Senior 3D Character Artist (Stylized Games | Unity3D) Europe

Location: Remote International Team

Employment: Full-Time / Long-Term

We are looking for experienced Senior 3D Character Artists with exceptional artistic skills and a passion for creating expressive appealing and memorable stylized characters for our game development and co-development projects.

We believe outstanding character art goes beyond technical execution. Every silhouette proportion material and subtle design detail should reinforce a characters personality and make them instantly recognizable.

As part of our character art team you will create high-quality production-ready characters from concept through final in-engine implementation collaborating closely with concept artists animators technical artists and creative leadership.

This is a senior hands-on role for artists who combine outstanding artistic taste with strong production skills and a deep understanding of real-time game development.

Character Art Creation

• Create high-quality stylized 3D characters with strong silhouettes appealing proportions and distinctive personalities.

• Model sculpt UV texture and refine characters from early blockout through final production.

• Translate 2D concepts into compelling 3D characters while preserving artistic intent and visual storytelling.

• Develop convincing stylized materials textures and surface details.

• Maintain a consistent visual language across characters while supporting individuality and creative variety.

Game-Ready Character Production

• Prepare optimized character assets for real-time engines particularly Unity3D.

• Work with appropriate polygon budgets UV layouts texture atlases LODs and material constraints.

• Collaborate with rigging and animation teams to ensure characters deform well and support expressive performances.

• Integrate and review character assets in-engine ensuring visual quality and technical correctness.

• Balance artistic ambition with gameplay readability mobile performance and production requirements.

Collaboration & Quality

• Work closely with Character Art Directors Concept Artists Animators and Technical Artists.

• Participate in artistic reviews and contribute to maintaining high character quality standards.

• Provide constructive feedback and support other artists when needed.

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve character appeal visual consistency and production workflows.

• 5 years of professional experience as a 3D Character Artist in game development.

• Experience contributing to commercially released game productions.

• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating high-quality stylized 3D characters and strong artistic fundamentals.

• Excellent understanding of anatomy stylized proportions shape language color and character appeal.

• Strong skills in 3D modeling sculpting UV mapping texturing and material creation.

• Proficiency in Maya Blender ZBrush Substance 3D Painter or equivalent professional tools.

• Experience preparing optimized characters for real-time game engines.

• Understanding of character deformation rigging requirements and animation-friendly topology.

• Ability to interpret concepts and maintain a consistent artistic style.

• Strong communication skills attention to detail and independent problem-solving.

• Fluency in English.

• Experience with Unity3D and mobile game development.

• Familiarity with pixel-inspired simplified or highly stylized visual aesthetics.

• Experience creating humanoids creatures and non-human characters.

• Knowledge of stylized shaders and character material workflows.

• Experience with procedural workflows or character customization systems.

• Experience mentoring other character artists.

• Previous experience working in a co-development environment.

• Opportunity to contribute to visually distinctive game projects.

• High artistic ownership and influence over character quality and presentation.

• Collaboration with experienced character artists animators and international creative teams.

• Remote-friendly working environment.

• Competitive compensation and flexible contract options.

• Long-term collaboration and opportunities for professional growth.

• Annual Beffio team retreats and a supportive studio culture.

Send us your portfolio and a short introduction. We would love to see stylized characters that demonstrate exceptional artistic quality personality and production-ready execution.