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Principal Character Artist, Cold Iron Studios
Location: San Jose, California
Cold Iron is seeking an experienced Principal Character Artist to join us in creating a shooter set in the Alien universe for consoles and PC! Are you able to translate 2D concepts into fully realized 3D characters, armor, and weapons? Are you a passionate game developer looking to create the best experiences possible? Join our creative, collaborative studio where you will help craft visually inspiring player characters, and enemy creatures that are as fun to look at as they are to blow up.
Here’s the most important one: Do you do it all for the game? Because you know that your talents are needed to make sure that even the best development teams get an awesome experience out the door?
Awesome. Come join our creative, collaborative studio where you’ll own the product management responsibilities for a tight, integrated team of game developers.
Your Day to Day
You can expect to be responsible and accountable for the following:
Lead a team in translating concept art and design ideas into 3D
Create models, textures, and materials for characters, armor, and weapons
Collaborate with Animators and FX artists to breathe life into your characters
Help set and maintain the high-quality bar for the game
Help drive the art vision for the game
Scope work for on time milestone deliveries
Guide and mentor other team members
Establish pipelines for the best results in a given amount of time
Your Career Progression
Do the best work of your career! No, really, that’s what we expect of you. Come aboard and work with industry veterans all working to improve their craft and become better game developers. Your portfolio of experience will grow, and the size of the audience you reach will expand exponentially. The small team atmosphere allows you to contribute more and have greater ownership over what you do day to day.
Requirements
Experience shipping multiple titles
6+ years professional experience developing high quality titles
Proven experience mentoring and teaching other artists
Portfolio of work demonstrating strong proficiency as a Senior/Lead Character Artist
Passion for playing and creating games
Self-driven with strong communication skills
Proven experience tackling challenges and problem solve with a strong sense of ownership
Proven experience working closely with many other disciplines and be a team player
Master level understanding of proportion, silhouette, color theory, and anatomy
Master level understanding of model topology and skinning
Skilled in creating hard surface and organic assets
