Lead Technical Artist – Remote

Yelzkizi; England; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Technical Artist to bridge the gap between artists and programmers. This role involves ensuring visually stunning content while overcoming technical challenges. You will lead a creative team, refine assets, and enhance shader quality, all while fostering a supportive environment for personal growth. With a focus on innovation, you'll research new techniques and optimize workflows, ensuring high-quality output across various platforms. If you're passionate about game development and eager to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Paid benefits

Insurance

Dental

Paid holidays

Sick days

Virtual health sessions

Competitive salary

Development opportunities

Creative environment

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio demonstrating AAA quality work in engine.
• Excellent knowledge of industry-standard software.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to achieve optimal project results.
• Maintain artistic direction and quality across projects.

Skills

3D Modeling

Texturing

Shader Development

Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication

Collaboration

Analytical Skills

Education

Portfolio demonstrating AAA quality work

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Maya

Photoshop

ZBrush

Substance Designer

Job description

Job Description

This position might no longer be available.

The role involves acting as a bridge between artists and programmers to ensure visually pleasing content that functions on target platforms, overcoming technical challenges in art and feature creation.

Leadership

• Lead a team, fostering an engaging environment to achieve optimal project results and support personal growth.

Maintain Artistic Direction and Quality

• Finalize materials for characters, environment assets, and effects; support existing material systems.
• Create content mock-ups in external programs, tweak shader code, and experiment with features.
• Refine assets through modeling and texturing skills.
• Enhance shader, texture, and lighting quality.
• Collaborate with the Art Director to maintain style and quality standards across the development pipeline.

Production and Deadlines

• Maintain production and software pipelines, meet deadlines.
• Develop efficient workflows for the Art team.
• Research and implement new techniques to improve asset quality.
• Explore new technologies for integration into the asset pipeline.
• Work with artists and programmers to optimize content creation and develop pipelines.
• Coordinate with the production team on tasks and schedules, ensuring work-life balance.
• Supervise bug fixing and document R&D case studies.

Feedback and Collaboration

• Provide daily feedback to improve visual quality.
• Collaborate to find solutions and solve problems creatively.
• Share knowledge and mentor peers.
• Drive R&D initiatives, explore new techniques, and improve pipelines.
• Communicate effectively across departments to ensure efficiency.
• Identify and resolve pipeline issues independently.
• Use diagnostic tools to assess and improve content, and develop new tools.
• Optimize art assets for performance on various platforms.
• Collaborate with programmers and artists on feature development and workflow improvements.
• Conduct staff performance reviews, recruitment, and onboarding.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio demonstrating AAA quality work in engine (Unreal, Unity, or proprietary).
• Excellent knowledge of industry-standard software (Maya, Max, ZBrush, Photoshop, Substance Designer).
• Solid modeling and texturing skills.
• Expertise in Photoshop, Zbrush/Mudbox, Maya, Substance Designer.
• Knowledge of real-time rendering challenges and techniques.
• Experience with Unreal Engine, visual scripting, and best practices.
• Understanding of 3D graphics techniques, particle systems, environmental effects, lighting, and dynamics.
• Experience with game development pipelines and content creation tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and adaptive skills.
• Ability to develop art styles, techniques, and workflows with minimal guidance.
• Leadership, mentoring, and communication skills in English.
• Self-motivated and proactive attitude.

Benefits

Canada: Paid benefits, insurance, dental, RRSP matching, paid holidays, sick days, virtual health sessions, competitive salary, development opportunities, creative environment.

US: Group health insurance, 401K match, paid holidays, sick days, virtual health sessions, competitive salary, development opportunities, and additional benefits.

About People Can Fly

Leading AAA game studio with international teams, known for titles like Painkiller, Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, Outriders. Working on multiple projects including Gemini, Maverick, Bifrost & Victoria, VR, and more. Join us to work on innovative action games for the global community.

How to Apply

Apply via: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/PeopleCanFly/743999988122558-lead-technical-artist-remote