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Senior Technical Artist

As a Lead Technical Artist, you will be apart of a team which will create an amazing experience for our players everywhere and we consider our players’ experiences first in everything we do. Creating transformational experiences requires constant innovation and brilliant, passionate people. We are developing extraordinary new game experiences by bringing together great people that combine creativity, technology, and expertise to deliver new ways to play. we exist to Inspire the World to Play.

The Challenge:

This team will develop production tools and processes specific to Cinematics. Our goal is to evaluate and influence how production is approached. As new technologies arise, so do tools. The goal is to create an environment that allows the ability to rapidly create, iterate and polish no matter what stage of production. Increasing efficiency from start to finish. You will be a part of a team that has passion for pushing technology and supporting teams while having fun. We are looking for someone who can quickly familiarize themselves with multiple technologies and works well with others

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience in a digital art content creation pipeline
• Experience with common scripting languages like Python and C#
• Experience delivering high-quality visuals while following memory and performance targets
• Experience developing on agile teams
• Solid knowledge of current and next-gen art techniques and fundamental art principles
• English is the required language of work
• A strong understanding of Game Engine Architecture is a plus, including experience with Unreal Engine or similar

Desirable Skills or Expertise:

• Experience developing animation tools
• Demonstrated ownership for success of internal customers
• Unreal Engine Experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality production tools and runtime technologies
• Follow Agile methodologies as defined by the team
• Adapt to artistic and technical constraints to create tools, processes to ensure a fast and effective workflow for the artists on a per-project basis
• Communicate with team members and those on other teams to ensure speedy resolution of issues
• Solve complex problems affecting various areas of production
• Act as a role model, coach and mentor to assist in developing the team
• Design, implement, optimize, test, debug and maintain code to coding standards
• Assist in improving the tools, technical processes and best practices for the team

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision.
• WFH options during the pandemic
• Dog friendly environment (That's right, you can bring your dog to work!)

Onsite Amenities:

• Indoor basketball court, outdoor basketball court, soccer field, volleyball court
• RMT, Physiotherapist, Chiropractor, Gymnasium, Weight lifting facility, Yoga Studio, etc
• Community garden
• 2 dog parks
• Easy transit access
• Free on-site parking for staff and visitors