3D CREATURE & CHARACTER MODELER

High-End Visual Effects | Feature Film & Episodic

Full-Time • Hybrid / Remote • Immediate Start

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're on the hunt for an experienced3D Creature & Character Modeler to join our client's award-winning VFX team.

If you have proven, production based VFX Creature / Character Modeling experience, we want to hear from you.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Create high-quality hero creature and character models for feature film, episodic, and commercial VFX pipelines
• Sculpt organic and hard-surface assets using ZBrush, Maya, and Houdini — with meticulous attention to anatomy and silhouette
• Build clean, deformation-friendly topology optimised for rigging and animation
• Collaborate closely with Concept Art, Rigging, CFX, and Lookdev to ensure assets meet production requirements
• Retopologise and optimise high-resolution sculpts for downstream departments
• Produce and maintain accurate UV layouts and clean asset naming conventions
• Participate in review sessions and implement feedback quickly and accurately

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY

• Sculpting & Modelling: ZBrush, Maya, Blender, Mudbox
• Rigging Awareness: Understanding of joint placement, deformation zones, and blend shapes
• Procedural / FX: Houdini (advantageous for creature simulations)
• Lookdev Handoff: Substance Painter / Designer, Arnold, or equivalent renderers
• Pipeline & Versioning: Shotgrid / Shotgun, Perforce or Git-LFS

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Proven creature or character modelling experience in a professional VFX, games, or animation studio
• A showreel that demonstrates exceptional organic sculpting ability and anatomical understanding
• Strong knowledge of real-world creature anatomy — vertebrate and invertebrate
• Experience working to tight deadlines in a fast-paced production environment
• Solid communication skills and a collaborative, can-do attitude
• Bonus: Experience with photogrammetry, 3D scanning pipelines, or creature R&D

NICE TO HAVE

• Film or episodic credits on IMDb
• Knowledge of grooming tools (Yeti, XGen, or Ornatrix)
• Background in traditional sculpture, illustration, or life drawing
• Experience with real-time pipelines (Unreal Engine / USD workflows)

WHAT WE OFFER

• A collaborative, creatively ambitious studio culture
• Hybrid and remote working options (project dependent)