RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be an advocate for tech that can improve visual quality and user experience.
• Establish a cohesive vision for visual quality, defining best practices and ensuring our content is efficiently built in the best way to hit our Artistic vision.
• Identify areas in our games that need improvement to maintain a high level of consistency for the best user experience.
• Partner with all other disciplines to develop visual roadmaps for future tools, engine, and graphical developments that will meet our creative needs.
• Drive technical training & education for our Artists and Tech Artists as new features or processes come online or into focus.
• Oversee visual quality development and R&D efforts to investigate new opportunities and pioneer cutting-edge solutions to complex problems.
• Create pre-visualization of gameplay, effects, and animations as needed. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in video game, film and/or VFX industry.
• 5+ years of management/leadership experience.
• Experience working as a visual effects artist for one or more shipped game title(s).
• Proficient in Maya, Photoshop, and After Effects

NICE TO HAVE

• Expert knowledge of game engines, render pipelines and content creation workflows.
• Experience designing or helping develop technology for proprietary game engines.
• Broad knowledge of industry applicable software including Maya, Photoshop, and the ability to quickly learn new DCC software.
• Experience managing outsourcing production.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to act as a gateway between Art, Engineering, and other disciplines.
• Ability to drive cross discipline strike teams to collaborate on visual targets, rendering and technology development.
• Passion for making visually groundbreaking games, with a desire to push boundaries and forge new industry standards.
• Knowledge around PBR materials & shader development (HLSL or Node Graph).
• Experience working with large and complex asset repositories, including content management and validation.