Marketing Tech Artist

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Sandsoft seeks a Marketing Technical Artist to integrate art assets, animations, VFX, and SFX into marketing materials using Unity. Responsibilities include promotional asset production, asset integration, rigging and skinning, pipeline development, collaboration with other teams, asset optimization, troubleshooting technical issues, and documentation. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of experience in marketing for mobile gaming companies and proficiency in Unity, Photoshop, and other relevant software. They will be responsible for ensuring high-quality visuals and seamless campaign execution across various platforms.
Must have:
  • 3+ years marketing experience in mobile gaming
  • Unity, Photoshop, Texture Packer, Visual Studio, Spine proficiency
  • Rigging, skinning, VFX, SFX knowledge
  • C# scripting or similar
  • Git/Perforce experience
Good to have:
  • Custom tool development
  • Cross-platform optimization experience
  • Knowledge of latest industry trends

Job Details

About Sandsoft:

Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sandsoft is a global video game developer, publisher and investor with a focus on engaging and entertaining players worldwide.Our vision is to be the leading mobile-first games publisher & developer out the MENA region.Our international team is composed of passionate and brave game makers with vast experience in developing, publishing and leading highly successful AAA mobile, console and desktop games including FIFA, Candy Crush, Need for Speed, Angry Birds, World of Tanks and more! Through a passion for games, Sandsoft Games aims at bringing closer continents, cultures, and people.

About the Job:

We are seeking a skilled Marketing Technical Artist to bridge the gap between art and technology within our marketing team. In this role, you will be responsible for integrating art assets, animations, visual effects (VFX), and sound effects (SFX) into marketing materials using the Unity engine. Your technical expertise and creative insight will be crucial in bringing our marketing visions to life, ensuring seamless execution of campaigns across various platforms.

What you will do:

  • Promotional asset production: Create high-quality marketing videos and static visuals using the Unity engine.

  • Asset integration: Import and integrate 2D and 3D art assets, animations, VFX, and SFX into marketing projects using the Unity engine, ensuring they meet technical specifications and performance benchmarks.

  • Rigging and skinning: Prepare 3D and 2D (sprite) assets for animation through effective rigging and skinning techniques.

  • Pipeline development: Develop and maintain efficient pipelines and tools for the art and animation teams to streamline the production process.

  • Collaboration: Work closely with artists, animators, developers, UI/UX designers, and game designers to integrate assets effectively and maintain artistic consistency.

  • Optimization: Optimize 3D models, textures, and animations to ensure high performance and visual quality across various marketing platforms.

  • Problem-solving: Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to art production, providing solutions that balance artistic vision and technical constraints.

  • Documentation: Maintain technical documentation for tools, pipelines, and processes to support team efficiency and knowledge sharing.

What you will need:

  • Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in the marketing teams of the mobile gaming companies.

  • Technical proficiency: Strong understanding of real-time rendering requirements, rendering pipelines, and rendering capabilities of different embedded systems.

  • Software expertise: Proficiency in Unity, Photoshop, Texture Packer, Visual Studio, and Spine.

  • Scripting skills: Basic knowledge of scripting languages like C# or similar for relevant applications.

  • Version control: Experience with version control software such as Git and Perforce.

  • Artistic understanding: Solid knowledge of art and animation pipelines, including rigging, VFX, and shader development.

  • Communication: Excellent organizational and communication skills with a collaborative, team-first mindset.

  • Problem-solving: Ability to troubleshoot and solve technical issues related to art production.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Tool development: Ability to develop custom tools to enhance the art and animation pipeline.

  • Cross-Platform experience: Familiarity with optimizing assets for various platforms and devices.

  • Continuous learning: Proactive interest in staying updated with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies.

About Us:

At Sandsoft, we do things differently.

We value independence. We create the best possible, small teams and give them the freedom and independence to work together in pursuit of creating and publishing the highest quality games with high reliability and competition at the heart of the experience. Each team has the freedom to pursue this goal as they see fit. It’s up to them to decide what is best for Sandsoft and for our players.

We defer to trust. We trust each other, even when we disagree. In this environment, you will work with your colleagues who will trust you to do what makes sense and give you the autonomy to do what is right for Sandsoft as only our game teams can make the decision to launch or shut down their project.

Everyone is a game maker. Everybody in our team is first and foremost, a Game Maker and you will be no different. We encourage our people to use their talents where they have the most impact. We ask and give feedback proactively to inform our decisions. So while you are a master of your own discipline, you are also a key stakeholder and your role and voice is critical when it comes to concepting, designing and promoting games.

We live our company values. We pride ourselves in hiring growth-minded people who show a motivated, collaborative, and entrepreneurial attitude, and who embrace our Core Values as the right way to develop something great together.

Sandsoft core values are: Boldness 👩‍🚀 + Togetherness 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 + Growth 🚀

To know more about Sandsoft, visit our website or Linkedin profile.

If you feel like you would like to be part of this journey, please apply!

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About The Company

Headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sandsoft is a global video game developer and publisher with a focus on engaging and entertaining players in Middle East and North Africa region and worldwide.

Aligned with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, Sandsoft Games is dedicated to the country’s socio-economic diversification by growing the regional video game industry and offering careers whilst creating fun and positive game experiences for players.​

Sandsoft core values are: 

Boldness 👩‍🚀 + Togetherness 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 + Growth 🚀

A GloCal approach from Riyadh to the World 🌍 http://www.sandsoft.com/

We're hiring! check our career site! ⏳

https://career.sandsoft.com/

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