Technical Artist III

Main Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality animations using animation principles for characters, environments, UI, and VFX
• Encourage and generate creative ideas and solutions with the team
• Exhibit excellent time management to deliver art and animations to the required quality, specification, and time
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of how art and animation support gameplay and narrative, and effectively communicate these links to the team
• Proficiently use 3D animation software (e.g., Maya, Blender, Unity)
• Create efficient 3D rigging, weighting, and animation files optimized for Unity
• Create optimized texture sheets for 3D assets implemented in Unity
• Prioritize optimization when integrating animations within the game engine

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience using Unity
• 5+ years of game development experience
• Senior level art and animations skills (2D/3D, character, environment, UI, VFX)
• Software experience in Maya, Blender, Unity, Photoshop, and Perforce
• Technical experience in modeling, skinning, and rigging 2D/3D assets/characters
• Experience working on business-level tasks, e.g., cross-discipline pipeline development
• Knowledge of game development on multiple projects, enabling pragmatic, strategic judgments, and providing creative ideas and solutions to the team
• Proven experience delivering art and animations on ambitious timelines
• Excellent showreel showcasing your art and animation capabilities