Fingersoft
Job Details
The Hill Climb Racing 3 team is looking for a Senior 3D Game Artist to join us in bringing our next 3D flagship to life. We offer a remote hybrid option at our premises in Helsinki or Oulu.
The ideal candidate is an independent artist who enjoys creating various artistic works for games. Experience working as a lead 3D artist for shipped products and a deep passion for creating 3D assets in a stylized cartoon style is appreciated. We expect to be able to work with different types of workflows and accommodate the hardware limitations of mobile devices while pushing the bar of what’s possible now and in the future.
Skills and Requirements
Requirements:
- Be responsible for creating a variety of 3D works, come up with original ideas, work with the concept art provided or create them on your own
- Model and texture 3D assets from start to finish to match the look, feel and style of the game
- Exhibit good visual art principles and technical expertise
- Be proactive in bringing your ideas to life with game readability, visual effects, and shading in mind
- Provide feedback to other 3D artists and mentor junior artists
- Proactively see that backlog tasks are progressing
What We Offer:
- Opportunity to work with the most popular racing-adventure IP of all time with hundreds of millions of players worldwide
- Exceptional Employee Experience – In our last employee survey, our eNPS was 70, which is considered exceptionally high!
- Competitive salary and very good benefits
- Relaxed and relaxed atmosphere
- Passionate employees from various fields
- The opportunity to develop your field within a growing company
- A position in one of the top game companies in Finland
- Lots of fun and excitement
- Full relocation assistance if you move from abroad
You should have More:
- Experience in creating different types of assets for games in a stylized way
- Experience working with Unity Engine
- Knowledge of 3D software, ideally Maya or Blender
- Experience with Creative Cloud Tools, Substance Designer\Painter and ZBrush
- Ability and willingness to collaborate with experts from different disciplines
- Understanding of how to bring games to life with complementary shadows and visual effects
- Desire to learn new skills and challenge themselves every day
- Interest in developing your leadership skills and your technical or artistic know-how
We also appreciate:
- Ability to draw your own concepts
- Experience creating visual effects, such as particles and shaders in Unity
- Experience hand painting texturing using 3DCoat or similar software
- Experience with 3D animation in Blender or equivalent software
- Knowledge of implementing 3D assets in the Unity game engine
- Understanding of other areas of game development
- Gaming as a hobby and interest in mobile games
About the Company
We are best known for the mobile hits “Hill Climb Racing” and “Hill Climb Racing 2”, which have a combined total of over 2 billion installs across all platforms. However, despite our huge following, we keep things small and personal, with a strong focus on maintaining a relaxed, laid back and informal working atmosphere.
Today, we employ over 100 people around the world. Our company slogan is “Good Games | Great People” and we truly believe that the pure essence of what makes Fingersoft Fingersoft – is its people. A unique and diverse group of seasoned professionals at the top of their field, each united by a love of creating amazing video games and have a good laugh.
We are one of the northernmost video game studios in the world, located (literally and figuratively) just 170 km south of the Arctic Circle in Oulu, Finland. Oulu is one of the biggest cities in Finland and is a compact, safe, technological and young place; with one of the youngest populations in Europe (the average age is only 38) and one of the lowest living costs in Finland. It was even ranked 1st city in Europe for quality of life in 2016!
Our Advantages:
- Equipment of your choice
- Flexible hours focused on a good work/life balance
- 5 weeks annual vacation
- Health and dental care, free massage every month
- Meal allowance in addition to your salary
- Benefits for cycling and commuting
- Complimentary snacks, fruit and drinks at the office
- Annual allowance for education, sport and culture
- Company sporting events, Friday sauna, free use of company gym
- Telephone and Internet advantage
- Modern office in downtown Oulu
- Moving assistance
How to Apply
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All applications must include a Portfolio, CV/Resume, and any relevant documentation