3D Artist & Outsourcing Manager i Umeå

Paradox Arctic is developing Deep, Appealing and Personal games within the Management genre, and we want to fill these with beautiful art! Are you a generalist that enjoys creating environment props and architecture as well as characters? Are you constantly striving towards the best possible quality and wants to get the opportunity to spearhead a 3D Art production?

Paradox Arctic is now looking for a talented 3D Generalist Artist to join our art team in Umeå. You will work together with our Art Lead and Concept Artist to find the right style for the 3D Art in one of our in-house projects. Using the latest tools and rendering techniques you will create 3D Assets that will define the style and set the standard for other artists. You will also manage the outsourcing of 3D Assets and make sure they reach the desired quality.

• Create high-quality 3D Art for key assets, both for content and to use as benchmarks.
• Oversee 3D Art assets all the way from planning and estimation to creation and implementation.
• Plan and send outsourcing orders.
• Feedback on outsourcing deliveries to make sure the ordered assets reach the required quality.
• Communicate effectively and proactively with other team members

• At least 3+ years of experience working in the games industry
• Experience of art outsourcing, like giving feedback on deliveries
• Strong proficiency in Maya and Photoshop
• Expert on the Substance tools
• Experience with the PBR shading pipeline
• Proficiency in Zbrush or equivalent
• Experience with the PBR shading pipeline
• An interest in both historical and fantasy art
• Experience in guiding and giving feedback to other artists
• Fluency in English both written and spoken

• Experience with Marvelous Designer
• 2D art/sketching skills
• Technical art skills
• Knowledge of scripting
• Unity experience
• A passion for management games

On a personal level, our ideal candidate is driven and wants to learn new things, and share those learnings to others. Has a keen eye for quality. And is a humble and prestigeless team player, eager to take on any task that helps the team and the project to move forward.

At Arctic you will receive many opportunities to learn and improve and become a vital part in shaping our future games. We also provide self-leadership courses for all employees and are proud of our no crunch policy.

Some of our benefits include:

If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.

At Paradox Interactive we celebrate difference and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. We therefore encourage you, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think you’d be  a great addition to our team.