Character Artist

6 months ago


Leamington Spa, United Kingdom Soul Assembly Full time

**ABOUT SOUL ASSEMBLY**

Soul Assembly is an exciting and rapidly growing games developer, currently consisting of 70+ employees.

We have created some of the most high profile and most downloaded titles in the XR space today, from our lovely offices in the heart of Leamington Spa. By joining the team now will give you the opportunity to be a part of a growing team exploring the exciting new opportunities that XR and the metaverse offer.

We pride ourselves on the supportive and creative environment we have within the studio, where our focus is always "Making Games With Heart and Soul."

**ROLE PURPOSE**

As a Character Artist within Soul Assembly, you will at the heart of bringing the characters to life on our newest project within a close and talented studio team with a proven track record of success.

This is a role, where you will be able to bring your flair, creativity and talent to the project and collaboratively deliver; engaging and rich characters for our players to enjoy meeting in the Virtual World. We are looking for someone who is a creative problem solver, an excellent communicator, and who always shows high levels of enthusiasm and talent for creating great artwork within an agreed artstyle.

You will ensure your created characters are optimised for use in our game engines, being particularly mindful of performance and memory constraints. We will offer you to be an active member of the experienced and highly skilled art team, contributing ideas in a collaborative and inclusive environment that will help everyone build another great game from the studio.

Also there is the opportunity for occasional concept artwork generation during pre-production phases.

**REQUIRED SKILLS**:

- A strong portfolio that demonstrates excellent 3D and 2D skills, with particular focus on character work.
- Proven drawing and layout skills that illustrate your ability to convey ideas and concepts to stakeholders.
- Up to date and comprehensive knowledge of Autodesk Maya (or other relevant 3D content creation packages) and Photoshop.
- Familiarity with the opportunities and challenges of the current games market, including XR technologies.

DESIRABLE SKILLS:

- Experience of game development in Unity.
- Ability with sculpting packages such as ZBrush or Mudbox.
- Knowledge of texture/material creation pipelines such as Substance or NDo/DDo.
- Active player of Mobile/Console/VR games.

**WHY APPLY TO SOUL ASSEMBLY?**

Joining the team now will give you the chance to be a part of a successful and growing team, that is going from strength to strength. We'll also give you the opportunity to:

- Enjoy a relaxed, friendly and progressive work environment.
- 25 days annual leave, with the ability to take 5 days over per year when needed
- Help define the studio culture and values
- Contribute your input and ideas to our games and to all areas of our business
- Be involved in defining studio processes and working practices.

In addition, we will:

- Pay a competitive salary, negotiable based on experience
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Enhanced Maternity,Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Private Medical Insurance
- Provide regular activities such as pub, cinema nights and team-building events
- Relocation package for non-UK residents with support for all dependants
- Commitment to adding additional benefits as we grow

At Soul Assembly, we strive to provide an inclusive environment where everyone, irrespective of background, can do their best work and be part of our rapid success and growth. Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and being a good fit with our company values and mission statement.



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