Technical Artist Jobs in the UK

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Lead Technical Artist

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Couch Heroes
About the Job: We are looking for a proactive and creative Lead Technical Artist to join our growing remote team. You will be responsible for bridging the gap between art and engineering, guiding the technical art direction of the project while mentoring a team of Technical Artists. As we scale our game development capabilities, we need … aligned with the visual goals of the game. If you're excited by the idea of leading a small but ambitious team while getting your hands dirty solving complex technical challenges, then this role is for you. Your Role Tech Art & Pipeline Development: Develop and maintain scalable art pipelines and tools to support artists and designers. Collaborate with engineering … to integrate art assets efficiently into the game engine. Lead technical problem-solving and support debugging of art-related performance issues (e.g., draw calls, LODs, shaders, memory usage) Oversee shader development, optimization, and documentation. Maintain a high-quality visual bar while meeting memory and performance budgets. Build and maintain procedural content generation pipelines. Team Leadership: Mentor Technical Artists More ❯
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Lead Technical Artist

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Couch Heroes
About the Job: We are looking for a proactive and creative Lead Technical Artist to join our growing remote team. You will be responsible for bridging the gap between art and engineering, guiding the technical art direction of the project while mentoring a team of Technical Artists. As we scale our game development capabilities, we need … aligned with the visual goals of the game. If you're excited by the idea of leading a small but ambitious team while getting your hands dirty solving complex technical challenges, then this role is for you. Your Role Tech Art & Pipeline Development: Develop and maintain scalable art pipelines and tools to support artists and designers. Collaborate with engineering … to integrate art assets efficiently into the game engine. Lead technical problem-solving and support debugging of art-related performance issues (e.g., draw calls, LODs, shaders, memory usage) Oversee shader development, optimization, and documentation. Maintain a high-quality visual bar while meeting memory and performance budgets. Build and maintain procedural content generation pipelines. Team Leadership: Mentor Technical Artists More ❯
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Lead Technical Artist

Slough, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
JR United Kingdom
We are looking for a proactive and creative Lead Technical Artist to join our growing remote team. You will be responsible for bridging the gap between art and engineering, guiding the technical art direction of the project while mentoring a team of Technical Artists. As we scale our game development capabilities, we need someone with a … aligned with the visual goals of the game. If you're excited by the idea of leading a small but ambitious team while getting your hands dirty solving complex technical challenges, then this role is for you. Your Role Tech Art & Pipeline Development: Develop and maintain scalable art pipelines and tools to support artists and designers. Collaborate with engineering … to integrate art assets efficiently into the game engine. Lead technical problem-solving and support debugging of art-related performance issues (e.g., draw calls, LODs, shaders, memory usage) Oversee shader development, optimization, and documentation. Maintain a high-quality visual bar while meeting memory and performance budgets. Build and maintain procedural content generation pipelines. Mentor Technical Artists to develop More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist

St Albans, England, United Kingdom
Magnopus
Magnopus is seeking a skilled Technical Artist to help drive the development of high-quality, real-time experiences. In this role, you’ll act as a key technical bridge between art and engineering, collaborating closely with artists, animators, and developers to build scalable pipelines, optimise performance, and deliver visually consistent content across projects. We're looking for … someone who brings deep Unreal Engine expertise, a strong problem-solving mindset, and a passion for enabling creative teams through robust tools and workflows. Responsibilities Provide technical expertise, advice, and solutions to artists, animators, and riggers. Partner with our creative team to develop and implement asset pipelines for large-scale teams. Ensure visual consistency across all assets by designing … and optimise content to maintain high performance and quality. Independently extract well-defined requirements from creative and artistic briefs. Set performance and memory objectives and establish testing methods. Identify technical bottlenecks and recommend effective optimisation strategies. Conduct code and content performance reviews as needed. Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation. Assist in defining technical art tasks and More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist

