Character Artist

Posted 20 March 2023
- Salary Negotiable
- LocationShoreham-by-Sea
- Job type Permanent
- DisciplineArt
- Reference18836
- Contact NameJordan Langley

**Job description**:
Aardvark Swift are delighted to announce that we are supporting the independent studio, Spiderling Games, with their search for a talented Character Artist to join their team as they experience a period of growth following the success of their flagship title: Besiege.
Spiderling is a small indie game developer based in the UK, however their team members are spread all over the world. They specialise in physics-based building games and due to their success, this is an exceptional opportunity to make a huge impact and truly express yourself in a role with genuine career prospects as this studio goes from strength to strength.
You’ll be handling the 3D character creation, character design, and 2D creature concepts for the studio, whilst working full time from home with flexible working hours around their core business hours.

**The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role**
- Extensive portfolio showcasing stylised characters and creatures
- An excellent sense of shapes, colours, and characters with strong silhouettes
- Some game studio experience and understanding of character art pipelines with ability to take ownership within a small indie setting
- The ability to create characters and playful creatures from concept to final models
- Experience working within the Unity engine
- Proven history of working well remotely, whilst maintaining a strong constant presence within a team and always being available for collaboration

Spiderling Games offer the opportunity to work on a game that will have a tremendous reach, already with a solid core fanbase. You will grow with the team, consistently sharing your ideas to better the studio’s projects.