Senior Technical Artist
Location – Seattle, WA (Hybrid)

CREATE AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE

• Join a creative crew of game designers, engineers, and artists from the Pacific Northwest & beyond
• Work with incredible partners on exciting new projects
• Solve problems of the unknown and make shared game experiences with AR, VR, Geolocation, Live Streaming and more
• Be a bridge between their art and tech teams, empowered to explore new technologies and define efficient and effective pipelines to support amazing art in engine
• Be a stakeholder in all stages of the tech art pipeline including planning complex rigs that support customization and shared

MAKE AN IMPACT

• Communicate tech needs between art, tech and design teams
• Research and develop technical tools in engine and in source art software
• Help set up workflows of art production
• Help maintain a pipeline that will see a large amount of rigged assets
• Explore and implement new technologies and tools that support high fidelity art and features at the forefront of what is possible on mobile devices
• Develop and maintain resources and pipelines along with engineers and artists
• Implement finished art into the game engine
• Ensure in engine assets hit quality and performance targets 
• Assist in developing, debugging and optimizing artist pipeline tools
• Share knowledge and champion best practices for all art assets that end up in engine
• Write and maintain technical documentation
• Comfortability in mentoring of others
• Shaders/FX
• Asset management and tools

SHOW US YOUR SKILLS

• 5+ years experience in a technical art or rigging related role
• Shipped shippy ships
• Knowledgeable in:
  • Animation & Rigging
  • Modeling & Texturing
  • Scripting & Tools Development
  • Shaders
  • VFX
  • Source Control Software
• Experience and in depth understanding of Unity, modern 3d production tools, and Maya
• Ability to work well in a fluid environment as creative challenges evolve
• Excellent partnership and communication skills
• Self-motivated, passionate and opinionated about video games and video game dev

LEVEL UP WITH THIS CREW

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Generous PTO
• 401k
• Family & Medical Leave
• Life Insurance & Long Term Disability
• We will let you drive the spaceship