Technical Artist

UK Remote or West Midlands Based – Birmingham/Worcestershire Area Please Note: We welcome applicants that prefer to work from home, so please get in touch! Role and Purpose: As a Technical Artist, you will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between art and technology to create visually stunning and optimised game experiences. Collaborating with artists, designers, and developers, you will help implement art assets into the game engine, develop tools, create pipelines, and contribute to the overall visual quality and performance of the game. Responsibilities: Develop, implement and maintain efficient workflows, tools and pipelines for the art team. Develop tools to assist asset optimisation and to ensure assets conform to technical requirements. Evaluate and decide which software and tools are required for optimal game production. Review current and emerging technologies and technical developments for inclusion in the artistic pipeline. Collaborate with the development team to optimise art assets and ensure efficient rendering. Research and oversee the implementation of rendering techniques. Develop performance of frame rate and memory. Resolve material errors and collision issues. Monitor the performance of the game. Maintain technical documentation. Share best practices and be the missing link between art and programming. Requirements: Knowledge of high-end coding languages. High attention to detail. Solid understanding of art and animation pipelines. Strong technical proficiency in Unreal, including materials and Blueprints. High level artistic skills – proportion, colour, composition. Excellent understanding of Physically Based Rendering (PBR) art pipelines. Rendering and post-effects experience. Solid understanding of rigging and animation. Please send through your portfolio and cover letter. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable; otherwise, we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms. Based just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio. The team is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development. We also offer the following: Additional time off over the Christmas period on top of standard holidays. Team outings and events. Summer BBQ + Festive party. If you have the drive and skills for making games and think you have what it takes to work within our team, then we’d love to hear from you. Alternatively, call our recruitment team on –

01527 958 177

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