Modelshop Senior Character Artist (Apex Lengends)

About the Position

Modelshop Senior Character Artist (Apex Legends)

We are seeking a Senior Character Artist to join our Apex Legends team. In this role, you will be responsible for creating high-quality character content that helps bring the diverse cast of Legends and the world of Apex to life.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality character assets, including characters, character gear, and wearable items, that meet Apex Legends visual and technical standards.
• Translate concept art and visual direction into production-ready 3D character assets for use in-game.
• Model, sculpt, texture, and author materials for character assets while maintaining quality, performance, and production requirements.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of anatomy, proportion, silhouette, clothing construction, and surface detail in character creation.
• Create efficient topology, UV layouts, and texture sets that support both visual fidelity and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with Character Leads, Technical Artists, and Animators to ensure assets deform correctly and perform well in-game.
• Work with Technical Art and Engineering to evaluate assets in engine, troubleshoot issues, and achieve desired visual results.
• Contribute to establishing and maintaining quality standards, consistency, and visual cohesion across character content.
• Accurately estimate tasks, communicate progress, and proactively identify production risks or challenges.
• Participate in external development reviews, providing clear, actionable feedback to external partners and helping drive assets toward Apex quality standards.
• Support the creation and maintenance of outsourcing documentation, asset briefs, reference packages, and production guidance that enable external partners to execute successfully.
• Collaborate with Leads and Senior Artists to identify, communicate, and resolve asset quality, production, and workflow challenges with external partners.
• Contribute to external partner evaluations through timely content reviews, quality assessments, and feedback on deliverables.
• Participate in regular syncs, reviews, and production discussions with external partners and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and expectations.
• Stay at the forefront of industry trends, emerging tools, and new technologies, helping the team adopt and evolve best practices.

Requirements

• Core Skills:
  • Character Design
  • Character Modeling
  • Game Development
  • High-poly Modeling
  • PBR Texturing
  • UV Mapping
• Secondary Skills:
  • Software
  • Maya

We Offer

• Relocation Assistance
• Permanent Position

About the Company

Respawn Entertainment

At Respawn Entertainment, creators from every discipline work together to build, improve, and evolve Apex Legends. We move fast, challenge assumptions, and constantly iterate to deliver experiences that resonate with players around the world. Every contribution matters - from gameplay systems and character design to art, narrative, and technology. We truly believe that the best ideas can come from anywhere and collaboration is at the heart of how we bring them to life.

Join us and help shape what's next for Apex Legends.