Technical Artist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Develop intricate materials for characters, weapons, environments, and expansive world elements.

• Assist all teams with Blueprint management and setup for interactive items, weapons, environments, and various gameplay components.

• Create workflows and tools for fellow artists to leverage while crafting unique assets in DDC packages and Unreal.

• Implement a diverse range of visual effects styles, from realistic to stylized.

• Collaborate with engineers and artists to enhance content optimization across multiple platforms.

• Oversee several complex tasks simultaneously.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of professional technical art experience within the gaming industry, including at least one shipped title.

• A robust online portfolio or reel demonstrating expertise in game technical art.

• Proficient with the Unreal Engine 4 or 5 art pipeline, including experience with blueprints, material editor, and technical systems (Foliage, Landscape, RVT, PCG, Water, etc.).

• Strong understanding of PBR principles and material editors.

• Experience in modeling and utilizing texturing tools such as Substance Designer and Painter.

• Skills in additional areas such as modeling, skinning, animation, proceduralism, scripting, or lighting.

• A strong desire and knowledge to advance the capabilities of Unreal Engine.

• Enthusiasm for teamwork and taking ownership of features and initiatives from conception to final product.

• Experience across multiple platforms.

• Exceptional time management and organizational abilities.

• Capability to accept critique and artistic direction.

• A passion for video games.

• Bonus Points:

• Experience with Niagara systems.

• Familiarity with Lumen and time-of-day (TOD) sequenced based lighting.

• Experience in creating tools, automation, generators, and/or procedural techniques.

• Knowledge of optimization workflows for Gen 9, Gen 8, and mobile platforms, along with experience on multiplayer games.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to some of the largest AAA games in the industry.

• Excellent work-life balance.

• A collaborative and relaxed work atmosphere.

• Competitive salary.

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• RRSP matching program.