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Lead Character Artist

Full-time

kabam

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…

 

The Lead Character Artist is responsible for overseeing the character design and creation process from concept to animation and final integration. This role ensures that our games feature compelling and visually stunning characters, animation and VFX. They will lead a team of artists both internally and externally and work closely with various departments to bring our characters to life. They understand the Character creation process along with the technical and artistic constraints. They partner with designers and engineers to realize characters that are meaningful to players and executed at high quality in the game.

 

This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.

Vacancy posted 20 days ago
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