Character Artist

1 week ago

Montréal, Canada Rogue Factor Full time

_(UNE VERSION FRANÇAISE SUIT CI-DESSOUS)_

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**CHARACTER ARTIST**
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**About us**

We are Rogue Factor, a medium-sized video game developer based in Montreal, Canada. Our team is currently working on a brand new and ambitious IP, _**Hell is Us**_, which mixes a realistic and fantastic universe, and is created in Unreal Engine 5 with support from our European parent company, Nacon.

**Job description**

We are looking for a full-time Character Artist who will be responsible for creating and integrating AAA quality characters for our upcoming third-person action-adventure game.

**Responsibilities**
- Contribute to all aspects of the character pipeline, from R&D to tool development, through experimenting with Metahuman, design and documentation, to production, refinement, integration, and optimization of final assets in Unreal Engine.
- Work closely with different departments to create various game characters, shaders, and texture maps, in accordance with the creative direction, artistic vision and technical constraints of the project.
- Work autonomously and with different stakeholders to implement and refine processes and techniques that will ensure the highest possible production quality and efficiency.
- Take part in additional duties, which may include assisting with content creation, quality control and any other activities necessary to the project’s timely delivery and success.

**Requirements**:

- Academic degree and/or professional experience in a relevant field.
- Experience as a character artist for video games, covering all stages of the pipelines related to real-time character design, creation, integration, and optimization.
- Proficiency in Pixologic Zbrush, Marvelous Designer and Substance Painter software.
- Knowledge of Blender software.
- Ability to work within highly technical constraints, as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability for rapid and iterative creation based on peer feedback and directions.
- Extreme attention to details and capacity to clearly represent abstract concepts.

**Bonus points**
- Experience in shipping successful AA/AAA titles for consoles and PC, while occupying a Character Artist role through at least one complete development cycle.
- Experience with Unreal Engine and shader creation.
- Experience with real-time hair creation.
- Strong skills in UV mapping and texture layout planning.
- Experience in following production roadmaps using AGILE management tools like Jira.

**What we offer**
- Ownership and agency over your work on a groundbreaking new IP.
- Competitive salary and generous employee benefits package.
- A dynamic, inclusive, challenging, and engaging remote or hybrid work environment.
- Continued training and career development opportunities.

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**ARTISTE DE PERSONNAGES**
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**À propos**

Nous sommes Rogue Factor, un studio de développement de jeux vidéo de taille moyenne, basé à Montréal. Notre équipe travaille actuellement à la création d’une toute nouvelle IP ambitieuse,_ **Hell is Us**_, mêlant un univers réaliste et fantastique, et développée sous Unreal Engine 5 avec l’appui de notre société mère, Nacon.

**Description d’emploi**

Nous recherchons un(e) artiste personnages à temps plein, qui sera responsable de créer et d’intégrer des personnages de qualité AAA pour notre prochain jeu d’action-aventure à la troisième personne.

**Responsabilités**
- Contribuer à tous les aspects du pipeline de personnages, de la R&D au développement d’outils, à l’expérimentation avec Metahuman, en passant par le design et la documentation, jusqu’à la production, le peaufinage, l’intégration et l’optimisation des assets finaux dans Unreal Engine.
- Travailler en étroite collaboration avec différents départements pour créer divers personnages de jeu, shaders et texture maps, conformément avec la direction créative, la vision artistique et les contraintes techniques du projet.
- Œuvrer de manière autonome et de concert avec divers intervenants, afin d’implémenter et raffiner les processus et techniques assurant la qualité et l’efficacité de la production.
- Prendre part à une série de mandats connexes qui pourront inclure la création de contenus, le contrôle de qualité et toutes autres activités nécessaires afin d’assurer le respect des délais de livraison ainsi que le succès du produit final.

**Exigences**
- Diplôme académique et/ou expérience professionnelle dans un domaine pertinent.
- Expérience en tant qu’artiste de personnages pour le jeu vidéo, couvrant toutes les étapes des pipelines liés à la conception, création, intégration et optimisation de personnages en temps réel.
- Maîtrise des logiciels Pixologic Zbrush, Marvelous Designer et Substance Painter.
- Connaissance du logiciel Blender.
- Habileté à travailler avec d’importantes contraintes techn

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