Lead Technical Artist
Studio Gobo, United Kingdom
Job Description
Studio Gobo is an established AAA games studio, part of the Keywords family. Our team has worked on multiple world-class projects for companies such as Tencent, Disney, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Projects include Synced: Off-Planet, For Honor, Marvel Super Heroes: Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars: Rise Against the Empire playsets for Disney Infinity 3.0.
We are looking for a Lead Technical Artist to join the team on our brand new project. The Lead Technical Artist is an expert in their field and holds a wealth of knowledge in dealing with the technical issues around content creation for video games. They have a proven track record of resolving the most complex and broad-reaching challenges in relationship to content construction, pipeline management and leading edge visuals.
At Studio Gobo, we don’t just accept difference we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Studio Gobo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We offer you a comprehensive benefits package and an award-winning environment to work in, rating 4.9 out of 5 stars for employee satisfaction on glassdoor.com!
A Lead Technical Artist at Studio Gobo.
- Leads the team in identifying, planning and implementing solutions to support content creation and enhance visual quality with performance in mind.
- Will be responsible for managing a project’s Technical Art team by setting great examples and mentoring more junior Technical Artists.
- Works closely with the directors, leads and production teams across the project.
- Oversees game performance, define technical limits and ensures the Art team adheres to these targets.
- Understands emerging trends and technologies within videogames and make strategic recommendations as to how they may benefit or impact the project or organization.
- Offer day to day technical support to the content creators on the team
Requirements
Things we'd love to see from you:
- Technically and artistically educated
- +5 years of working experience as a Technical Artist
- Successfully shipped AAA console games
- Expert understanding of modern game content creation processes
- Extensive knowledge of DCC software like Maya, Houdini, Blender, Substance, .
- Extensive knowledge of game engines like Unreal and Unity
- Comfortable with developing tools and workflow enhancements using scripting languages like Python or C# and GUI libraries like PySide
- A solid understanding of rendering pipelines and physically based rendering
- Positive attitude and a desire to bring new ideas to the team
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
- Passion for making and playing great games, with an awareness of current titles and industry trends
Please also let us know if you have:
- Shipped one or more AAA games as a Lead Technical Artist
- Advanced programming skills
- Advanced shader development using Cg or HLSL
- Advanced rendering knowledge
- Experience with graphics debuggers
- Experience using procedural pipelines
Benefits
When you join Studio Gobo you can expect to enjoy a unique culture. Whether its participating and relaxing with one of our wellness benefits or discussing the latest games over lunch cooked by our in-house chef. The Studio knows that it’s the best people that make the best games and this is what Studio Gobo invests in. Below you will find all the benefits and perks you can enjoy as a Studio Gobo team member.
- Holidays - 20 days’ annual leave entitlement, plus 3 days’ studio closure over the Christmas period, giving a total of 23 days paid annual leave plus all 8 UK bank holidays.
- Bonus Anniversary Holidays - An additional day of annual leave for each year’s anniversary working at Studio Gobo, to a maximum of 7 extra days!
- Generous Team Project Bonuses
- Visa amp; Relocation Package - For qualified employees, we will pay for the visa costs for you and your family. We will also provide you with a relocation allowance.
- Company Pension Scheme Employer contribution matching award-winning pension scheme provided by NEST under the UK governments automatic enrolment scheme.
- Private Medical Insurance Scheme Full private medical cover provided by BUPA Private Healthcare.
- Group Life Insurance
- Private Dental Insurance Scheme Full private dental cover provided under our Dental plan company scheme.
- Group Income Protection
- Volunteer Time Off ‘Studio Gobo in the Community’ Spend one day per year on full pay volunteering for the non-