This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience.

Important Looking Pirates and our selected partners use cookies and similar technologies (together “cookies”) that are necessary to present this website, and to ensure you get the best experience of it. If you consent to it, we will also use cookies for analytics purposes.

See our Cookie Policy to read more about the cookies we set.

You can withdraw and manage your consent at any time, by clicking “Manage cookies” at the bottom of each website page.

Select which cookies you accept

On this site, we always set cookies that are strictly necessary, meaning they are necessary for the site to function properly.

If you consent to it, we will also set other types of cookies. You can provide or withdraw your consent to the different types of cookies using the toggles below. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time, by clicking the link “Manage Cookies”, that is always available at the bottom of the site.

To learn more about what the different types of cookies do, how your data is used when they are set etc, see our Cookie Policy.

These cookies are necessary to make the site work properly, and are always set when you visit the site.

Vendors Teamtailor

These cookies collect information to help us understand how the site is being used.

Vendors Teamtailor
Important Looking Pirates career site
Model/Texture/Lookdev · Multiple locations · Hybrid

Senior Build Artist

Important Looking Pirates is a world class visual effects and digital animation studio based in Stockholm, London and Hamburg.

We usually respond within three days

About Important Looking Pirates

Important Looking Pirates (ILP) is a multiple VES and Emmy award-winning studio and have created animation and visual effects for some of the greatest storytellers. Founded by artists in 2007, ILP was established with the vision of becoming one of the top international suppliers of VFX in terms of quality, professionalism, and service. With amazing projects such as Shogun, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fallout, The Mandalorian, Westworld and Star Wars: The Last Jedi in ILP’s portfolio, we can proudly say that we are one of the most successful studios in the world.

At ILP, we have assembled one of the best visual effects teams in the business, with talents from all corners of the world. All our artists, technicians and support personnel are driven by passion for what they do and always strive to push the limits of what can be accomplished.


About the position

We are looking for a Senior Build Artist with skills in Modelling, Texturing and Lookdev to join the crew on a permanent contract. The candidate should be based in London, Stockholm or Hamburg, or willing to relocate. 

For this role, we are looking for generalists who are proficient in multiple areas of build such as modelling, texturing and lookdev, both hard surface and organic. We value artists with a humble attitude who get excited about learning and teaching new things and, most importantly, who are passionate about creating spectacular, high-quality visual effects.


Your work will include:

  • Production of asset work of the highest creative and technical standard.
  • Modelling/Sculpting (Both Organic and Hard Surface)
  • Develop and shade hard surface assets using Houdini/Arnold.
  • Texture assets in Substance Painter/Designer and Mari.
  • Participate in and provide feedback on workflows and standards within the build and lighting teams.

You need the following:

  • Proven track record of building beautiful high-quality assets of varying types.

  • Thorough knowledge of Houdini, Mari, and/or Substance Painter/Designer (equivalent experience considered).

  • Passion and drive for everything VFX

  • Good artistic eye, both for what looks right and how to take it to the next level

  • The ability to take ownership of your work

  • Great communication skills in English, both written and spoken.

  • A humble and helpful attitude.


The following are considered a plus:

  • Experience with USD/Solaris workflows.

  • Experience working with fur/groom techniques.

  • Sculpting and displacement extraction experience in ZBrush and/or Mudbox.

  • Environment building and layout experience.

  • Experience ingesting raw photography, photogrammetry, and scan data using Reality Capture or similar.

  • Working knowledge of Maya.


Discipline
Model/Texture/Lookdev
Role
Artist
Locations
Stockholm, Hamburg, London
Remote status
Hybrid

About Important Looking Pirates

 

Important Looking Pirates is a world class visual effects and digital animation studio founded in Stockholm in 2007 by artists for artists. We have since grown into an award winning studio, with offices in Sweden, in the UK and in Germany.

Our vision is to be at the forefront of VFX content creation, renowned for the quality of our work and our services as well as for the depth of the company culture.

All Pirates, artists, technicians and support personnel are driven by passion for what we do and always strive to push the limits of what can be accomplished.

 

Founded in 2007
Coworkers 250+
Model/Texture/Lookdev · Multiple locations · Hybrid

Senior Build Artist

Important Looking Pirates is a world class visual effects and digital animation studio based in Stockholm, London and Hamburg.

Loading application form

Already working at Important Looking Pirates?

Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague.

@ilpvfx.com