Technical Artist

1 day ago

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Streamline Studios Full-time MYR 55,800 - MYR 83,700 Contract

Description

Reporting to the Creative Director. From Materials to Tools development, we have multiple projects that could use the talents of a well-rounded, multi-tasking tech wizard. Help us unite our art and development into fantastic, compelling experiences.

  • Help define the technical quality standards, overseeing the development of art pipelines
  • Contribute to the development of artistic techniques and processes utilized to define and achieve a product's visual style and encourage artistic technical evolution within the studio
  • Provides input on the technical methods to achieve the artistic goals and vision through all phases of the game development cycle
  • Create tools and processes that assist in authoring environment art, VFX, destruction simulations, animation, lighting, and post-process effects
  • Create and maintain technical documentation
  • Able to independently tackle technical tasks with close to no supervision
  • Assist in the technical evaluation of new incoming project

Communication

  • Communicates regularly with the Creative Director & Producer regarding the status of current project milestones and initiatives

Team and personal development

  • Stays current on industry-standard content creation tools and techniques
  • Work with other tech artists/engineers to identify and implement art-pipeline optimizations and to create technical benchmarks to be used in production
  • Guide other art team members in solving day-by-day production issues
  • Assist in game profiling and generating report to help content creators get their assets within budget

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with game engines (e.g. UE5, Unity3D, etc.)
  • Good verbal and written communication skills catering to engineers and artists as needed
  • Thorough knowledge of content creation tools with the ability to create both content and tools to expedite content creation, these can include Photoshop, Maya, Max, Houdini, Substance Designer, etc.
  • Excellent time management skills, with the ability to break down tasks and assignments and prioritize them into workable pieces on a daily, weekly basis

Note: This role is offered on a freelance/contract basis with expectations defined by agreed scopes, timelines, and deliverables.