Lead Technical Artist – Environments (Remote)

Placements24; Polokwane; Remote; ZAR 1,481,000 - 2,139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote work

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Technical Artist specializing in environments for a premier development studio. You will lead a team to ensure visual fidelity and performance across real-time game environments in a fully remote setting.

You will drive environment asset creation, shader development, lighting setups, and pipeline tooling, collaborating with environment artists, level designers, and engineers to achieve project goals and maintain high quality standards.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in technical art with focus on environment pipelines.
• Experience leading a technical art team in game development.
• Strong portfolio showing environment asset creation, shaders, and lighting for real-time engines.
• Proficiency in Maya, 3ds Max, Substance Painter, Photoshop.
• Expertise in shader development and node-based material editors.
• Scripting skills (Python, MEL, C#) for pipeline tools.
• Excellent communication and collaboration for remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of technical artists focused on environment art pipelines.
• Develop and optimize environment assets (modeling, texturing, scattering) for real-time rendering.
• Create and maintain efficient shaders, materials, and lighting in the game engine.
• Develop tools and scripts to streamline environment art creation and integration.
• Collaborate with environment artists, level designers, and engineers to achieve project goals.
• Establish and enforce technical art standards and best practices for environment art.
• Profile and optimize environment performance and memory usage.
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to environment art assets and pipelines.
• Research and integrate new technologies to enhance environment visuals and workflows.

Skills

Leadership

Environment pipelines

Real-time rendering

Remote teamwork

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics or related field

Tools

Maya

3ds Max

Substance Painter

Photoshop

Unreal Engine

Unity

Python

MEL

C#

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Technical Artist specializing in environments for a premier development studio. You will lead a team to ensure visual fidelity and performance across real-time game environments in a fully remote setting.

You will drive environment asset creation, shader development, lighting setups, and pipeline tooling, collaborating with environment artists, level designers, and engineers to achieve project goals and maintain high quality standards.