Playground Games: Character Technical Artist (Contract) United Kingdom
Character Designer is needed in United Kingdom.
Playground Games is looking for a Character Technical Artist. This job was crawled from the web:
To join our Fable team to support our character artists to create diverse, high quality characters for our game.
As a Character Technical Artist, you will collaborate across multiple disciplines acting as a bridge between art and engineering teams. You will be responsible for finding and delivering improvements in quality, workflow and performance for characters in the game.
We are considering a range of experience levels for this position (for which appropriate adjustments to responsibilities will be made).
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Our Character Technical Artists provide a wide range of support to the character team:
- Take ownership of the authoring and export tools for character artists (supported by the Technical Animation team who are responsible for rigging/skinning of characters)
- Work closely with the rendering team to create character shaders that push visual quality to the forefront of the industry
- Support the team’s vision to create an inclusive roster of diverse characters
- Take responsibility for the performance of characters in our game by creating tools and processes to ensure the best possible balance between quality and cost
- Identify bottlenecks and promote best practices for authoring characters to help our artists do their best work
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
Our ideal candidate will bring the following skills and experience:
- Experience creating character art and/or supporting a character art team using industry-standard art applications (Maya, Substance, ZBrush, etc)
- Experience working with character shaders (node-based or HLSL)
- Proficiency in Python or similar language, ideally with experience creating scripts for Maya or 3ds Max
- Effective collaborator with growth mindset and desire to help others to do their best work
- Strong verbal and digital communication skills. Fluent in rendering, memory, lighting, animation and other character-related topics
- Experience with Houdini or other procedural tools is a bonus
- Critical eye for visual quality. Art or Programming degree is a bonus
In what capacity are you hiring?
On behalf of another company
Where are you in the hiring process?
I’m ready to make a paid hire
Would you like to state a preference for hiring from underrepresented group(s)?
No preference
Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me
Is this an independent one off job, or part of a larger project?
Part of a larger ongoing project
For what period of time will the freelancer be needed?
Long term
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