Senior 3D Character Artist (m/f)

Description

Goodgame Studios is Europe's fastest growing gaming company and one of Germany's most successful technology businesses. With more than 1200 employees at our headquarters in Hamburg, we develop innovative online games which are played by more than 270 million players in 25 languages across more than 200 countries. Our talented, motivated team of experts and newcomers forms the basis of our success. Become a part of the success story and apply now!

This position is subject to an employment contract. We kindly request that freelancers and companies who would like to offer us their services do not respond to this advertisement.

As Senior 3D Character Artist (m/f), you will primarily be responsible for modeling and rigging characters for our new AAA project. Your role will involve acting as a technical mentor for the rest of the art team.

Your job:

• Create high quality characters and other graphic content for our new AAA project
• Model and rig characters and creatures 
• Verify the quality of current 3D assets
• Mentor und train other character and 3D artists
• Collaborate closely with our design, technology, and art teams

Your profile:

• Completed degree or equivalent training course in graphic design, ideally with a focus on 3D art
• Several years of substantiated professional experience as a character artist
• In-depth understanding of human and creature anatomy
• An excellent eye for shape, color, structure, light, shading, and details
• Skilled in low and high poly modeling and UV mapping
• Very good knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Maya, or similar 3D programs, such as 3ds Max, as well as Zbrush
• A good knowledge of traditional drawing skills (life drawing, illustration)
• Experience contributing to (published) AAA titles as a character artist is desirable
• Very good written and spoken English

We offer:

• An exciting job where you can assume responsibility and develop professionally
• A dynamic team with friendly, highly-qualified colleagues from all over the world
• Strong, sustainable growth and fresh challenges every day
• Flat hierarchies and short decision paths
• A culture of mutual respect and an outstanding working environment
• Further training with workshops, language courses, and technical reference works, a healthy work-life balance, regular team events, sporting and leisure activities, and much more!