Technical Artist

Donkey Crew; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible hours

Remote or onsite in Wroclaw

Relocation support

Small team impact

Job summary

Donkey Crew invites a Technical Artist to join their international team in Wroclaw, Poland, to optimize assets, lighting, and shaders for Last Oasis using Unreal Engine 5. You will streamline asset pipelines and educate the team on best practices.

The role requires 3+ years in game art, strong problem solving, and a passion for high-quality immersive games. Remote or onsite work is available in Wroclaw, with relocation support for foreigners after travel restrictions end.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in the video game industry.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with art and engineering teams on asset budget and optimization of levels, meshes, materials, lighting, post-processes and vfx.
• Working on weathers, particles, shaders & lighting in the game.
• Developing asset creation pipelines.
• Educating the team about project-specific and general best practices.
• Supporting level designers by providing automation tools and expanding procedural generation techniques.

Skills

3+ years of experience

Unreal Engine 5 proficiency

Blueprints / scripting

Problem solving

Communication skills

Art fundamentals (color & lighting)

C++ knowledge

Drawing / photography interest

Tools

Unreal Engine 5 tools

Blueprint scripting

Job description

Donkey Crew is an indie game developer looking for experienced humans to join our international team of passionate artists and programmers at our studio in the beautiful city of Wroclaw, Poland. If you are enthusiastic about the prospect of making great PC games and looking to work in an inspiring and growing environment, this is the place for you. Currently we're developing our nomadic, survival MMO " Last Oasis " which was released to Early Access on Steam March 26th, 2020 and is made using Unreal Engine 4. Get familiar with our project: Steam store page of Last Oasis Last Oasis gamepedia

Technical Artist

Some of what you'll do:

• Collaborating with art and engineering teams on determining and ensuring in-game asset budget and optimization of levels, meshes, materials, lighting, post-processes and vfx
• Working on weathers, particles, shaders & lighting in the game
• Developing asset creation pipelines
• Educating the team about project-specific and general best practices
• Supporting level designers by providing automation tools and expanding procedural generation techniques

Ideally you'll have:

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in the video game industry
• Proficiency in Unreal 5 engine and its tools
• Knowledge of blueprints or other scripting languages.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Passion for video games and a desire to create high-quality, immersive experiences for players
• Fine arts fundamentals, good understanding of color and lighting
• Knowledge of C++ would be a plus
• Interests in drawing or photography

We offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Chance to work in a cool and relaxed small team of very passionate people where you can make a real impact
• Flexible working hours
• You can work fully remote or onsite in our office in Wrocław
• Possibility of relocation support for foreigners aiming to work onsite after the end of the pandemic; including social security, health insurance, and general assistance with settling