Southampton, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
expand the horror experience of Phasmophobia, currently available on Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. About the Role: We are looking for a dedicated and skilled Tech Artist to join our team. As a Tech Artist, you will act as a bridge between our art and programming teams, helping to ensure that our visuals are not … performance on PC, VR, PSVR2, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Develop tools to improve workflows and automate repetitive tasks within Unity. Investigate, identify, and solve visual and technical issues during development. Support the art team with shader creation, material setup, lighting, and VFX integration. Ensure that assets meet both artistic and technical standards and work seamlessly … within Unity. Stay up to date with the latest tools, techniques, and best practices in real-time graphics and optimization. Participate in regular team meetings, providing technical insights and support to improve the game's visual quality and performance. Requirements: Professional experience as a Senior Tech Artist or similar role, on a shipped Unity title. Strong experience with More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: Senior Technical Artist, portsmouth, hampshire col-narrow-left Client: Kinetic Games Location: portsmouth, hampshire, United Kingdom Job Category: Other - EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Views: 3 Posted: 04.06.2025 Expiry Date: 19.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: About the Company: Kinetic Games is a new video game … expand the horror experience of Phasmophobia, currently available on Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. About the Role: We are looking for a dedicated and skilled Tech Artist to join our team. As a Tech Artist, you will act as a bridge between our art and programming teams, helping to ensure that our visuals are not … performance on PC, VR, PSVR2, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Develop tools to improve workflows and automate repetitive tasks within Unity. Investigate, identify, and solve visual and technical issues during development. Support the art team with shader creation, material setup, lighting, and VFX integration. Ensure that assets meet both artistic and technical standards and work seamlessly More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist

Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Kinetic Games
expand the horror experience of Phasmophobia, currently available on Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. About the Role: We are looking for a dedicated and skilled Tech Artist to join our team. As a Tech Artist, you will act as a bridge between our art and programming teams, helping to ensure that our visuals are not … performance on PC, VR, PSVR2, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Develop tools to improve workflows and automate repetitive tasks within Unity. Investigate, identify, and solve visual and technical issues during development. Support the art team with shader creation, material setup, lighting, and VFX integration. Ensure that assets meet both artistic and technical standards and work seamlessly … within Unity. Stay up to date with the latest tools, techniques, and best practices in real-time graphics and optimization. Participate in regular team meetings, providing technical insights and support to improve the game's visual quality and performance. Requirements: Professional experience as a Senior Tech Artist or similar role, on a shipped Unity title. Strong experience with More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist

Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
Meta
Meta Reality Lab – Senior Technical Artist Meta Reality Lab’s mission is to help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. Pushing the boundaries of what is technically possible in virtual worlds is a critical part of this mission. As a Senior Technical Artist, you will work with a talented group of industry professionals and strategically lead in … Own profiling and optimization of content and features for memory and performance, while maintaining high visual fidelity. Collaborate effectively as a bridge between Art and Engineering disciplines to overcome technical challenges and ensure strategic alignment. Lead the Technical Art team in prototyping and iterating on new experimental features, including emerging opportunities with Gen AI. Deliver content to the … game, debug issues, and identify efficiencies. Mentor other artists to develop their technical skills and share knowledge across Meta. Minimum Qualifications Proven teamwork and communication skills, openness to feedback, and experience providing strategic suggestions for asset or process improvements. A showreel and sample files demonstrating expert-level technical art skills and solving complex, large-scale problems. Experience analyzing More ❯
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Technical Artist, Developer Relations (Metahuman)

London, England, United Kingdom
Epic Games
Technical Artist, Developer Relations (Metahuman) Join to apply for the Technical Artist, Developer Relations (Metahuman) role at Epic Games Technical Artist, Developer Relations (Metahuman) 1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the Technical Artist, Developer Relations (Metahuman) role at Epic Games Get AI-powered advice on … years. Our team of engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide. What You'll Do We are looking for a Technical Artist (Character Tech Artist/Technical Animator) to join our Developer Relations team. As part of this team, you will interact with our end users from … solve complex challenges related to character animation, such as rigging, clothing, grooms, physics, and materials development while ensuring optimal performance in Unreal Engine. The ideal candidate is a proactive technical generalist with experience creating and animating game characters, passionate about digital humans, comfortable working across various character-related disciplines, and enthusiastic about sharing knowledge through demos, tutorials, documentation, and More ❯
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Lead Technical Artist

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Tripledot Studios
Lead Technical Artist Department: Creative Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: London, UK Reporting To: Ugis Brekis Description Tripledot Studios is an award-winning, record breaking games studio with a team of circa 400 people. Headquartered in London, we also have offices in Warsaw, Barcelona, Minsk, Jakarta, and Melbourne. We specialise in Casual, Free to Play, Mobile games … people love what they do, what they do will be loved by others. Take a look at our games: iOS Store + Google Play Role Overview As the Lead Technical Artist, you will manage and guide a skilled team, overlooking the technical art for one of our games. For this role, effective managerial skills and strategic planning … are crucial for meeting project goals and enhancing individual growth within the team. This position requires a strong technical background, collaboration across various departments, and team mentoring to ensure optimal game performance and excellent visuals. Key Responsibilities Technical: Design and implement the ‘Unity layer’ linking art and animation with the programmers’ codebase Construct new game features within Unity More ❯
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Lead Technical Artist

