Sr. Technical Artist

Description

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize efficient and robust materials/shaders to be used across multiple assets/characters/environments.

• Define environment workflow/lighting setup to deliver visual target with an eye towards performance and memory management.

• Develop and maintain art asset pipelines, and collaborate with the art team to optimize workflows, authoring new tools as necessary.

• Establish content specs and requirements to achieve visual target while optimizing for performance and cross platform implications.

• Use diagnostic tools to analyze content and identify areas for improvement.

• Assist with the management and integration of all art assets.

• Be proactive and develop and implement new ideas/solutions to problems as they arise.

• Be collaborative and creative with a seasoned team of passionate developers.

• Ability to step in and lend a hand with content creation a huge plus.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a senior/lead technical artist.

• Extensive Experience with Unreal Engine, preferably UE4.

• Expert Maya user, with strong scripting skills in MEL, Python, C++

• Experience with Lighting, materials and shaders as applied to Physically Based Rendering

• Experience with Runtime analytics and optimization best practices.

• Buckets of enthusiasm and self-motivation, and a passion for making great games.

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