Technical Artist Job at Aquent, California

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  • Aquent
  • California

Job Description

Our large tech client is looking for a Technical Artist. The Technical Artist is responsible for the technical aspects of art asset development. This entails working closely with Art and Engineering to develop and support the asset pipeline, animation and rigging tools, animation rigs, and real-time effects.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Partner closely with the engineering and technical art teams in defining and developing content
  • Optimize content through enhancing performance and instructing the artists and designers on asset creation, modeling and texturing best practices
  • Manage the technical animation pipeline including rigging and animation, and hooking up animations
  • Develop broad technical expertise to assist in a wide variety technical and artistic tasks
  • Quickly solve issues with cross-functional leads
  • Thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environment

Skills:

  • Experience in working with Unreal Engine, Python
  • Expert ability to work on game development
  • Creativity, verbal and written communication skills and problem solving ability are required.
  • Expert verbal and written communication skills; communication across teams including engineers and artists
  • Expert ability to work independently and manage one’s time.
  • Expert ability in creating tools and automation for one or more packages like Maya, Houdini, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, ZBrush, Marmoset, Photoshop, etc
  • Expert in game profiling and optimization techniques
  • Experience shipping products with stringent runtime performance constraints, such as complex mobile or 3D applications or games
  • Expert leadership and mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.

Education/Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent work experience required

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $70 to $80 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

Job Tags

Temporary work, Work experience placement,

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