United Kingdom
Third Kind Games Ltd
As a Lead Technical Artist you will have the ability to work with clients, artists and programmers to create innovative and inspiring gaming visuals that set new benchmarks. Third Kind Games - a Virtuos Studio, is a world-class co-development games studio. Third Kind Games was founded in 2016 by a team of nine former Activision veterans and … Mythical Games. We're proud of our track record working on critically acclaimed games and franchises. We are also setting new benchmarks for creativity in the games industry, driving technical expertise in programming alongside creative innovation. What is it like to be a Third Kinder? We are a diverse team of people. We are collaborative, open-minded creatives who … directors and other teams to raise project quality. Helping to bridge Art and Code departments with tools and workflows. Leading the way with new technologies and methods to advance Technical Art. Mentoring and assisting your colleagues to support their personal development. What we are looking for from a Third Kinder You would: Have several years experience in managing Art More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Technical Artist

London, England, United Kingdom
Third Kind Games Ltd
As a Lead Technical Artist you will have the ability to work with clients, artists and programmers to create innovative and inspiring gaming visuals that set new benchmarks. Third Kind Games - a Virtuos Studio, is a world-class co-development games studio. Third Kind Games was founded in 2016 by a team of nine former Activision veterans and … Mythical Games. We’re proud of our track record working on critically acclaimed games and franchises. We are also setting new benchmarks for creativity in the games industry, driving technical expertise in programming alongside creative innovation. What is it like to be a Third Kinder? We are a diverse team of people. We are collaborative, open-minded creatives who … directors and other teams to raise project quality. Helping to bridge Art and Code departments with tools and workflows. Leading the way with new technologies and methods to advance Technical Art. Mentoring and assisting your colleagues to support their personal development. What we are looking for from a Third Kinder You would: Have several years experience in managing Art More ❯
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Technical Artist - XR Rapid Prototyping

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Nexus Studios
developing a series of short-cycle, highly visual immersive demos. These are designed to excite and inspire future partners and audiences—conceptually bold, technically inventive, and visually polished. As Technical Artist , you'll bridge the gap between art and code—crafting shaders, real-time VFX, and creative tools that push the aesthetic fidelity of our prototypes. You'll … fast iteration across the demo team Identify visual opportunities and contribute creatively to the aesthetic direction of each prototype. What You Will Bring : 5+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in games, XR, real-time graphics, or immersive installations Expert-level experience with Unity, including asset workflows, scripting, and VFX systems Strong shader development skills in both … eye for motion, lighting, material response, and visual design fundamentals Experience integrating and optimizing real-time assets under performance constraints A collaborative mindset with a passion for solving creative-technical challenges Comfort working in a highly experimental, rapid-prototyping environment. Preferred Experience : Experience working across both native and engine-based pipelines Familiarity with AR/VR/XR development More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist: Performance Capture

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rockstar Games
Senior Technical Artist: Performance Capture Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. Rockstar Games is … looking for a passionate Senior Technical Artist to work with our award-winning development team. You will have the opportunity to develop new tools and technologies, improve pipelines, and manage complex workflows for the vast amount of files and assets that make up our games. This is a full-time, permanent and in-office position based in Rockstar … Work hand in hand with the animation pipeline team to ensure seamless back and forth between the performance capture and animation departments and their processes. Continually innovate while solving technical problems throughout all phases of production. RESPONSIBILITIES Design, develop, and support Python tools and processes to enhance our stakeholders’ pipelines. Leverage automated solutions to efficiently process large amounts of More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist: Performance Capture

