3D Artist

KIXEYE is looking for a 3D Artist to join our art team. You'll focus on creating colorful, painterly, low-poly assets for a casual game with a minimalist look and feel. While the primary focus is casual, we value artists who are adaptable and excited to explore other styles across a variety of projects at the studio.

Benefits and Perks at KIXEYE

• Compensation: We offer a competitive compensation structure 
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance: Good health is essential to your wellbeing. Always look and feel your best at KIXEYE. 
• Life & Disability Insurance: If you are ever knocked off your feet, you can rest assured that we’ll have your back.  
• PTO / Holidays:  You work hard, balance makes for better work. It’s your time off, use it however you want.
• Continuous Improvement: An annual budget to inspire you to pursue learning. 
• Work-Life Balance: Flexible working times and places.
• Remote work: All staff work remotely, and we offer a WFH stipend to help you get set up at home. 
• Company Events: We love engaging our staff in employee team building activities!

Compensation: We offer a competitive compensation structure Health, Dental & Vision Insurance: Good health is essential to your wellbeing. Always look and feel your best at KIXEYE. 

Required Experience and Skills:

• Advanced knowledge using Maya/3DS Max and Photoshop.
• 3D modeling hard surface & organic, sculpting, animation, rigging, UV-mapping and PBR texturing, basic 2D concept and compositing experience.
• Experience with software such as ZBrush, 3DCoat, and Substance Painter.
• Ability to design and work with minimal direction.
• Experience modeling and texturing environments, props, and characters.
• Strong English communication skills.
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Ability to multi-task and to adapt easily to change.
• Ability to work within branding guidelines.
• Must be a fast learner, an independent problem solver, and detailed oriented

Responsibilities:

• Manage art quality and pipeline requirements.
• Manage content preparation for implementation.
• Create low-poly game assets with a painterly look, guided by art direction and established visual style.
• Assist other artists to meet deadlines and manage established schedules.
• Create hard surface and organic environment assets.
• Build 3D models including texturing and UV-mapping.
• Rig, weight, paint, and animate 3D models.
• Illustrate, concept, edit and composite 2D and 3D assets

Nice to Have:

• Strong traditional art and digital painting skills.
• Strong aptitude for continuous learning.
• Experience with Unity, sprite creation, and UI creation.

Reports to: Art Leads and Art Director