Character Artist

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. This artist role is the point of contact between the teams, aligning the vision & goals with directors while having direct creative input and planning in that collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Art Director in driving and maintaining the high visual quality of models, inspiring and aligning with the project vision.
• Partner with AD and other departments to improve the art pipeline. R&D art style, adapt new techniques, tools, and workflow
• Collaborate with Production managers to manage the art team's daily activities
• Detect potential risks in production and work with partners to come up with mitigation plans
• Create a fun & inspirational environment while coaching artists by providing reviews, growth plans, and generally assisting in their skills
• Deliver feedback to internal and external teams to maintain art style understanding and quality for the Project

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in AAA game production as character lead or experienced artist.
• Excellent understanding of human anatomy, hard surface modeling, fabric sculpting, hair creation and texturing.
• Advanced knowledge of shape language, silhouette, color theory
• Versatile skill set for a broad range of art styles
• Experience contributing to creative briefs, visual targets and prototypes.
• Expertise in real-time environment creation workflows. We expect you have a strong curiosity and desire to explore the new workflows in the industry.
• Ability to collaborate with others. Able to polish art quality with other art teams, able to complete optimization, implementation and debugging pass for the asset with TA team.
• Ability to provide precise and concise feedback by different forms: verbal, written, paint over and presentation.
• Mainstream game engine experience.