2025 New Graduate Hiring - Application Guidelines
Character Artist/キャラクターアーティスト
General Description
Create assets such as characters and props to be used in the game, with the whole process encompassing modeling, texture creation, and skinning.
Additionally, perform various tasks related to character modeling (reviewing possible interpretations, creating materials, and so on).
Job Details
・Create models starting from design images ・Create designs for characters, weapons, etc. ・Create and submit ideas for games (everyone can do this) ・Do everything you can to make our games fun and interesting! (everyone can do this)
Required Skills
・Experience creating 3D characters ・Fluent Japanese communication skills (if not a native speaker of Japanese, at least JLPT N2 or equivalent communication ability preferred)
Preferred Skills
・Experience creating photorealistic-style models ・Experience creating with Maya ・Experience creating with Unreal Engine ・Experience creating models with sculpting tools such as Zbrush ・Experience creating models with Marvelous Designer ・Experience creating models with Substance 3D Painter ・Console game development experience ・English communication skills
Ideal Candidate
・Someone who loves creating character models (including weapons and other small objects) ・Someone who is uncompromising in quality when working to create their designs ・Someone flexible and able to work in a wide range of styles, from photorealistic to highly stylized ・Someone who can consider a problem, set their own goals, and follow through to completion ・Someone able to share information and help others to complete tasks as a team ・Someone proactivate and able to debate the merits of different ways to solve a problem ・Above all, someone who loves games!
Rewarding and Interesting Parts of the Job
A game includes many characters, from the ones the player controls to the various enemies who show up throughout, including memorable bossess. A character artist's job is to create all of these characters.
While creating a visual design from the descriptions in the design documents, a character artist needs to fill in a lot of blanks where minor details haven't been included. This leaves a lot of room for creativity, and it can be a lot of fun.
Sometimes character artists even get a chance to create new characters from scratch, starting from the initial design phase!
Seeing your creation moving and fighting in the game world can be really exciting, and it's something that only a character artist can experience.
Hiring Department
Tango Gameworks (Game Development Studio)
Company Name
ZeniMax Asia K.K.
Parent Organization
Microsoft Corporation / ZeniMax Media Inc.
Industry
IT / Information Processing / Software / Game Development and Sales
Company Address
Tokyo-to Minato-ku Shibaura 4-2-8 Sumitomo Fudosan Mita Twin Bldg. 6F
Group Homepage
https://www.zenimax.com
*The Japanese arm does not have a separate homepage.
Studio Homepage
Bethesda Homepage
Phone
03-3769-0181
Fax
03-3769-0182
HR Manager
Satoko Sophia Malloy
Organization Details
・ZeniMax Media Inc.
Founded in 1999 with its headquarters in the US, the ZeniMax group is a world leader in game development and publishing. It boasts development studios in 13 countries around the world, including Japan, and also includes Bethesda Softworks, a publisher who has released many games beloved by multiple generations of gamers.
・ZeniMax Asia K.K.
The Japanese arm of American parent company ZeniMax Media Inc., ZeniMax Asia K.K. encapsulates game developer Tango Gameworks as well as the publisher Bethesda Softworks - Japan.
・Tango Gameworks
A game design and development studio with works including Hi-Fi RUSH, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and the The Evil Within series. An elite team of creators working in a freeform environment who deliver unique original titles from Japan to the whole world!
Foundation
January, 2008
Representative
Colin Mack
Capitalization
30,000,000 JPY
Sales
Undisclosed
Employees
105 (As of March 1, 2024)
Workplace
Same as Company Address
Titles Released
Hi-Fi RUSH
https://bethesda.net/en-US/game/hifirush
Ghostwire:Tokyo
https://bethesda.net/en/game/ghostwire-tokyo
The Evil Within 2
https://bethesda.net/en/game/the-evil-within
The Evil Within
https://bethesda.net/en/game/the-evil-within
Required Qualifications
・Degree from a graduate program, undergraduate program, two-year college, technical school, or vocational school required ・Any major is welcome to apply ・Study-abroad students are welcome to apply
Note: Students graduating between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025 are considered "Class of 2025," so those graduating in the autumn are welcome to apply.
Application Format
Direct personal applications as well as introductions from a school are accepted.
Where & How to Apply
Please fill out the following form:
Form URL https://forms.office.com/r/WNnEhNGW11
Selection Process
① Screening of application materials
② Interviews (generally 2-3 times)
・Depending on circumstances, these can take the form of casual conversations
・Programmers might need to undergo a basic skills test
・We might request additional portfolio samples
Application Materials
The same documents are required for all sections (open format)
① Resume
② CV (explain which section you're applying to and why)
③ Sample of your work (design document, portfolio, video, etc.)
Application Deadline
Applications are always open. There are no particular deadlines, so take the time you need to prepare materials to introduce yourself properly, then send everything to us.
Document Screening & Interviews
Screening and interviews do not have a fixed schedule, and are done whenever an applicant submits their application materials.
Notification of Results
We send notification of application results, whether positive or negative, to all applicants. ・We are unable to return application materials to the applicant. ・For professional reasons we are unable to provide feedback regarding samples of applicants' work. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Base Salary
Yearly salary of 3,640,000 JPY (based on 2023 graduate hiring)
・Salary includes 45 hours of overtime per month.
・Overtime allowance is paid for any overtime in a month in excess of 45 hours.
・Yearly salary is paid in 12 monthly installments of 1/12 each.
・Salary is divided into base pay and service allowance (comprising the included 45 hours overtime pay).
[Example Calculation]
・Monthly pay: 303,334 (Base pay 225,630 + service allowance 77,704 JPY)
・Yearly salary is counted as 3,640,000 JPY but is calculated as 303,334 x 12 months with small differences due to rounding being paid out in the employee's favor (based on 2023 graduate hiring)
・Probationary period of 6 months
・Probationary period work requirements: Same as regular employee requirements
Contract Type
Regular employee, with the following caveats: ・At the time of hiring, and during the probationary period, employees sign a fixed-term employment contract. ・After 6 months, the contract is either renewed or the employee is promoted to regular employee.
Other Allowances
Transportation allowance (up to 50,000 JPY per month)
Bonuses
Depending on company performance
Evaluation and Pay Adjustment
Employee performance and compensation are reconsidered on a yearly basis.
Work Days
Based on the Japanese calendar
Work Hours
Operating hours: 10:00-19:00
Flex time (core time 11:00-16:00)
Holidays
Saturdays, Sundays, Japanese national holidays, as well as the New Year holiday (December 29-January 3)
・No fewer than 120 days off per year
Vacation Days
・Yearly paid vacation days for the first year if starting in April: 10 days ・Personal days: up to 5 days (reduced proportionally for the first year depending on start date) ・Wellness days: up to 5 days (reduced proportionally for the first year depending on start date) ・Various special vacation types (marriage, mourning, etc.)
Benefits
(Common to all group companies)
Compensation for inviting new employees, length-of-service awards, game library (for Bethesda/Xbox game studio employees)
(Japan-specific benefits)
Shakai Hoken (health insurance, retirement, unemployment insurance, worker's compensation insurance), Japanese 401k, discounts for various leisure and other services, employee support programs (counseling, etc.), various intra-company events
Training
Our motto is "learn on the job while making games!"
We support employees as necessary with the required materials (books, etc.) as well as by sending them to seminars and other avenues of continuing education.
Other
Casual dress code
End of Application Guidelines
As of March 1, 2024