Senior Character Artist

At Visual Concepts, we believe great games are made by diverse and empowered teams with a shared passion for play. As one of the world’s top game development studios, we have shipped over 100 multi-sku titles to critical acclaim and commercial success. Our teams are independent and entrepreneurial. Our studios in Agoura Hills, Novato, Orange County, Budapest, Shanghai, Austin, San Jose, Vancouver and Seoul are committed to artistry and technical innovation, offering top candidates the opportunity to learn and grow with some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.

Are you passionate about high-quality, realistic characters? Are you highly experienced in 3D development and pipelines? Does the challenge of capturing the larger-than-life personas and wild costumes of professional wrestling sound amazing? If so, let’s connect—we have a job for you!

Our Austin studio is seeking an experienced Senior Character Artist to join our team. In this role, you’ll work closely with other artists, designers, tech artists, graphics engineers and our art director to help create the most astonishingly lifelike WWE Superstars ever seen in a game. You’ll not only recreate amazing Superstar likenesses, but you’ll also build varied costumes, accessories, gimmicks and hairstyles that enable players to customize and create their own one-of-a-kind celebrity of sports entertainment.

WWE2K is an exciting and challenging game franchise with a diverse set of features and requirements. You will grow and develop in many different areas, learning from a highly skilled team while working on cutting-edge technology.

• Sculpt, model, UV, texture, and create materials for AAA quality, photo-realistic WWE characters
• Work closely with Art and Character leadership to achieve amazing standards
• Work with Technical Artists to problem solve technical integration issues.
• Work in an approval pipeline with contractors and assets that have been produced by external vendors
• Work with the Austin studio Art Director / Managers with scheduling and workflow processes

• 5+ years of experience as a Character Artist in the games or film industries
• Expert in every aspect of character creation using Zbrush and Maya/Max
• Thorough understanding of the technical aspects of character creation, including rigging/skinning, topology for articulation, efficient UV & texture management
• Comfortable managing files in perforce and editing various types of data in Notepad++
• Can work independently and provide guidance to mid & junior artists
• Self-aware, life learner, always keeping up with latest technology, workflow tips and tools
• Love for video games, (not just ours!)

• Shipped a AAA game while owning a portion character production
• Experience working with outsourcing
• Strong knowledge of anatomy
• Strong foundation in the traditional arts, including but not limited to, figure drawing, sculpting, anatomy

To learn more about Visual Concepts and our studio locations, check out our website at www.vcentertainment.com