Technical Artist

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the programming team and content team in the implementation of tools and features related to art/content creation.
• Create content to validate new rendering features in development.
• Test new tools/features before deployment into production.
• Contribute to ensuring that feature/tool interfaces are user-friendly & efficient.
• Suggest improvements and find solutions for tools used on the project.
• Collaborate with technical teams to diagnose and resolve in-game problems.
• Monitor & help drive framerate and memory optimization of the game.
• Regularly communicate technical constraints and their reasons to the content teams.
• Offer technical support to the Content team in day-by-day production issues. (Game, Tools,…)
• Create and maintain documentation for tools, conventions and procedures.
• Share with the content teams best-practices and new tools.
• Create, organize, and lead training sessions so that all members of the content team can properly use the tools and methods.
• Remain informed of new technical and technological developments
• Investigates new techniques, assists in prototyping and helps other developers with technical roadblocks.

Qualifications

• Strong artistic background (a good artistic eye is a necessity!).
• Attention to detail from both technical and artistic perspectives.
• Relevant technical experience in performance, optimization and methodology. 
• Basic knowledge of real-time rendering challenges and techniques.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Fast and willing learner. Ability to adapt to new technologies.
• A great ability to think creatively to overcome technical challenges.
• Ability to create technical documentation.
• Ability to transmit knowledge effectively, to train.
• Great communication skills, with a positive and constructive attitude.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical parties.
• Good English oral and written skills

Preferred Skills

• Shading
• Scripting (Python, VEX)
• Lighting
• Rendering and Post-Effects
• Procedural generation (Houdini)
• Performance

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