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Job Title: Junior Character Modeller

Job Category: Artists

Skills Required : Animator

Location: North-East, North East, England, UK & Europe

Job Description: My Client, based in the North East has an excellent reputation for producing highly successful games over nearly 20 years. They are now owned by a major international publisher and are looking to expand their teams working on titles for next gen consoles.

Summary:The successful candidate will work within a team of animators, modelers and engineers on an innovative console driving games. The role will primarily be to assist the senior character modelers with tasks such as skinning, texture mapping and export to game and so requires someone with excellent attention to detail. The role will also encompass modeling of complete characters, components and accessories, exporting, testing and troubleshooting these in the game engine

Requirements· Passion for CG character art, animation and games· Proven character modeling skills including skinning, texture mapping and polygonal modeling· Self-motivated, positive, conscientious and organized· Good communicator, able to give and receive constructive feedback· Knowledge of character rigging an advantage.· Conversant with Autodesk 3DS Max, Zbrush and Photoshop· Will ideally have worked on at least one shipped title.

Responsibilities· To create and assist in creation of high quality character model assets in accordance with the brief and technical requirements of the game.· Produce consistent work of high quality.· Estimate your own work and manage your time to meet deadlines.· Prepare work for outsourcing, assess and report on quality of incoming work

More details available on requestSalary     £Negotiable + BenefitsDate posted     20/01/2009Recruiter     This job is advertised on behalf of Aardvark Swift using their internal reference 4060_DS488CM.