London, England, United Kingdom
Rockstar Games
an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. Rockstar Games is looking for a passionate Senior Technical Artist to work with our award-winning development team. You will have the opportunity to develop new tools and technologies, improve pipelines, and manage complex workflows for the … Work hand and hand with the animation pipeline team to ensure seamless back and forth between the performance capture and animation departments and their processes. Continually innovate while solving technical problems throughout all phases of production. RESPONSIBILITIES Design, develop, and support Python tools and processes to enhance our stakeholders’ pipelines. Leverage automated solutions to efficiently process large amounts of … systems in a live, stage environment. Embrace your role as a senior by working independently and forging connections in all teams. QUALIFICATIONS 5+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist or similar role writing tools. Experience working through several full game production cycles or equivalent experience working on long term projects or toolsets. SKILLS Experience using optical More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist (Lookdev)

London, England, United Kingdom
Epic Games
Our team of engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide. What You'll Do We are looking for a Senior Technical Artist (Lookdev) to join the MetaHuman art team. This is an opportunity to work alongside our talented team of artists, engineers, and researchers to push our character technology … and rendering. As part of this team, you play an important role in supporting our existing product and future-facing character technology. You will be responsible for supporting the Technical Art team in ensuring MetaHuman content continually improves visual fidelity and remains scalable and optimized for target platforms. The ideal candidate would be proactive, experienced in real-time rendering More ❯
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Lead Technical Artist

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Skillsearch
Are you an experienced Lead Technical Artist with a strong grasp of Unity, a sharp visual sensibility, and a passion for mobile games? A well-established and award-winning mobile games studio is looking for a Unity-focused Lead Technical Artist to help ensure a high standard of polish and performance across its mobile titles played … artists and programmers, building and maintaining the Unity layer that powers the visual side of multiple titles Constructing games using Unity and Unity UI, following the studio's established technical workflows Writing custom C# components when needed to manage complex or interactive visual elements Optimising games to ensure high performance across a broad range of mobile devices Creating particle … effects, shaders, and animations to support game features Supporting and mentoring artists with technical issues and best practices Contributing to the technical design of visual pipelines and sharing knowledge across teams What we're looking for: Proven experience as a Lead Technical Artist in the mobile games industry Advanced knowledge of Unity, with particular focus on More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Technical Artist

City of London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Skillsearch
Are you an experienced Lead Technical Artist with a strong grasp of Unity, a sharp visual sensibility, and a passion for mobile games? A well-established and award-winning mobile games studio is looking for a Unity-focused Lead Technical Artist to help ensure a high standard of polish and performance across its mobile titles played … artists and programmers, building and maintaining the Unity layer that powers the visual side of multiple titles Constructing games using Unity and Unity UI, following the studio’s established technical workflows Writing custom C# components when needed to manage complex or interactive visual elements Optimising games to ensure high performance across a broad range of mobile devices Creating particle … effects, shaders, and animations to support game features Supporting and mentoring artists with technical issues and best practices Contributing to the technical design of visual pipelines and sharing knowledge across teams What we’re looking for: Proven experience as a Lead Technical Artist in the mobile games industry Advanced knowledge of Unity, with particular focus on More ❯
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Lead Technical Artist

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Skillsearch Limited
Are you an experienced Lead Technical Artist with a strong grasp of Unity, a sharp visual sensibility, and a passion for mobile games? A well-established and award-winning mobile games studio is looking for a Unity-focused Lead Technical Artist to help ensure a high standard of polish and performance across its mobile titles played … artists and programmers, building and maintaining the Unity layer that powers the visual side of multiple titles Constructing games using Unity and Unity UI, following the studio's established technical workflows Writing custom C# components when needed to manage complex or interactive visual elements Optimising games to ensure high performance across a broad range of mobile devices Creating particle … effects, shaders, and animations to support game features Supporting and mentoring artists with technical issues and best practices Contributing to the technical design of visual pipelines and sharing knowledge across teams What we're looking for: Proven experience as a Lead Technical Artist in the mobile games industry Advanced knowledge of Unity, with particular focus on More ❯
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Technical Artist

Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
Pixel Toys
on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey! The Role: Join us as a Technical Artist at Pixel Toys and work closely with both the art and code teams to ensure the game delivers on its creative vision. As a Technical Artist … a key role in identifying and developing methods to improve art pipelines and enhance visual quality across our projects. Supportingthe Art, Engineering, and Design teams you will help resolve technical challenges, and will take ownership of monitoring the technical pipelines for all art areas throughout the studio. Creating clear, easy-to-follow documentation for toolsets and workflows will … your role, ensuring the team has reliable resources to work from. You will also be responsible for profiling, optimising, maintaining, and supervising graphics to make sure game performance meets technical targets. In this role, you’ll help drive and refine tech art best practices, working collaboratively with other disciplines to regularly review and update standards and processes that maintain More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist: Animation

