Job Description

Job title: Senior Technical Artist

Contract Type

Location: Portland

Discipline

Remote: Yes

Reference: 413803

Contact name: Alexandra Wolfsberger

Job Published: January 01, 1970

Job Description

We are looking for a talented Technical Artist for our upcoming projects through the end of 2021 (with potential for continued work into 2022). The ideal candidate is a passionate and resourceful problem solver with an eye for detail and visual aesthetics.

Senior Technical Artist ( Remote)

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining projects in real-time engines.
• Building the creative vision into a deliverable product.
• Importing and integrating art assets such as textures, models, and animated characters.
• Clearly communicating technical limitations, proposing solutions, and creating workarounds.
• Designing and executing workflows from concept to asset creation to technical implementation.
• Testing, quality assurance, and verifying the product is performant.
• Working with the supervisor, creative director, and producer to schedule tasks and manage delivery expectations.
  

Show Us Your Skills

• 5+ years of experience working with technical and creative teams within the visual effects, gaming, AR, VR, and/or immersive industries.
• Software engineering familiarity with javascript, typescript, C#, python, visual programming.
• Professional experience working with real-time engines (e.g. Spark AR Studio, Lens Studio, Unreal Engine, and/or Unity).
• Ideal candidate considers themselves a generalist who is software agnostic and can easily jump in and understand various software/engines inner workings.
• Passion for exploring and learning new technologies and discovering new workflows.
• Strong aesthetic eye for what looks good.
• Ability to be self-directed towards increasing visual quality.
• Proactive, results-oriented mindset with high attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with remote teams, communicating and collaborating across various disciplines.
  

BONUS POINTS

• Experience developing some or all of the following: AR and VR applications, shipped mobile apps (Android and iOS), interactive installations.
• Experience with GLSL and other graphics shading languages.
• Experience creating CG assets including modeling, texturing, rigging, and animation.