
Senior Technical Artist
Wushu Studios
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Team up with the Art and Code Leads to bring the artistic vision to life, and make sure it meets all project requirements.
- As someone with experience, it's crucial to identify and solve problems before they impact the development team. Being proactive is a key part of this role.
- We're always looking for ways to improve, so you will help implement new techniques that can make our art pipeline more efficient.
- Ensure our content looks amazing across all platforms, via art optimisation.
- You will be the bridge between art and programming teams, so you will collaborate effectively with the team and keep things running smoothly.
- Create and test any new tools before they go live.
- Sharing knowledge of best practices within the team.
- Communication is key, so you'll make sure we're regularly keeping the art team in the loop on any technical constraints and the reasons behind them.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience working with proprietary engines preferred.
- Good knowledge of CG fundamentals (modelling, texturing, shading, lighting etc) within Maya, Max, Blender or similar.
- Ability to debug and optimise complex assets and implement efficient rendering and VFX techniques.
- Shader programming knowledge and HLSL/GLSL experience.
- Strong coding knowledge in C++ to fix things that have a layer of modifications.
- Procedural generation experience.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
- Christmas shutdown
- Flexible working hours
- x 4 Half-day Fridays (during the summer months)
- A day off on your birthday
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Comprehensive Medical Insurance
- Weekly Yoga Class
- Anti-Crunch ethos
- Referral Bonus Scheme
- Bike2Work Scheme
- Social Events/Project Launch Wrap Parties
- Charity Events
- Branded merchandise
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
shader programmingHLSLGLSLC++CG fundamentalsmodellingtexturingshadinglightingprocedural generation
Soft Skills
proactive problem solvingcollaborationcommunicationknowledge sharingteamwork