Principal Animator
People Can Fly Studio
ChefFlux
Senior Character Artist
People Can Fly Studio
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
Tech Stack
Unity
About the role
- Create high-quality, industry-leading 3D characters that balance visual fidelity, performance, and gameplay requirements.
- Work closely with art directors and project leads to define and implement an artistic vision across projects.
- Mentor and support internal and external character artists, providing thoughtful, constructive feedback.
- Collaborate with outsourcing and production teams to plan, track, and integrate character art deliverables on schedule.
- Oversee the quality and consistency of all character-related content, ensuring compliance with People Can Fly (PCF)’s artistic standards.
- Contribute to documentation, tutorials, and best practices that elevate the team’s collective skills.
- Research and adopt new techniques and workflows to continuously improve the artistic quality of characters.
- Integrate assets directly into the game engine and collaborate to resolve technical or artistic challenges.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a 3D character artist in the video game industry.
- Experience delivering at least one AAA title from start to finish.
- Strong foundation in traditional art: anatomy, proportions, composition, and color theory.
- Advanced proficiency in Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, and Substance Painter/Designer (Mari, Houdini, Unreal or Unity are a plus).
- Good understanding of game production pipelines, including high/low poly modeling, physically based rendering (PBR) materials, UV layouts, and optimization.
- Ability to solve complex artistic and technical challenges both collaboratively and independently.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- A genuine passion for video games, continuous learning, and creative excellence.
Benefits
- A comprehensive benefits package fully paid by People Can Fly (PCF).
- Insurance claims reimbursed at 100% (up to $1,000 of services per year), available for individual or family coverage.
- Comprehensive dental coverage, including major dental work and orthodontics.
- Company RRSP contribution match of 4% (pre-tax), 100% vested from day one.
- One week of paid time off during the winter holidays.
- 20 days of paid vacation and 5 paid sick days.
- Free virtual health and mental wellness care sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents.
- Personal development opportunities and the chance to work in a global environment.
- The opportunity to work within a creative team of passionate professionals.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
3D character artisttraditional artanatomyproportionscompositioncolor theoryhigh/low poly modelingphysically based rendering (PBR)UV layoutsoptimization
Soft skills
mentoringconstructive feedbackcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationorganizational skillsprioritizationpassion for video gamescontinuous learningcreative excellence