Boss Fight Entertainment is looking for an exceptionally skilled, multi-dimensional 3D Generalist to join our Art team.  Our ideal candidate has a primary strength in one 3D competency, but can thrive covering multiple competencies.

Required skills:

3D Character Modeling

• Expertise in Photoshop, Max, and Zbrush (or equivalent 2D and 3D programs)
• Possesses a visual and technical understanding of 3D modeling & texturing of high poly  and low poly characters
• Exhibits a solid grasp of form, color, and light for both 2D and 3D art assets
• Demonstrated ability to create convincingg organic and hard surface models
• Have a clear understanding of multipass texture creation as well as techniques that utilize fewer maps and rely more on traditional hand painting

The ideal candidate also has some of these skills:

Technical Animation

• Develop and maintain high quality rigs for props, vehicles, and character assets
• Able to animate humanoid and non-humanoid characters and creatures, both realistic and cartoony
• Solid grasp of the principles of body movement, anticipation, overshoot, follow-through, squash and stretch, forward and inverse kinematics, and other facets of both 2D and 3D animation
• Have a thorough understanding of painting weights and the skinning process
• Experience in either 3DS Max or Maya is preferred
• Familiarity with Maya scripting including Mel scripts, Python, PyMel and/or the Maya API
• Familiarity with Unity and C# scripting
• Ability to assist with the design of efficient production pipelines and writing tools to streamline the rigging and animation process

VFX Art

• Experience creating brilliant, eye catching real-time VFX using Photoshop, Maya/Max, and in-game VFX systems
• Strong grasp of visual design principles used to create stylized, compelling VFX
• Able to paint VFX textures from scratch and match an established style
• High degree of proficiency with 3D graphics, particle systems, physics, ribbons, shaders, etc.
• Solid knowledge of rendering engines

Personal skills:

• Works well in a collaborative environment
• Able to take direction and feedback from project Leads and Directors
• Communicates effectively with a wide variety of personalities and functions, both written and verbal
• Maintains solid work ethic and a positive attitude in a deadline focused environment
• Self-motivated and driven to create top quality AAA art
• Experience working with outsource houses

Required experience and traits:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a mid to high level 3D artist (animating, rigging etc.)
• Familiarity with Dungeon Boss strongly recommended
• A balanced mix of visual aesthetic and tech-art/programming skills
• A passion for playing and making games