Technical Art Director – AAA Games – Barcelona, Spain / Hybrid

OPMs client is looking for a Technical Art Director to lead a world-class Technical Art Team on an entirely new AAA open world project.

The successful candidate will be the bridge between artists and engineers and in doing so you’ll maintain a close relationship with many disciplines to drive both existing and future tech and tools

REQUIREMENTS:

• A deep understanding of modern content creation tools and workflows: modeling, texturing, shading, rigging, animation, and lighting.
• Strong knowledge of Unity, Unreal or similar.
• Experience shipping AAA games across multiple platforms.
• Strong technical expertise across several categories of technical art.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Expertise scripting within DCC apps or game engines.
• A passion for making games.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define technical roadmaps and long-term vision for the tech art team.
• Prototype cutting edge approaches to art and content creation and spearhead R&D efforts.
• Improve existing content creation tools and pipelines based on both current and long term needs and requirements.
• Identify and resolve workflow and pipeline problems for internal art teams.
• Implement new technologies and workflows.
• Organize, prioritize, and assign work for technical artists.
• Set standards for and guard the quality of both the technical implementation as well as the visual results of in-game content and tools.

BENEFITS:

• Relocation Package/assistance and VISA support.
• Restaurant Tickets: approx 180 € per month (2.160€/year).
• 23 vacation days per year + Christmas to the new year (the office is closed from 24th December to 2nd January).
• Develop your career working in a super exciting environment with a great working atmosphere, international work environment
• Flexible Working Hours & Flexible Friday.
• Flexible working conditions of Work From Home.

And many more!

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214415