3D Marketing Artist

Who We Are:

Gram Games is the studio behind popular titles like 1010!, Six!, Merge Dragons!, and Merge Magic!, with more exciting projects in the pipeline. We are proudly part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family. We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, giving you an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy, and impact. 

At Gram, everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on creating a tangible impact on their team, their work environment, and on the overall company strategy. If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration, and a sense of belonging, this is the place for you.

The vision for our Global Marketing Creative Team at Zynga is driven by an ambitious pursuit of fresh and innovative ideas, rapid creative development, and efficient production. We develop creative executions across paid and owned channels that engage millions of players worldwide, inviting them to join our games and keeping players informed, rewarded, and actively engaged. Our creative and production processes focus on achieving both performance objectives and execution excellence while fostering a collaborative culture that embraces and shapes creative trends in the mobile acquisition space.

A 3D Artist on this Marketing Creative team is a technically proficient and creatively inspired 3D generalist, able to create and render outstanding scenes for a wide range of marketing executions - primarily for paid advertising (user acquisition) and iOS/Google Play app store assets. 

Role and Responsibilities

• Contribute to an efficient pipeline of 3D content for use in UA advertising and app store assets, social/community, and LiveOps marketing executions
• Collaborate with Art leads, Art Directors, Motion Graphic Designers, and Graphic Designers to produce effective 3D-rendered content for advertising and marketing purposes
• Gather insights on the overall production pipeline to plan effectively for diverse projects and requirements
• Spontaneous in rigging/animating characters and creatures to meet the expected output standards
• Develop quick production solutions for various projects to minimize production time
• Apply a planned approach to retopology, enabling the reuse of existing game rigs and animations
• Execute set dressing and environment setup using existing game assets
• Identify opportunities for production efficiencies and pipeline improvements, and advocate for enhancements as needed.
• Analyze existing animation keyframes and make adjustments to achieve the desired results
• Maintain a flexible 3D production pipeline that allows for feedback and timely deliveries, minimizing production loss
• Curate and integrate new technologies to strengthen the production pipeline in line with industry advancements
• Quicky learn the team’s production workflow and adapt to it smoothly

Skills and Experience Required

• 5-7 years of experience as a 3D Artist/Generalist, preferably in the mobile games industry
• Expert proficiency with Maya, Blender, Substance Painter, and other industry-standard 3D software
• Expertise in retopologizing game assets into high-poly models with updated textures, rigging, and animation
• Strong rigging skills for 3D models (binary/quadruple/expressions/inorganic) to achieve the desired output
• Solid understanding of core animation principles
• Proficient in key-based 3D animation (binary/quadruple/inorganic/camera)
• Ability to replicate and expand upon game animation as needed
• Strong understanding of lighting principals and various 3D lighting techniques (HDR/diffused/character/environment)
• Skilled in adapting different visual styles for games and recreating them in 3D renders
• Well-organized approach to identify optimal solutions and complete projects within tight deadlines
• Familiarity with Unreal and Unity workflows is a plus
• A decent understanding of Z-Brush and Red-Shift is a plus
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with a collaborative, team-first mindset
• Self-motivated with effective time-management abilities
• Passionate about 3D art and animation, video games, and marketing/commercial art

Benefits

In return for bringing your expertise to this top-priority role, we offer some of the best benefits in the gaming industry!

• Highly competitive salary
• Private health insurance
• Hybrid working model
• Company bonus scheme
• Onsite chefs serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and lots of treats
• Life insurance
• Corporate well-being support programs.
• Relocation assistance for those moving to Turkey
• Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.  Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at jobs@gram.gs to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  Zynga’s  in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).