Studio: Offworld Industries Ltd.
Job Opening: Senior Technical Artist
Location: New Westminster, BC, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Help create art pipelines and assist in developing new techniques
- Create and maintain tools to help artists and designers create content
- Provide hands on support for artists and engineers in order to validate performance and standards
- Review creative processes and identify opportunities for improvements
- Solve challenging technical issues in the 3d asset pipeline
- Create and optimize shaders in UE4’s node system as well as HLSL
Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimum 5 years experience in technical art-related disciplines
- Having shipped at least 1 title in a senior role.
- Previous experience with industry-standard game development software
- A wide range of skills and knowledge related to 3d art pipelines, shaders, and optimization
- Previous experience with lighting and post-processing
- Self-motivated and proactive
- Positive attitude, genuine team player
- A great ability to think creatively and solve complex technical issues
Desirable Traits:
- Expert in shader and tool development/maintenance, including HLSL, blueprint, and UE4 shader nodes
- Experienced in modeling and art tools/pipelines (Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop, Substance)
- Knowledge of procedural tools and programs (Houdini, World Machine)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good artistic skills including color and composition
- Ability to work with technical documentation and write new documentation for developed tools and shaders
- Knowledge of a high level of coding (C++ specifically)
- Experience developing custom tools and scripts for content creation tools
- Previous experience with landscape pipelines and/or skybox art
- Passion for video games, and extensive knowledge of different games across many genres and platforms.
- Understanding of the realistic visual style of OWI games and a passion to push it to the next level.
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://owi.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=82