Shader Technical Artist - Warwickshire, United Kingdom - Playground Games

Playground Games

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Warwickshire, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Playground Games is looking for a Shader Technical Artist to join our Fable team to support the artists crafting our beautiful fairy-tale world
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As a Shader Technical Artist, you will work closely with the artists and rendering engineers to identify requirements, undertake prototyping and maintain high-quality, optimal shaders.

We are considering a range of experience levels for this position (for which appropriate adjustments to responsibilities will be made).

This role is based in our state-of-the-art studio in Leamington Spa, with a hybrid work model. Relocation assistance is available if required.

What you'll do:

Our Shader Technical Artists provide a wide range of support to the team:

Take ownership of the core shader library, ensuring it strikes an effective balance between flexibility, usability and performance
Provide support where necessary to VFX and lighting with shader authoring and look development exercises
Proactively identify areas for visual improvement in our shaders and work with artists to ensure effective usage
Take responsibility for profiling and optimising our shaders and their usage

What you'll bring:

Strong experience working with shaders (nodebased or HLSL)
Experience creating game art and/or supporting an art team to create realistic content
Effective collaborator with growth mindset and desire to help others to do their best work
Strong verbal and digital communication skills. Comfortable discussing rendering, memory, lighting and other artrelated topics
Critical eye for visual quality
Art or Programming degree is a bonus

This is an incredible opportunity to make world-class games with a talented and collaborative team at one of the industry's most exciting first-party game studios.