Senior 3D Character Artist II

We're building a world-class team of game-makers: folks bursting with creativity, who balance candor with compassion, and hold themselves and their peers accountable to what's best for players.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Character Artist II to join our art team and help create stunning, memorable 3D characters for our brand-new video game IP. This role will report directly into the Character Art Director.

Work with the Art Directors and the art team to create high-quality 3D characters and creatures that achieve the artistic vision and style of our game

Build low and high resolution character models that will include organic and hard-surface elements, UVs, textures, and materials

Create high-resolution digital sculpts based on both concept art and collaborative brainstorming

Partner with Concept, Animation, Tech Art, Design, and Engineering to ensure our characters function within our product and performance requirements, including gameplay, animation, and rendering needs

Participate in look development for our 3D characters from start to finish, including prototyping material networks in Unreal

Help develop a scalable character pipeline, including outfit customizations, LODs, optimization, and standardization of topologies across the game

Coordinate with R&D, Tech Art, and Engineering to help create tools and techniques to improve character development

Keep up to date with industry trends and new technologies, and apply this knowledge to improve the quality of the game's character assets and our creative pipeline

You have 8+ years of experience working as a 3D character artist for AAA games

A clear and demonstrated understanding of human anatomy, proportion, silhouette, and stylized character design

Visual and technical understanding in modeling, sculpting, and look development in the Unreal Engine

Experience building meshes and topology efficiently for clean deformation for animation

Experience working with Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop, and Unreal Engine

Knowledge of asset creation pipelines and workflows, including authoring for P  shaders, character customization, and material creation inside of Unreal

You are a natural collaborator, willing to share, mentor, and partner with peers and other teams

You are passionate about gaming and the ability to bring a unique perspective to character art in pursuit of enhancing the overall game experience

Please note - research shows that certain groups of candidates may not apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. If you see yourself at Believer but don't check every requirement, we would still love to be in touch with you for current and future opportunities.

Annual salary range: $152,000-$198,000

Making great games is hard, so we do our best to make the other parts less hard.

Great compensation package and equity

Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Believer pays 100% of monthly costs for these plans

10 observed holidays + 10 days for Winter Break and "Take What You Need" PTO policy

Remote-friendly team #LI-Remote

We are committed to continuing to expand our benefits and perks to support all Believers

Believer is committed to creating a diverse environment where Believers of all backgrounds can do their best work and grow professionally. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Believer is a global games company with developers all over the world, headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

We've built our lives around creating and serving games we're proud of — from Words With Friends to League of Legends, from Destiny to Apex Legends. We hope you've enjoyed them, and if our wishes have come true, you're still playing them today.

We still think this is just the beginning.

We are Believers, bonded together by a deep love for players, and a commitment to put them at the center of the games we create, the worlds we build, the stories we tell, and the business we run to keep the fun going for as long as players keep believing.