Lead UI Technical Artist

The successful candidate will work with the art and programming teams to develop and maintain asset pipelines by:

• Work with the UI and Engineering teams to establish technical and aesthetic guidelines for UI content in the game, while bringing high quality game UI mock-ups to life.
• Stay up to date on trends and methodologies in current and future graphics software and hardware to develop early planning of tools and processes.
• Helping to develop tools to improve workflow efficiencies for UI Artists.
• Work closely with the production team to help them create realistic schedules for the UI Technical Art team.
• Work with our UX/UI Designers and Programmers to implement frontend, in-game screens and animations to final quality.
• Mentor other members of the UI Technical Art and wider creative team to ensure they maintain best practices, processes, and procedures.
• Communicate memory and performance budgets and work with the UI team to ensure they are followed.

Required Experience

• Experience as a senior or management role on shipped PC or Console titles within a UI Technical Art team.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent leadership and tutoring skills.
• Experience of using 3rd party engines such as Unreal Engine.
• Extensive knowledge of 3D and 2D UI pipelines within games.
• Proficiency in 3D art tools such as Blender and 2D Art tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Mel, Max Script.
• A good understanding of shaders.
• Experience with implementing layout designs into functional interfaces in a game engine.

Desired Experience

• Experience on AAA console games.
• Knowledge of Houdini.
• Knowledge of languages such as C#, C++ and HLSL.