Senior Look Dev Artist – Qi Studios

Qi Studios is accepting applications for Look Dev Artists at Senior and Lead level, for exciting upcoming projects in 2027.

These roles will be in Kupondole, Lalitpur, Nepal.

The Look Dev Department at Qi Studios is responsible for providing surfacing solutions (both shading/materials and texturing) for the company.

Shader/Material artists should expect to work with our proprietary tools, manipulate shading networks, deal with both asset centric and in-shot scenes, debug rendering setups and provide support to other departments (Lighting, FX, etc).

Texture painters should expect to paint textures for a variety of assets from characters, creatures, wardrobes, props to full environments. We’re happy to consider candidates who are either specialized in a single discipline or can seamlessly span both.

Candidates will ideally have at least 5 years of feature film or comparable experience and display the following attributes.

Required Skills:

• Evidence of strong artistic skills as presented in portfolio/showreel, either on texturing or shading tasks


• Strong Look Dev skills (both artistically and technically) for photo-realistic feature films, with an excellent understanding of physically based shading & rendering


• Have strong initiative and problem-solving skills to work efficiently and maintain deadlines under pressures. Be able to work from reference as well as interpret artistic direction


• The ability to come up with creative, efficient rendering solutions for a wide variety of assets


• The ability to manage multiple assets at the same time, and put them seamlessly together in a visually coherent solution


• Familiarity with Linux and Katana Experience with all aspects of the rendering pipeline


• Strong communication, task management and organisational skills

Preferred Skills:
Working knowledge of Houdini/Solaris

Working knowledge of Mari

Working knowledge of Python scripting

Familiarity with USD

Experience leading teams or small groups of artists

Experience using Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Zbrush or other similar software

The Look Dev Department is a highly collaborative space, being a team player will be key to your success. A detailed shot breakdown of all material on reel must be provided with application.