Senior Technical Artist (UI)

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • UI Art • $185,200 PA - $258,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Technical Artist on the R&D Technical Art Team, you will collaborate with various teams to create, implement, and maintain UI systems. You will design, prototype, and integrate functional interfaces using Unreal Engine's UMG, Material Editor, and Blueprint Visual Scripting system. The responsibilities include maintaining and extending shaders, providing technical support, ensuring UI optimization, implementing UI elements, integrating functionality, and documenting processes. This position requires both artistic and technical skills, excellent communication, and the ability to translate artistic requirements into sustainable workflows.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience as a technical artist in the game industry
  • Proficiency in shader languages like HLSL, GLSL, or Cg.
  • Experience with UI and material implementation in modern game engines
  • Strong art skills with 2D and 3D Art workflows for games
  • Highly proficient communication skills
Good to have:
  • Proficiency in tools programming, particularly with Python or C++
  • Experience with Adobe Suite (including Substance)
  • Experience with Figma
Perks:
  • Open paid time off policy
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Medical, dental, and life insurance
  • Parental leave
  • 401k with company match

Job Details

As a Senior Technical Artist on the R&D Technical Art Team, you will collaborate with the Art, Design, UX/UI, and Engineering teams to create, implement, and maintain UI systems. You will help to design, prototype, and integrate functional interfaces by utilizing Unreal Engine’s UMG (Unreal Motion Graphics UI Designer), Material Editor, and Blueprint Visual Scripting system. Working closely with these departments, you will standardize and improve the technical development processes for the production of in-game UI elements with supporting materials and shaders.

This is both an artistic and technically oriented art position and requires a combination of art sensibilities, technical knowledge related to the game dev environment, and a high degree of communication and collaboration.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain and extend core functionalities of shaders, materials and their libraries
  • Provide technical support to developers who interface with UI content or workflows
  • Ensure our UI is optimal by balancing the art needs with tech constraints, and facilitating improvements to its iteration and development
  • Implement and maintain UI for in-game screens, features, and content utilizing UMG (Unreal Motion Graphics) within Unreal Engine
  • Integrate functionality using Unreal Engine’s Blueprint Visual Scripting system
  • Document and disseminate findings, techniques, and processes to both technical and non-technical team members
  • Work closely with engineers, designers, and artists to understand and address challenges, and to drive the technical vision forward

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years experience as a technical artist in the game industry
  • Proficiency in shader languages like HLSL, GLSL, or Cg.
  • Extensive experience with UI and material implementation in modern game engines, such as UMG in Unreal
  • Strong art skills with experience and an understanding of both 2D and 3D Art workflows for games
  • Highly proficient communication skills and capacity to act as an ambassador between Art and Engineering
  • Superb critical thinking skills, especially in regards to translating artistic requirements into sustainable workflows

Desired Qualifications:

  • Proficiency in tools programming, particularly with Python or C++
  • Experience with Adobe Suite (including Substance), especially from a tools development perspective
  • Experience with Figma

 

As a part of the application process, candidates will be expected to provide a portfolio or demo reel of their work and may be asked to complete an art test.

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!

Our Perks:

Riot has a focus on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy, in addition to other perks such as flexible work schedules. We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children, and a 401k with company match. Check out our benefits pages for more information.

Riot Games fosters a player and workplace experience that values teamwork embodied by the Summoner's Code and Community Code. Our culture embraces differences as a strength, and our values are the guiding principles for how we approach work. We are committed to putting diversity and inclusion (D&I) at the center of everything we do, and promoting a fair and collaborative culture where Rioters treat one another with dignity and respect. We encourage you to read more about our value of thriving together and our ongoing work to build the most inclusive company in Gaming.

 

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

  • Safeguarding confidential and sensitive Company data
  • Communication with others, including Rioters and third parties such as vendors, and/or players, including minors
  • Accessing Company assets, secure digital systems, and networks
  • Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players and other Rioters

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security. 

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