Technical Artist

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical art support for both co-developed and internally developed projects
• Work with artists, designers, and engineers to improve content creation processes, asset integration and workflow efficiency
• Design, develop and maintain Maya-specific tools to streamline 3D art asset pipelines
• Troubleshoot issues associated with art files as they arise and provide feedback and debugging of complex assets
• Create and maintain technical documentation

Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience working in a technical art role with at least 1-2 shipped titles
• Experience developing content creation workflows and asset integration processes
• A strong understanding of Maya’s pipeline and tools
• Experience with common scripting languages (Python, MEL script, etc.) and the ability to create custom art tools and scripts for Maya
• Experience working in Unreal and Unity for mobile, PC, and console
• Experience profiling in-game assets and providing optimization recommendations
• A strong reel/portfolio showing executed game technical art
• Must be eligible to work in the United States

Bonus if you have:

• Familiarity with C#, C++, and working with Unreal Blueprint 
• Exposure developing and implementing character rigs, and character weight skinning
• Experience working with VFX in Houdini, Maya, Unreal Niagara or Unity VFXGraph
• A practical knowledge of keyframing, joints and locators, particle systems, physics, and rigid/soft body simulations
• A deep love for games, with time regularly spent playing new releases
• Outside interests!