Framestore is looking for a Senior Asset Artist to join our staff CG team in our New York office.

This is a senior role in the CG team that will be responsible for asset creation across a variety of high end content within our Integrated Advertising division which can include commercials, episodic, and immersive projects. The Senior Asset Artist will be expected to take a hands-on approach to creating highly accurate and efficient CG assets across a variety of styles with an emphasis in photoreal organic modeling. The Senior Asset Artist should also have considerable knowledge in texturing as well as a basic understanding of look development.

Responsibilities:

• Creating models as briefed and/or in line with reference materials

• Execute accurate textures, colors, and organic surface qualities for both CG creatures and hard surface models

• Understanding and following outlined naming conventions

• Maintaining and enforcing a strong pipelined workflow for asset building across the team whilst ensuring it's continued evolution

• Presenting models for progress review to leads, supervisors and clients

• Ensuring consistency of UV mapping

• Communicating with other departments and production in order to ensure that the model meets relevant requirements

• Making changes or updates to models as required

• Ongoing communication with production and leads regarding schedules and deadlines

• Staying on schedule and meeting set deadlines while maintaining the highest levels of quality

• Mentoring junior CG team members and supporting their continued development of their modeling/texturing skills

• Extensive working knowledge of Maya and Zbrush

• Good working knowledge of Substance Painter and/or Mari

• Creative, resourceful and with strong spatial awareness

• Very strong polygonal subdivision modelling skills

• Efficient with layout of UVs and awareness of texture requirements

• Able to interpret and follow reference material to create clean, highly detailed and accurate models

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Able to organise own workflow in a meticulous manner

• Able to work well within a team

• Creative conceptual sculpting

• Knowledge of anatomy

• Must have valid US work authorization

Framestore is proud to employ extraordinary talent across all genders, races, nationalities, religions, ages, abilities and sexual preferences. We aim to encourage and support all of our current and future employees to achieve their potential. No job applicant will receive less favourable treatment on any basis when applying for a career with us.