Technical Artist - Guildford, United Kingdom - Supermassive Games

Supermassive Games

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Guildford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Supermassive Games is looking for a highly talented and enthusiastic Technical Artist to play a key role in the studio.

The primary role of this position is to create high quality animation rigs and deformation for characters, creatures and props, as well as working closely with the art and animation teams to improve the quality and efficiency of the content workflow.

Experience:

At least 3 years of experience as a Technical Artist, working on at least one AAA title
Understanding of rigging pipelines and able to provide solutions to complex deformation models
Understanding of art authoring packages and transitioning data to engine
Experience using Unreal Engine would be an advantage

Key Skills and Responsibilities:

The main and routine tasks of this position are:

Working with the animation team to define and create animation rigs for characters, creatures and props
Own the skinning and deformation process for a variety of rigged assets
Act as the bridge across both technical and creative disciplines
Comfortable with all forms of character / prop deformation (bones, blend shapes, displacement maps, runtime cloth and joint physics etc.)
Create tools and scripts which increase productivity of the animation team and other content creators
Debug problems in engine and provide solutions
Foresee potential issues and communicate effectively to department leads
Critique assets on an ongoing basis to drive continual improvement and ensure quality across the game within defined budgets

Technical Skills/Knowledge: