Associate Technical Artist(Unity)

PlaySimple Games is seeking an Associate Technical Artist to serve as a crucial link between the art and programming teams, contributing to the continued success of their games. This dynamic role involves conceptualizing and transforming artistic visions into game-ready assets, creating animations and effects, and ensuring technical feasibility. The ideal candidate will optimize assets for various platforms and develop tools to enhance the production pipeline, thriving in a fast-paced, learning-rich environment.

Must Have

• 1+ years of professional experience as a technical artist with knowledge of engines and art pipelines
• Experience creating animations and effects for games using Particle Designer or After Effects
• Strong knowledge of Photoshop & Illustrator
• In-depth knowledge of the Production Pipeline
• Ability to proactively identify technical constraints while conceptualizing and executing solutions through new tools
• Knowledge and understanding of assets compression and optimization with regards to multiple platforms

Good to Have

• Unity experience
• Spine experience
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to establish priorities, work independently or within a group
• Handles and resolves recurring problems
• Demonstrate artistic vision
• Effective time management skills

About Us

We are one of India’s most exciting & fast-growing mobile gaming companies. Founded in 2014, and creating a global mobile gaming landscape in partnership with Modern Times Group (MTG), our Vision is to create simple, impactful casual game experiences at a massive scale. Since our inception, we have built a worldwide network of chart-topping games, and powerful tech & analytics infrastructure to turbocharge their growth. Our product portfolio consists of evergreen hits like Daily Themed Crossword, WordTrip, WordJam, WordWars, WordTrek, TileMatch and Jigsaw

Visit us at www.playsimple.in to know more.

Job Description

Position Summary

We’re looking for an Associate Technical Artist who can act as a bridge between the Artists and Programmers working on a game that will drive our continued success. It’s a fast-paced, high-adrenaline job, with plenty to learn. If you enjoy dreaming up concepts, turning them into works of art and are happy about it, you’ll love this job.

Requirements

What’s required of you

• 1+ years of applicable professional experience as a technical artist with knowledge of engines and art pipelines.
• Experience creating animations, effects for games using Particle Designer or After Effects.
• Strong Knowledge of Photoshop & Illustrator. Unity, After Effects & Spine is an added advantage.
• In-depth Knowledge of the Production Pipeline.
• Ability to proactively identify technical constraints while conceptualizing and executing solutions through new tools.
• Knowledge and understanding of assets compression and optimization with regards to multiple platforms ( Unity, Cocos2D)
• Develops generalized tools/techniques to help enhance the pipeline.
• A mind for both artistic and technical workflows.

What we are looking for

• Good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to establish priorities, work independently or within a group, and proceed with objectives without supervision.
• Handles and resolves recurring problems.
• Demonstrate artistic vision and appropriately expand upon the art direction given.
• Effective time management skills to meet deadlines without compromising quality.