Technical Art Lead — Pipelines & Tools

Riot Games; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Learning & Development

Snacks

Job summary

Riot Games in Sydney seeks a Technical Art Manager to lead a team of Technical Artists across tools and pipelines for an Unpublished R&D title. You will define workflows, coach, and scale production-ready systems to empower artists.

Collaborate with Art Leadership, Production, and Engineering to build scalable content pipelines, balance usability with efficiency, and guide technical decisions that maximize creative impact.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in games or related field.
• 2+ years in a people management role leading Technical Artists or similar roles.
• Strong proficiency in Python and scalable artist tools development.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and modern content creation workflows.
• Experience with Autodesk Maya and Substance Suite workflows.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a team of Technical Artists with coaching and mentorship.
• Partner with Art Leadership, Production, and Engineering to define tooling and pipeline requirements.
• Own and support artist-facing tools, workflows, and pipelines for multiple disciplines.
• Collaborate with Engineering to balance usability, production efficiency, and sustainability.
• Guide development and optimization of content creation pipelines across parallel production streams.
• Evolve tools/workflows as project needs change and scale.
• Build cross-disciplinary relationships to improve artist workflows.
• Champion best practices, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Technical artist

People management

Python

Unreal Engine 5

Maya

Substance

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Maya

Houdini

ZBrush

3DS Max

Job description

Riot Games in Sydney seeks a Technical Art Manager to lead a team of Technical Artists across tools and pipelines for an Unpublished R&D title. You will define workflows, coach, and scale production-ready systems to empower artists.

Collaborate with Art Leadership, Production, and Engineering to build scalable content pipelines, balance usability with efficiency, and guide technical decisions that maximize creative impact.