
- Responsible for the final technical quality of the 3d characters;
- Creation of the technical requirement documentation for 3d characters;
- Team members recruitment and evaluation;
- Daily management of the environment art team: control of the progress, art research and development, technology and quality improvement;

Skill requirements:

- 3+ years of experience in lead art or senior 3d character position for casual mobile games or similar
- At least 1 finished game in portfolio;
- Familiarity with cartoon Pixar art style and realistic style;
- Strong professional portfolio with high-quality examples 3D characters in cartoon style;
- Familiarity with standard 3D character production pipelines for the game industry;
- Master at least one of these tools: 3ds Max, Maya, Zbrush;
- Strong knowledge in texturing using Photoshop and/or Substance Paint;
- Deep understanding of material shaders and the best rendering engines like Marmoset, Arnold, or V-Ray;
- Experience in leading a team;
- Good management and communication skills;
- Strong sense of responsibility;
- Understand the technology used in the game development, its capabilities, and limitations;
- Spoken and written English (Intermediate or higher).

Bonus points:

- Experience in agile-based/SCRUM development;
- Experience in character animation;
- 2d illustrator or quick sketches skills;
- Passion for SLG games and experience in creating them.

We propose:

- Competitive salary;
- Some of the largest bonuses on Ukrainian Market;
- Employment according to the Ukrainian Labor code and paid taxes by the
Company;
- Medical insurance;
- 24 calendar days of paid vacation annually;
- Paid sick leaves;
- Modern comfortable office in Kyiv (Gulliver) with some remote work possibility;
- Innovative game product and diverse team to grow together.

About Legou Games

Legou Games, one of the fastest-growing Chinese developers, has now opened an Art Studio in Kyiv!

Our first work “Rise of Kingdoms” has been a global hit. It has been released in 142 locations around the world and the number of players already exceeds 10 million. It is number 1 in the revenue list of Chinese games on the global market.

Our main commitment is to “create strategy games that players around the world can easily play and enjoy”.

For us, the game is a part of life, it is in our blood, it is our passion and our dream. And we want you to join us to make this dream come alive.

We invite you to work with us on Rise of Kingdoms and to create outstanding characters, environments and animations which will amaze millions of players!

Company website:
https://www.legougames.com/

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/legou-games/