Senior Technical Artist – Los Angeles, California, USA – AAA Console/PC Games

Project: AAA Console/PC Games

OPM’s client are currently seeking an experienced Senior Technical Artist to be responsible for research and offering technical support to team members.

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Work primarily in the game editor with the Engine, Tools and Pipeline teams to prioritize and develop tools/scripts/plugins to streamline art processes, workflows and pipelines
• Troubleshoot and triage artist issues with tools and art creation workflow
• Test new techniques to facilitate more efficient content production
• Seek to maximize art production performance and predictability
• Produce complex materials for characters, weapons and environments
• Create workflows and tools for other artists to utilize when making unique assets
• Solving problems in pipeline and for individuals on as-needed basis.
• Seek to establish standards, conventions and best practices for asset creation and integration workflow
• Make sure that assets are being properly integrated. Manage resolution when problems arise
• Help with the management and integration of art and animation assets and ensure are optimal for performance and memory
• Maintain filename and folder structure for editor and raw art assets
• Work with tools engineer on procedural data asset validation (budgets, lods, pivots, naming, etc)
• Function as the bridge from rendering engineer to art team with the goal of optimizing assets to achieve 60fps on various platforms
• Manage master materials for all art assets
• Aid art team with DDC (Maya/Max/Blender) tools
• Explore new techniques (e.g. volumetric fog) with rendering engineers
• Assess art assets from construction quality standpoint (UV unwrap, texel density, poly layout/density)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive experience as a Technical Artist.
• Excellent teamwork abilities
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and visually
• Expertise with standard industry tools like Maya, 3ds Max
• Strong understanding of methods of optimizing game art assets for game engines
• Great understanding of PBR principles and material editors
• Background modelling and using texturing packages such as Substance Designer and Painter
• Up to date knowledge of current art techniques and development processes
• Able to work well under pressure and with deadlines
• Great troubleshooting skills

DESIRED SKILLS (Good to have):

• Experience with Unreal Engine and/or Houdini
• In-depth knowledge of MEL/Python/Maxscript or similar systems

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 412!

Tagged as: AAA, Console, PC, Technical Art