Senior 3D Animation Artist, VNGGames

The 3D Artist will create ultra-realistic Next-Gen and high-quality cartoon 3D assets—models, textures, shaders, and animations—for our AAA game clients, fully optimized for Unreal/Unity pipelines. They’ll uphold service excellence through clear client communication, rigorous version control, and AI-driven workflows, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery at AAA standards.

Animation:

• Mentor junior animators, give critiques, manage polish pass for shippable quality. Work closely with Tech Animation to ensure rig/skin meets animation needs.
• Define animation style and maintain consistency across characters or creatures. Build animation libraries and naming standards for reusability. Animate complex systems like mount, flight, or multi-part entities (e.g., boss setups).
• Establish studio-wide animation vision and style guide. Oversee animation pipelines, tools, naming conventions, and integration practices. Make high-level decisions about outsourcing, tool investments, and AI/mocap integration strategy.

Ringging:

• Define rigging standards and modular rig templates across the team.
• Collaborate with Tech Animator to build scalable rigging pipelines and automation tools (Python/MEL).
• Ensure rigs are engine-ready with proper LODs, skeleton exports, and compatibility with retargeting/mocap.
• Define and oversee rigging strategy aligned with animation and gameplay needs.
• Plan and manage outsourcing or hybrid workflows for rigging and skinning at scale.
• Set long-term goals for rigging team development and technology upgrades.

AI Intergration

• Collaborate with Tech Art to build automated system
• Define and lead the AI strategy for 3D workflows across the studio.
• Other
• Collaborate with designers, programmers, and other artists to ensure seamless integration of 3D assets into the game
• Maintain a consistent art style and quality across all projects.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and techniques in 3D art.
• Capable of creating high-quality 3D assets (characters, environments, props) that meet performance and aesthetic targets across game engines.