Description
TECHNICAL
ARTIST
Deck Nine
Games currently has an opening for a Technical Animation Artist to join
our amazing character art team. If you love collaborating with artists and
animators to create expressive, quirky and memorable characters that fans fall
in love with we’d love to talk with you.
You will work
in close collaboration with animators, modellers, and the artistic and
technical animation director in order to produce high-quality rigging and
skinning with an emphasis on facial rigging. The role will require you to
jump into the unknown and solve new problems, exercising your ability to think
creatively to resolve technical and artistic challenges and limitations. The
ideal candidate is passionate about games and has 5 years minimum experience
that covers at least one complete game development cycle.
Apply through our website: https://deckninegames.com/careers/
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Must include a link to a portfolio of your work
• 5 years minimum experience in technical art or other relevant
experience
• Shipped at least 1 game within the technical art discipline
• Bachelor’s degree in art, design, technical discipline or other
relevant training
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Establish and maintain rigging pipelines and standards between
Maya and Unreal Engine
• Carry out the rigging and skinning to meet the needs of project
animators, with a particular focus on facial rigging for real-time game assets
• Propose and implement tools to produce the best possible results
and incorporate them seamlessly into the existing pipeline
• Mentor other technical artists and provide feedback
• Work closely with the animation team to implement control rigs to
improve and simplify their workflow
• Liaise with Art, Animation, Mocap, Tech and Production
• Export from Maya and set up game characters in the engine,
ensuring the final result meets the artistic standards of the project
• Set up and maintain character dynamics in Maya and in engine
• Support the Art Team with their technical needs, find and develop
solutions to content creation pipeline issues
SKILLS
AND KNOWLEDGE:
• Experience creating and maintaining a rigging pipeline with an
emphasis on facial rigging and implementation of expressive blendshapes
• Experience working with Mocap data
• Advanced knowledge of Maya
• Python, Scripting for Maya tools
BONUS:
• Knowledge of MGear
• Knowledge of scripting and programming languages such as ZScript,
Javascript, C++
• Basic knowledge of Vicon Shogun, Photoshop, Substance Painter
and/or Zbrush
• VFX Experience
• Animation Experience
• Experience across multiple platform types or developing to varying
limitations and technical restrictions
• Interest and understanding of human anatomy
• Recognize proper mesh topology and give feedback to the character
dept
Benefits
• Competitive salary depending on
experience
• Generous vacation time and paid
parental leave
• Health insurance for you and your family
at a low cost to you
• Dental and Vision insurance for you
and your family at NO cost to you
• Life and Disability benefits at NO cost
to you
• Optional Flexible Spending
Account (including Healthcare and Limited Purpose), Dependent Care
Account, and Health Savings Account available
• Optional Supplemental Health and
Life Insurance
• 401(k) Plan with an Employer Match
• Growth opportunities for your career
Salary: DOE
About Deck Nine
Here at Deck Nine Games our
passion is storytelling games. We are an independent game developer dedicated
to crafting AAA interactive story games that inspire, transform, and entertain
players. In 2021 we released Life is Strange True Colors, which went on to win
multiple awards for storytelling and visuals, including best storytelling for
2021 and a VGA for Games for Impact. Recently we announced that we are
developing a game for the hit sci-fi Amazon series, The Expanse. Our prior
titles have won multiple awards, including Game of the Year and nominations for
VGA and BAFTA awards. The studio is 100+ amazing people both located in our
headquarters in sunny Westminster, Colorado and spread throughout the world
permanently remote.
As the crafters of stories that
encompass the full breadth of life’s experiences, Deck Nine is committed to
building a diverse, inclusive, and multicultural team in which people from all
walks of life feel inspired to do their best work. We are proud to be an equal
opportunity employer and believe deeply in the creativity and strength built
from diversity of race, religion, disability, gender, gender identity and
expression, sexual orientation, nationality, and the many other qualities that
make us different.
If this sounds appealing to you,
please apply now!