Principal Technical Artist: Elevate Art Pipelines & Tools

Media Molecule; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

8 bank holidays

Flexitime

Free car parking

Onsite canteen

Cycle garage and showers

Job summary

Media Molecule, a Guildford-based studio, seeks a Principal Technical Artist for a short-term contingent engagement through Yoh Services, running until July 2027. Hybrid and remote UK work is allowed, with a preference for one day onsite in Guildford.

The role focuses on elevating the art department through best practices, tooling, and leadership across the project. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in technical art, modern pipelines, and tools like Blender/Substance, plus C++/Python

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a senior technical art role.
• Expertise in modern art pipelines including materials, lighting, grading and environmental art.
• Extensive knowledge of 3D content creation tools (Blender, Substance).
• Experience with performance analysis tools (heatmaps, frame-time graphs).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive, pragmatic and collaborative problem solving.
• Experience with C++ and/or Python to build tools for creative disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Refine, document and champion best practices for artistic content creation.
• Partner with art and technology teams to identify fidelity and performance issues and implement solutions.
• Support and educate artists to maximise efficient use of tools and workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define benchmarks and target configurations/platforms.

Skills

Technical art leadership

Art pipelines

3D content tools

Performance analysis tools

Communication

Problem solving

C++/Python tools

Tools

Blender

Substance

Job description

Media Molecule, a Guildford-based studio, seeks a Principal Technical Artist for a short-term contingent engagement through Yoh Services, running until July 2027. Hybrid and remote UK work is allowed, with a preference for one day onsite in Guildford.

The role focuses on elevating the art department through best practices, tooling, and leadership across the project. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in technical art, modern pipelines, and tools like Blender/Substance, plus C++/Python