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Technical Art Director

Job Description

Job summary:
The Technical Art Director is a key profile in our team, responsible with researching, inventing and selecting the technical means needed to express the Creative Vision of the project, while respecting the overall Art Direction.

Role:
• The Technical Art Director has four main focuses during production, which are highly inter-dependent:
o The Art Technologies used in the project
o The art assets creation Process
o The art assets final technical Quality
o The Performance of the game

Responsibilities:

• Works together with the other teams inside the project to identify or invent the technical art features needed to express the creative vision;
  
• Selects, prepares and adapts the art tools used in production;
  
• Defines and validates the art workflow and art content pipeline of the project;
  
• Establishes the technical art constraints of the project;
  
• Manages the focus and development of the Technical-Art team members.
  

Qualifications

Requirements

Experience:

• Experience in at least one full videogame production, in an art supervision role (Director, Lead);
  
• Experience with other types of digital art creation pipelines is also relevant.
  

Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving skills;
  
• Leadership skills;
  
• Very good management skills with ability to keep track of multiple threads;
  
• Great communication skills, both written and spoken;
  
• Training and tutoring skills;
  
• Significant experience in a full digital art content creation pipeline (high and low-poly modelling, unwrapping, baking, texturing, level art);
  
• Detailed knowledge of the technical constraints of engines and the different game platforms;
  
• Good artistic skills (proportion, color, composition);
  
• Good knowledge of 2D and 3D graphic software;
  
• Knowledge of an asset management system (ex : Perforce, VSS, Alienbrain);
  
• Knowledge of a programming language is considered a plus;
  
• Knowledge of scripting languages is also considered a plus;
  
• Ability to create technical documentation;
  
• Knowledge and Interest in the following tech-art areas:

o Shading

o Scripting

o Lighting

o Rendering and Post-Effects

o Special FX

o Rigging and animation

o Physics simulations;

• Fluency in English.

Benefits that you can enjoy:

• If you’re into sport we’ve got a great gym right into our studio;
  
• We are proud of our games and we would like you to feel the same way. To get started we’ll give you goodies and games letting you choose what you like;
  
• If you get hungry you can use your meal tickets at our local cafeteria or even grab some of the fresh fruits that are available in the office each week;
  
• Since we value health you’ll have access to private medical system after the first 3 months;
  
• If somehow you feel under the weather you can quickly go to our in studio doctor.
  

Additional Information

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Our heroes are full of character. Full of their own challenges, hopes and dreams. Just like our colleagues. Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms.

Ubisoft Bucharest is an experienced player in the video gaming industry in Romania, being one of the first company of its kind. We have built a strong foundation on which we have grown in the past years.

With a strong history of acclaimed games like Silent Hunter, Blazing Angels or HAWX, the studio has moved into co-development and has made its mark in block buster games like Just Dance, Assassin’s Creed, Ghost Recon and Watch Dogs.
Our studio is located in the Northern part of Bucharest and its goal is to deliver fun to players everywhere.

Combining passion and performance, our teams bring ideas to life. More than just games, we strive to create immersive and engaging worlds that offer moments of escape, fun and adventure as well as opportunities for self-discovery and learning.

In an ever-evolving industry Ubisoft teams are eager to enrich players’ lives with unique and memorable gaming experiences.
We want you to be our partner in this, we want you to evolve with us.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.