Lead Technical Artist

Bluepoint Games is seeking a best-in-class LEAD TECHNICAL ARTIST to join our team. Tackle the most complex asset challenges, developing a world-class workflow to unleash the potential of our art team on AAA titles.

Please note: This is not an entry-level or mid-level position. Sufficient professional experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of Technical Artists

• Inspire, mentor, and support the Tech Art team

• Meet with Technical Artists regularly to share information and updates, enforce standards, set benchmarks, and give feedback

• Manage and develop robust and efficient workflows for the Art and Design teams

• Research and help develop new technologies 

• Create new techniques and procedures to improve game asset quality

• Help improve and refine shader, texture, and lighting quality

• Identify and fix pipeline issues

• Analyze and improve art asset inefficiencies to optimize console performance 

• Write documentation about art tools and workflows

• Act as a liaison between the Engineering and the Art departments

• Assist with solving daily production challenges

• Work with the Production department to define a schedule and assign tasks

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 7 years of professional experience in the games industry with at least one shipped title as a Lead Technical Artist

• Must have prior experience leading a team of Technical Artists

• Complete understanding of current-generation game workflows and pipelines

• An overall understanding of all Art related disciplines including environment, character, VFX, UX, lighting, shading, and rendering

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

• Experience working with multiple game engines

• Interest in learning a custom proprietary game engine

• Have the ability to learn and then teach newly acquired knowledge

• Expert knowledge of Maya

• Maya scripting experience in Python

• Working knowledge of Houdini

The ideal candidate may also have:

• Expert knowledge of Houdini

• Experience with Substance Painter and Designer

• Shader authoring skills (HLSL, GLSL, CGFX) knowledge

• Knowledge of C++, C#, Javascript, or other programming languages