Hiring 3D Artist [Fulltime] for VR Startup

**About LiveLike **
LiveLike is a Virtual Reality (VR) platform company that enables broadcasters and sports teams to deliver immersive, live sports viewing experiences. We have developed a sports viewing platform that leverages the immersive nature of VR to bring the thrill of game-day stadium experiences into fans’ living rooms. LiveLike is the first of its kind to offer a complete way to experience the live sports ecosystem in VR with social integrations; replay, stats and commentary capabilities; multiple camera views and more. To date, we have completed pilot programs with top soccer teams from England and France, French Open Tennis, and have tests planned with the likes of ESPN, NBA, etc.

**3D Artist **
Here at LiveLike, our goal is to make the most intuitive VR experience yet and our 3D Artist is at the forefront of this field. The 3D Artist will work closely with the design and engineering team to create a complete user product with several 3D elements from the interior architecture to the creation of avatar for our multiusers. Our company aims to reinvent the future of live sports watching and we’re looking for talented candidates to help us. This is your chance to pioneer one of the most mass-market applications of VR and leave your mark on the industry for years to come!

We’re excited about you because…
● You’re excited about VR
● You believe in social connectivity
● You are passionate about your work
● You’re a sports fan
● You are dedicated to the bigger picture
● You have VR and/or game design experience

Responsibilities
● Creating high quality 3D interior environments
● Creating high quality 3D avatars envisioned by the design team
● Delivering the highest quality and optimized (low poly) 3D content, modeling, texturizing, and rendering assets for interactive content (real time)
● Working collaboratively with designer and engineer to provide the most coherent experience between the interfaces, videos, 3D and sound
● Troubleshoot technical and artistic issues

Requirements
● Educational background in media/game design, interior architecture or similar specialization
● Strong portfolio demonstrating experience in modeling, texturizing, animating and or rendering assets for interactive content
● Experience creating believable, photo-realistic, 3D models and textures from concept art and photo reference
● Required technical proficiency in one of these 3D software: Autodesk 3DSMax, Autodesk Maya, Cinema 4D, Blender
● Detail oriented and highly organized
● Ability to create rigs and animations for characters and props is a plus
● Technical proficiency/understanding of After Effect is a plus

Hiring timeline
● Looking to bring on-board asap

Location
● Currently in NYC for Techstars 2015 until December – Must be willing to relocate to San Francisco post program (January 2016)

Compensation
● Salary range from $50K to $90K, equity from 0.1% - 0.25%

Why you’ll want to work with us
● Awesome team
● Access to mindblowing, revolutionary technology, VR apps and demos
● We love bulgogi team dinners
● Free lunch!
● We are proud attendees of Techstars NYC ‘15

**To Apply **
Please submit your information via our website career page.

Looks like some very competitive offerings here and an exciting company judging by the website…, I know how hard it can be to find the right talent locally there so if you guys ever want to chat about filling some gaps in your pipeline temporarily while you are waiting for the right people to fill those in-house positions I would love to chat