Melbourne Based Virtual Art Department Artist

4 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Weta Digital Full time

Wētā FX is looking for a strong generalist/modeller/texture artist to join our Virtual Art team.

**This role will be performed onsite at Wētā’s recently opened Melbourne office. To be eligible you must be based in / or able to relocate to Melbourne, Australia.**

The Virtual Art Department is one of only a few of its kind in the world. Our small and passionate team of generalists deliver real-time assets for Mocap, Previs and Animation using the unique Weta proprietary pipeline and contribute to the successful delivery of shows. In VAD we value our diverse culture and professional backgrounds, and we encourage an atmosphere of learning and teamwork.

This role is for a Maya 3D Generalist with strong modelling, texturing and layout skills as well as some basic lighting concepts. You’ll be involved in helping to create virtual environments/sets for Previs and Real Time Motion Capture from high-res geo/drawings/scans.

To thrive in this role, you’ll have proven experience in production environments and be able to create accurate models from 2d reference, Previs and scan data.

We are looking for artists with the following attributes:

- A reel demonstrating a wide range of organic and hard surface models with clean and efficient topology (preferably with wireframe stills)
- Quick & efficient UV & texture skills for texturing assets using Mari, Photoshop, Quixel, Substance Painter/Designer
- Be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, taking direction and addressing written and verbal notes with quick turnarounds
- Proven experience with Zbrush and Mudbox
- Experience with Game Engines (Unreal or Unity)
- Experience with Cyslice and UVLayout is a plus
- Experience with scripting in MEL/python is a plus
- Qualifications in graphic design and multimedia. Relevant work experience in games, VR, VFX / commercial related industries
- Professional Experience (4+ years) of Maya 3d
- Thorough research skills, you’ll be able to interpret architectural plans and scan data, with a strong understanding of scale, so that what is built is accurate to the real world
- Flexibility to perform in a constantly changing work environment, able to compromise and take critique well
- The ability to model as part of a team, to share assets, work to a high standard and quality check your own and other's work

At Wētā FX we celebrate our diversity and believe in creating an environment where all our crew feel welcomed, respected, supported and appreciated. We define ourselves by the quality of our work, and we’re striving to build a workplace experience that’s second to none. Here at Wētā FX we value open minds and encourage our crew to be themselves.

Location: Melbourne, Australia

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