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Technical Artist

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Summary

What You'll Do

• Study and understand the design of a game, and collaborate with the Art Director to create a plan and structure which supports incoming graphics.
• With a broad understanding of technical issues related to graphics and animation such as rendering, performance, streaming and memory management, you’d maintain art and animation production workflows and technical art pipeline.
• Learn and master our custom toolsets and the confines of real-time engine constraints.
• Work under direction of Art Directors and project stakeholders, to implement world class art, animation and audio content, with a focus on innovation and creativity that is on brief and on time.
• Write new tools and/or identify new processes and workflows to support the engine and authoring environment.
• Deliver error-free assets on time to a level of functional and aesthetic quality appropriate to the game requirements.
• Ability to process and maintain a large volume of art assets. Identify, assess and mitigate technical risk, as well as quickly and accurately resolve unexpected issues that can occur during the development process.
• Maintain excellent file organization and follow established processes for asset creation and management, output configuration, Intellectual Property and reference material etc.
• Keep up to date on the latest developments within the gaming industry.

What We're Looking For

Skills and Experience:

The Tech Artist is essentially a “Graphics Wizard” who is required to have:

• A strong knowledge of Adobe Photoshop from a technical standpoint.

o familiarity with user interface

o troubleshooting

o image processing (cropping, merging of layers & exporting.

o scripting

• A natural understanding of various file formats and their uses such as;

o .psd, .png, .jpg, .eps, .avi, .mp4 etc

o image resolution

o alpha channels

o vector / bitmap

• Understands the importance of spotting defects on incoming artwork
• Art asset management – Applying various meta data to incoming art and submit to software

Key Competencies

Computer Literacy

• Demonstrated experience with core application software including the Adobe CC Suite, in particular, Photoshop and After Effects.
• Game development background such as Unity / C# development experience highly regarded.
• Strong PC/Mac skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Communication Skills

• Able to communicate effectively both in written and verbal forms.
• Confident to share new ideas and comfortable influencing key stakeholders.

General

• Excellent understanding of art asset implementation techniques and pipelines. (Real-Time & Pre-rendered)
• High level of competency in creating and delivering content using key software to a range of end-platforms i.e., custom propriety platforms, web and mobile devices.
• Display initiative to drive projects and present new ideas.
• High attention to detail and good analytical skills.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to a range of functional teams within the organization.
• Ability to handle competing priorities to meet tight deadlines.
• Actively seek feedback and review of work; accept and act upon creative/technical direction.
• Ability to work within a team as well as unsupervised.

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming entertainment. We’re proud to have a team of over 7000 employees, operating in over 90 countries around the world, who push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and technology each day. We offer a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, social gaming and casino management systems but remain, and will always be, an ideas company that is committed to our customers, players, and our employees. We offer highly competitive compensation, robust benefits tailored to your needs, and global opportunities for career growth in an organization whose business is built on FUN!!!

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. We offer a range of flexible working options through all.flex, our flexible hybrid work model and invite you to have a conversation with us about flexible working. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment
• Robust benefits package
• Global career opportunities

Our Values

• All about the Player
• Talent Unleashed
• Collective Brilliance
• Good Business Good Citizen

The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.