Technical Artist

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Job Description
Want to work for a growing studio where you will have a direct and significant impact on the future of our games and new projects?

We are looking for an experienced Technical Artist to work within a passionate team to support engineers and artists, and help drive the company in new directions in visuals and procedural creation.

Job Requirements

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient workflows, tools and pipelines for the art team.
• Develop tools for Artists to automate processes, assist in asset creation and procedural generation.
• Design, implement and maintain materials for Artists and VFX.
• Ensure assets conform to technical requirements.
• Analyse and address performance bottlenecks related to Art.
• Identify and resolve technical issues that arise during Art production.
• Review current and emerging technologies and technical developments for inclusion in our games.
• Share best practices and be the link between Art and Engineering.

• Strong technical proficiency in Unreal, including materials and Blueprints.
• Knowledge working with Houdini, PCG or other procedural generation tech.
• Excellent understanding of Physically Based Rendering (PBR) art pipelines.
• Practical skills with profiling and optimisation, and establishing platform standards.
• Drive to improve quality across our products.
• Passion for games and a willingness to learn new skills.
• Good documentation skills.
• Experience with Python.
• Practical knowledge of 3D packages such as Maya or 3DsMax.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Computer Games