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Technical Animator

ProbablyMonsters is looking for a creative, technical, and team focused Senior Technical Artist, Advanced. You will join a team in the early stages of developing a new franchise. Our team will be focusing on action game play, world building, level design, AI, and character design during the early pre-production phase.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Artist, Advanced who stays current with the techniques of your craft and you strive for excellence and growth. We are all enthusiastic about helping to shape a culture of collaboration and trust while creating best in class action game experiences.

The salary range for this position is $136,866 to $222,000. This range represents the salary for the position commensurate with experience, knowledge, and demonstrated success in the field.

• You specialize in Tech art as it pertains to content with the focus on integration and prototyping.
• You are an independent, motivated, and self-aware technical artist who takes pride in empowering others to create world-class entertainment.
• You have the ability to translate between technical and artistic language.
• You have a strong understanding of the content creation pipeline and strong knowledge of content creation workflows (modeling, rigging, animation, etc).
• You are proactive about evangelizing for your team to improve tools and workflows.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Help own, maintain, and troubleshoot multiple systems that require collaboration between multiple departments.
• Teaching and sharing your knowledge and experience with others.
• Design and create both temporary and long-term pipeline solutions.
• Be a conduit between Artists, Designers and Engineers to help realize sustainable content creation methods at scale and quality.
• Strategize new pipelines and techniques in Unreal (or related software) to increase iteration speed and/or push the technical bar.
• Implement and maintain art assets in the engine

QUALIFICATIONS:

• An advanced proficiency in modern DCC programs (such as Blender, Maya, etc.)
• Extensive knowledge with Unreal and its systems.
• Shipped at least 1 game as a Technical Artist.
• At least 8+ years of experience in a Technical Artist role.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU:

• A people-centric culture founded on respect, trust, approachability, and accountability.
• A stable home that values your potential, deeply cares about your work-life balance, and is committed to investing in your craft and long-term career.
• We offer a competitive benefits package, including sign-on bonus, annual stock option grants; health coverage (medical, dental, vision) paid at 100% for the employee and subsidized by the Company for dependents; Flexible Spending Account eligibility; life, accidental death, and disability insurance coverage; annual 401K contribution by the Company; Employee Assistance Program; and extensive paid time off plus holiday closures.