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Principal Technical Artist - Character (Narrative Adventure)
2 years ago
This is an opportunity for an experienced Principal Technical Artist who would relish the challenge of joining a dynamic, growing TechArt group who are in the process of establishing next generation pipelines and toolchains for cutting edge game development within Firesprite.
We're looking for a Principal Technical Artist to support the development team technically and artistically on a dark, story-driven next generation ‘Narrative Adventure’ with genre defining goals.
This huge, highly ambitious partnership project takes atmosphere, storytelling, player agency and narrative firmly into ground-breaking territory on next-generation hardware technologies.
This is an ambitious, AAA project with a heavy focus on art, animation and delivering unique character performances to heighten player presence and immersion to new levels.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:- Work closely with the Art Director, Technical Art Director and Core Technology Team to create and maintain documentation standards and practices for tools, pipelines, and technical specifications
- Identify and develop necessary art tool chains and documentation
- Develop a positive and energetic team culture
- Bring your own experience of best working practices to the team
- Identify shortfalls in skills and support ongoing recruitment efforts to grow the Technical Artist team
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Principal Technical Artist, or similar role, on at least one shipped PC or console title
- Proven Maya scripting skills (Python) with examples
- Thorough understanding of UE material graphs, profiling an advantage
- Proven understanding of character/anisotropic shading setup (hair, skin, eyes, subsurface etc)
- Proven knowledge of character material integration (wrinkle maps, driven keys, etc)
- Strong understanding of UE character pipeline (LOD setup, AnimGraph, blend spaces)
- Proven UE Editor skills
- Excellent knowledge of Maya
- Experience of people management, skills development, and mentoring
ADDITIONAL OR DESIRED SKILLS:- Knowledge of HLSL
- Knowledge of updating render pipelines
- Animation and rigging skills
- Console development experience
Benefits
- Private Healthcare Plan
- Bonus Scheme
- Enhanced Holiday Allowance
- Pension Plans
- Work remotely within the UK
- Training & Development
- Employee Assistance Programme - Counselling
Firesprite is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable applicants regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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