Senior Technical Artist

JR United Kingdom; Bolton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Une société de développement de jeux vidéo, Kinetic Games, recherche un Senior Technical Artist pour rejoindre son équipe à Bolton. Ce rôle crucial fera le lien entre l'art et le développement, améliorant la qualité visuelle de leur jeu d'horreur, Phasmophobia, tout en optimisant les performances techniques. Avec des responsabilités allant de la collaboration inter-équipes à la résolution de problèmes techniques, ce poste s'adresse aux passionnés souhaitant évoluer dans l'industrie du jeu vidéo.

Benefits

5% Employer Match Pension Scheme

Flexitime

Opportunity to travel to events

Relocation Package

Annual performance bonus

Employee of the month vouchers

Personal wellbeing allowance

Sabbatical Leave

Referral Scheme

Vitality Health Insurance

Aviva Life Insurance

30 days holiday including birthday and wellbeing day

Qualifications

• Expérience professionnelle en tant qu'artiste technique senior ou rôle similaire sur un titre Unity lancé.
• Excellentes compétences en programmation en C#.
• Passion pour les jeux d'horreur.

Responsibilities

• Collabore avec les artistes, designers et programmeurs pour créer et maintenir des pipelines d'art efficaces.
• Optimise les actifs d'art et les scènes pour la meilleure performance sur plusieurs plateformes.
• Développe des outils pour améliorer les flux de travail dans Unity.

Skills

Unity

C#

Shader creation

Performance profiling

Communication

3D asset creation

Job description

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Client:

Kinetic Games

Location:

bolton, greater manchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

About the Company:

Kinetic Games is a new video game development studio based in Southampton. We are a passionate team of developers using Unity to continuously improve and expand the horror experience of Phasmophobia, currently available on Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

About the Role:

We are looking for a dedicated and skilled Tech Artist to join our team. As a Tech Artist, you will act as a bridge between our art and programming teams, helping to ensure that our visuals are not only stunning but also performant and technically optimized. You will play a key role in developing new tools, solving pipeline challenges, and ensuring that our game runs smoothly across multiple platforms. Your expertise will help push the visual quality of Phasmophobia while maintaining efficient workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with artists, designers, and programmers to create and maintain efficient, scalable art pipelines.
• Optimize art assets and scenes to ensure the best performance on PC, VR, PSVR2, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
• Develop tools to improve workflows and automate repetitive tasks within Unity.
• Investigate, identify, and solve visual and technical issues during development.
• Support the art team with shader creation, material setup, lighting, and VFX integration.
• Ensure that assets meet both artistic and technical standards and work seamlessly within Unity.
• Stay up to date with the latest tools, techniques, and best practices in real-time graphics and optimization.
• Participate in regular team meetings, providing technical insights and support to improve the game's visual quality and performance.

Requirements:

• Professional experience as a Senior Tech Artist or similar role, on a shipped Unity title.
• Strong experience with Unity, including working with prefabs, lighting, shaders, materials, and asset optimization.
• Solid understanding of performance profiling and optimization for multi-platform games.
• Excellent programming skills in C#
• Familiarity with 3D asset creation workflows (knowledge of tools like Blender, Maya, Substance or similar).
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical processes to non- technical team members.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for horror games.
• Knowledge and experience playing Phasmophobia.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Nice To Have

• Experience developing for VR and console platforms (especially PSVR2).
• Knowledge of shader languages such as HLSL or Shader Graph.
• Experience with VFX tools and techniques.
• Interest or background in real-time lighting and rendering pipelines.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git, Perforce and Plastic.
• 5% Employer Match Pension Scheme
• Flexitime
• Opportunity to travel to events such as GDC, Gamescom, Twitch Con EU & US, EGX and Develop Brighton
• Relocation Package
• Annual performance bonus
• Employee of the month vouchers
• Personal wellbeing allowance
• Sabbatical Leave
• Referral Scheme
• Vitality Health Insurance that includes Vision, Dental and Travel
• Aviva Life Insurance
• 30 days holiday including birthday and wellbeing day

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Created on 04/06/2025 by JR United Kingdom