Principal Technical Artist- Remote,UK- Horror RPG

"To apply: Ref - 5240600. An amazing UK based AAA studio is looking for a Principal Technical Artist to devise and support end to end pipelines on a story driven horror blockbuster with genre defining goals.

This huge, highly ambitious partnership project takes atmosphere, storytelling, player agency and narrative firmly into ground-breaking territory on next-generation hardware technologies.

This is an ambitious, AAA project with a heavy focus on art, animation and delivering unique character performances to heighten player presence and immersion to new levels.

Key Responsibilities

-Support the Lead Technical Artist and wider team to create and maintain documentation standards and practices for tools, pipelines, and technical specifications

-Support the Lead Technical Artist in identifying and developing necessary art tool chains and documentation

-Support the art team with tech related issues on a day-to-day basis working within the framework defined by the code team and existing established methods

-Bring your own experience of best working practices to the team

Role Requirements

-Proven experience as a Senior Technical Artist on at least one shipped PC or console title

-Excellent knowledge of Maya

-Proven Maya scripting skills (Python) with examples

-Previous experience with QT (PySide) UI development

-Familiarity with Perforce/Helix

-General familiarity with the Unreal Engine Editor, either from personal or professional experience

-Understanding of Unreal Blueprints and art pipeline concepts (AnimGraph, Sequencer, Lightmass)

Additional or desired skills

-Proven UE Material authoring skills with examples

-UE experience with environment materials, lighting, and shading effects

-Knowledge of HLSL

-Experience with Houdini

-Console development experience

To apply please send CV to Ayesha@ or phone 020 7580 6018 for a confidential chat (ideally over your cv / resume). We value close, personal relationships with our candidates and applications by this method tend to be more successful.

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