Technical Artist – London/Remote – Realtime Projects

This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it’s safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

Project: Realtime Projects

OPM’s client is seeking a motivated and talented Technical Artist with a proven experience with Unreal Engine.

The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of art, animation, virtual production and VFX pipelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work in partnership with the VP supervisor and real time TD to deliver high quality real-time art in Unreal Engine by creating shaders, lighting and particle effects.
• Assist the character and environment artists on asset build and look development.
• Be knowledgeable in regards to lighting techniques in Unreal Engine and instruct artists in lighting best practices.
• Improve content through profiling and enhancing performance with the help of diagnostic tools and instructing the artists on modelling and texturing best practices.
• Work alongside programmers to develop and test new features, prototype shader code, and provide useful feedback during R&D.
• Display a level of technical knowledge combined with strong creative and artistic skills.
• Produce and maintain clear and comprehensive documentation of workflows, processes and tools.
• Assist the VP Supervisor and TD in onset virtual scouting and camera sessions where necessary.

REQUIREMENTS:

• In-depth experience working with Unreal Engine – Blueprint, Sequencer, Editor & real time lighting
• Great 3D art skills with experience of optimising modelling, texturing, rigging, animation, shading, lighting and particle effects for real-time workflows.
• Great understanding of PBR workflow and shader programming.
• Maya and/or Houdini experience
• Knowledgeable in a range of content creation software including Photoshop, Zbrush/Mudbox, Substance Painter.
• Capability to work independently and efficiently under tight deadlines
• Capability to work in collaboration with multiple teams
• Excellent communication skills and knowledge of film language.
• On set experience desirable

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Unity experience
• VR/AR authoring in Unreal experience
• Experience on set

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

Tagged as: English, Remote, Technical Art