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rockstar
an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. Rockstar Games is looking for a passionate Senior Technical Artist to work with our award-winning development team. You will have the opportunity to develop new tools and technologies, improve pipelines, and manage complex workflows for the … office position based in Rockstar’s unique game development studio in the heart of Leeds. WHAT WE DO Create and maintain Animation tools and pipelines. Continually innovate while solving technical problems. Work closely with fellow Technical Artists and related departments where tools and pipelines intersect. Provide support for an ever-growing Animation team. RESPONSIBILITIES Design, develop, and support … push engine features forward. Write clear documentation for tools and workflows created. Help problem solve and diagnose unexpected issues affecting animators. QUALIFICATIONS 5+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist or similar role writing tools. Experience working through a full production cycle of a released game or equivalent experience working on long term projects or toolsets. SKILLS More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist: Animation

London, England, United Kingdom
Rockstar Games UK
an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry. Rockstar Games is looking for a passionate Senior Technical Artist to work with our award-winning development team. You will have the opportunity to develop new tools and technologies, improve pipelines, and manage complex workflows for the … office position based in Rockstar's unique game development studio in the heart of London. WHAT WE DO Create and maintain Animation tools and pipelines. Continually innovate while solving technical problems. Work closely with fellow Technical Artists and related departments where tools and pipelines intersect. Provide support for an ever-growing Animation team. RESPONSIBILITIES Design, develop, and support … push engine features forward. Write clear documentation for tools and workflows created. Help problem solve and diagnose unexpected issues effecting animators. QUALIFICATIONS 5+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist or similar role writing tools. Experience working through a full production cycle of a released game or equivalent experience working on long term projects or toolsets. SKILLS More ❯
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Senior Technical Artist - VFX/Shaders

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Gunzilla Games
Netflix show, Richard K. Morgan, Script Writer. The Gunzilla Leadership team includes well-known industry professionals like Timur Davidenko, Chief Technology Officer (Far Cry, Warface, and Crysis) , Dmitriy Markov, Technical Director (Metro Exodus, ARKTIKA.1) , Volodymyr Savin, Audio Director (Cut the Rope, Metro Exodus, HBO’s Chernobyl series ) , Petr Cherkes, Creative Design Director ( The Last of Us, Uncharted 3, Star … Wars: The Old Republic ), Krasimir Nechevski, Animation Director ( Adam, Book of the Dead ), Nikolas Gekko, Lead Art Director, ( Call of Duty: WWII, Halo Infinite, Destiny ) and Kiran Pulicheri, Technical Art Director ( Control, Far Cry 6). OUR VALUES Players First & Foremost . We aim to create titles that players love and get lost in, so our games are developed … and honest communication. We’re proud of who we are, what we stand for, and what we’re building. ABOUT THE JOB Gunzilla Games is looking for a Senior Technical Artist - VFX/Shaders to join us in working on OTG (Off The Grid), an all-new AAA Extraction Battle Royale shooter, currently available as Early Access on More ❯
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Staff Technical Artist

London, United Kingdom
Impleo
Level Infinite is Tencent's global gaming brand. It is a global game publisher offering a comprehensive network of services for games, development teams, and studios around the world. We are dedicated to delivering engaging and original gaming experiences to More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Senior Technical Artist

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
World Makers
Join to apply for the Senior Technical Artist role at World Makers Job Details Location: Cambridge, GB Type: Full-Time Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level Industry: Computer Games About Us We are a dynamic video game startup based in Cambridge, UK, dedicated to creating immersive and innovative gaming experiences. We are seeking a talented Senior Technical Artist … and environments. Build sophisticated real-time visual effects with our art team by leveraging the latest approaches to performant real-time simulations for high-framerate games. Identify and troubleshoot technical issues related to art asset creation and rendering optimization. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in art and technology, and proactively identify opportunities for improving the visual … quality and performance of our games. Qualifications 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in the video game industry. Proficiency in industry-standard game art tools (Houdini, Substance, Blender, Maya). Strong understanding of Unreal Engine and the art creation process, including modelling, texturing, lighting, and particle systems. Some proficiency programming in C++. Proficiency in shader/ More ❯
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Technical Artist
25th Percentile
£66,750
Median
£68,500
75th Percentile
£70,250