Senior Technical Artist - Real-Time Art & Tooling (Hybrid)

Keywords Studios Plc; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days holiday

Pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Private medical insurance

Anti-crunch ethos

Free parking

Socials and events

Breakout areas

Job summary

d3t is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to drive art pipelines and tooling across projects. You will work on environment, character, VFX, and animation pipelines, ensuring performance targets and visual fidelity. The role blends hands-on art with tool development in a hybrid setup, with emphasis on collaboration and mentorship.

Based in our Madrid studio, you will join a team focused on quality, innovation, and a no-crunch ethos while delivering world-class content for major AAA titles.

Qualifications

• Leads and mentors a multidisciplinary art team.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Experience establishing and maintaining project art pipelines.
• Strong understanding of PBR workflows and shader creation.
• Ability to profile performance and optimize memory usage.
• Comfort with modern game engines (Unreal/Unity).
• Proven track record in real-time game art delivery.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain art pipelines from inception to delivery.
• Support art and animation teams; resolve technical issues.
• Create and integrate in-house toolsets; develop materials/shaders.
• Ensure artwork meets memory and frame-rate guidelines via profiling.
• Collaborate with artists to improve asset performance without quality loss.
• Mentor and lead other Technical Artists; communicate progress and risks.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Art pipeline

PBR workflow

Memory profiling

Problem solving

Unreal/Unity

Tools

Maya

3DS Max

Python

Job description

d3t is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to drive art pipelines and tooling across projects. You will work on environment, character, VFX, and animation pipelines, ensuring performance targets and visual fidelity. The role blends hands-on art with tool development in a hybrid setup, with emphasis on collaboration and mentorship.

Based in our Madrid studio, you will join a team focused on quality, innovation, and a no-crunch ethos while delivering world-class content for major AAA titles.