Responsibilities

• Work with the Art Director to enable and execute the project’s vision.
• Help develop or acquire the tools required to achieve the Art Direction and maximize the visual quality of our products.
• Define and document the graphic production pipeline (modeling, animation, characters, lighting, shaders, VFX, etc..) while maintaining them through production.
• Coordinate and act as an intermediary between the Tech Art, Art, and the Programming team, including validation of render and tool requests from the Art Team.
• Assure the consistency of performance and art quality throughout our games from a technical perspective.
• Propose and support the right tools to accelerate certain procedural tasks used in production of high volume and high quality 3D art content.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience and shipped titles as a Technical Art Director or Lead Technical Artist in the game industry.
• Strong artistic eye for multiple disciplines such as 3D art, lighting, VFX.
• Experience mentoring a team of artists, engineers, and/or technical artists. Strong knowledge of rendering pipelines and shaders.
• Comprehensive knowledge of CG fundamentals: modeling, textures/shaders, rigging, animation, lighting, rendering, compositing.
• Comprehensive knowledge of DCC software such as Maya, Houdini, Substance Designer and Substance Painter.
• Excellent aptitude for troubleshooting technical issues associated with lighting, shaders, performance, tools and pipelines. Knowledge of Python and the Qt Framework
• Competent in designing and developing tools and pipelines for artists
• Ability to communicate effectively with artists, designers, engineers, and other members of the development team.

Bonus

• Experience with pre-rendered pipelines
• Knowledge and experience using C++
• Experience in creating and optimizing shaders
• Experience with Houdini and procedural pipelines
• A foundation in traditional art

You may be required to use some or a combination of the following software:

• Unity
• Houdini
• C, C++, Java
• Python
• Maya
• Adobe Photoshop
• Substance Painter
• Substance Designer