Technical Artist

Radical Forge; Tees Valley; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic game development studio is seeking a Technical Artist to support its art team on exciting projects. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in Unity, Unreal Engine, and environment art, focusing on shader and tool development. This role offers the opportunity for creative growth in a collaborative remote work environment. Initial 12-month fixed-term contract with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience as a Tech Artist in a games studio.
• Portfolio demonstrating relevant experience in environment art.
• Strong understanding of shaders and tool development.

Responsibilities

• Focus on environment art and VFX.
• Communicate technical requirements to the art team.
• Develop tools and scripts to streamline workflows.

Skills

Relevant games industry experience

Development in Unity

Development in Unreal Engine

Shader and tool development

Understanding of 3D pipelines and 3D software

Lighting and post processing

VFX / particle creation

Runtime performance costs awareness

Team collaboration

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Unity

Unreal Engine

Maya

Max

Blender

Substance suite

Perforce

Job description

Our Mission

Radical Forge is a Middlesbrough, UK-based developer that has provided co-development services on a range of AAA and indie titles. In 2021 the company created their first original IP, 'Bright Paw', which was published on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One/Series S/X, Google and iOS by Rogue Games. We are currently working on our newest IP, Southfield, which you can look forward to playing soon!!

Since its beginnings in 2017, the company has grown to over 60 incredibly talented, collaborative, and creative individuals. We are the sum of our skills, passion, and, most of all, our people. We firmly believe that treating individuals with genuine respect, understanding, and kindness creates a welcoming culture that allows creativity to thrive and for individuals to join together to create games they are genuinely proud of.

Your Mission

Radical Forge is hiring a Technical Artist to support the art team on several exciting internal and co-development projects. You will report to the Lead Artist as well as to production, but you will also have day to day interaction with engineering, design and the rest of the internal TA group. The role will allow growth and skill development across many areas of interactive development and project / art styles in Unity, Unreal Engine and potentially custom game engines.

Responsibilities

• Heavy emphasis on environment art and VFX - please have this as your primary skill / area of interest
• Pipeline development and art optimization
• Tool and script development to support the art team and streamline workflows
• Shader and material development
• Communicate technical requirements to the art team and mentor artists where appropriate
• Troubleshoot and resolve art related issues
• Document pipelines, procedures and processes

Skills Summary

• Must have relevant games industry experience
• Experienced in development in Unity (primary) and Unreal Engine (secondary)
• 3-5 years experience as a Tech Artist in a games studio with focus on shader and tool development, primarily in the environment art realm
• Portfolio demonstrating relevant experience in some of the above areas
• Strong understanding of 3D pipelines and 3D software (eg Maya, Max, Blender, Substance suite)
• Experience with lighting and post processing
• VFX / particle creation
• Shader development experience (Unity Shadergraph / Amplify and UE Material Editor)
• Solid understanding of runtime performance costs and asset optimisation techniques
• Able to follow art direction and debug / troubleshoot issues related to game assets, effects etc
• Understanding of managing assets in a versioning system (ideally Perforce)
• Collaborate with engineering and design teams to implement gameplay specific art assets
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

This role can be fully remote within the UK.

We will require all applicants to have a pre-existing right to work in the UK.

The role will initially be a 12 month Fixed Termcontract with the potential to extend after this.

Interested in the job but don't feel you match the criteria? If you feel passionate about this role or joining the Radical Forge team we would still like to hear from you! We value our company culture, and we’re always looking for creative individuals from a variety of backgrounds to join our team!

Equal Opportunities Promise

All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status or veteran status. We will also consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law.