We’re looking for an experienced Technical Artist to bridge the gap between our artistic and technical teams, ensuring seamless integration of assets into our games at the highest quality.
Role and Responsibilities
Act as a liaison between programming and design teams to ensure alignment and effective collaboration.
Research and develop technical tools to enhance project workflows and efficiencies.
Create Figma templates to deliver the art specifications to the programmers.
Solve complex technical challenges during development.
Enforce technical and artistic standards as defined by department heads.
Optimize environments, establish physics barriers, and resolve collision and material errors.
Oversee the implementation of rendering techniques and enhance frame rate and memory performance.
Perform any and all necessary optimisations on art assets before dev handover.
Ensure correct dev implementation.
Maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
Work experience and skills Essential experience
Proven experience in developing and integrating assets for slot games or similar interactive casino games.
Experience working with Figma.
Solid experience with Spine for animation and rigging.
Proficiency in typescript and PIXI.js.
Proficiency optimizing 2D assets for performance, including file size, polygon count, and load times.
Understanding of rendering techniques and post-effects for visually polished results.
High-level artistic proficiency in areas like proportion, colour, and composition.
Understanding of art and animation pipelines.
Ability to identify and implement the best tools/software for game delivery
Personal qualities and behavioural traits
Organization of work efficiently and effectively
Creative problem-solving mindset to overcome technical challenges
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to mediate between creative and technical teams
Reliability in following through on assignments and instructions