Senior 3D Character Artist

About the role

WarForge Studio is seeking a Senior 3D Character Artist to own end‑to‑end character creation for its upcoming MMO title. This is a core production role, not a support position, reporting directly to the Art Director and responsible for translating concept art into engine‑ready assets.

Key responsibilities

• Full‑lifecycle character art: R&D, high‑poly sculpting, low‑poly retopology, UV mapping, baking, texturing and engine integration.
• Ensure characters and creatures read clearly at top‑down camera distances while meeting strict MMO performance budgets.
• Translate 2D concepts into a stylized‑realism aesthetic, balancing planar forms with high‑quality material definition.
• Establish and document the character art pipeline from DCC tools to the game engine.
• Maintain clean, animation‑ready topology for complex movement and armor rigging.
• Set and enforce naming conventions, export standards and folder structures.
• Own visual quality benchmarks and proactively resolve technical or visual bottlenecks.

Required profile

• 8+ years of 3D character art experience in games, with at least one shipped MMO or high‑end mobile title.
• Proven track record of owning the character pipeline or working in a senior capacity on 1‑2 shipped titles.
• Deep expertise in ZBrush, 3Ds Max/Maya/Blender and the Substance 3D Suite.
• Portfolio demonstrating a strong stylized‑realism aesthetic.
• High production autonomy, capable of delivering assets from brief to engine integration with minimal oversight.
• Professional maturity, experience with established studio pipelines and collaborative feedback loops.

Required skills

• ZBrush
• 3Ds Max
• Maya
• Blender
• Substance 3D Suite
• Unity
• Unreal Engine
• Custom shader development
• Material optimization