Senior Technical Artist - Remote

Overview

As a Senior Technical Artist, you will be working alongside a talented Art team driving forwards cutting-edge visuals, investigating and fixing various issues, providing technical guidance, and defining art workflow and pipelines.

In Short

• Work closely with the Art Director, Technical Director and Art teams to define and maintain art workflows.
• Clearly communicate and document art production pipelines.
• Shader research and development.
• Provide guidance to artists encouraging best working practices and strong asset organisation.
• Proactively provide suggestions on how to utilise new technologies and tools and implement them into our workflow.
• Work with engineers to troubleshoot issues and find solutions to help further enhance our art pipeline.
• Provide clear guidance on technical performance constraints and help define asset budgets.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of game engines and the technical constraints and challenges of game development.
• Significant experience with 3D modelling tools such as 3ds Max, Maya, or ZBrush, in a video game environment.
• Excellent technical understanding of art pipelines, memory and rendering budgets.
• Excellent communication skills, and comfortable working across multiple teams.
• Knowledge of at least one programming language (such as Python, C++).
• Understanding of modern procedural asset creation techniques (Scanning, Marvellous).
• Strong interest in the latest advancements in video game graphics and visual trends.
• 4 years minimum experience as Technical Artist in the games industry.

Benefits

• Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health
• Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success
• Pension scheme — up to 5% employer matched contribution to finance those golden years
• Socials — office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties
• 25 Annual Leave + 8 bank holidays - we’re flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what’s important to you
• Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA
• Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash
• Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
• Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.