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    Games Technical Artist - Manchester, United Kingdom - Light & Wonder

    Light & Wonder
    Light & Wonder Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Description

    Working alongside game artists, software engineers, games designers and embedded QA, the role is to bridge the gap between those teams by implementing Artwork into the Unity production pipeline, creating shaders and game FX.

    As a company who are 4 to 5 years into their Unity development experience, the level of technical ability of the creative team is wide, and a large part of the role will be to help accelerate newcomers' development at the lower end and push the boundaries with more experienced colleagues.

    Coupled with this, the role will also involve documenting techniques for future use, both in text for our company intranet and by video tutorials.

    The candidate will also be able to diagnose in-game inefficiencies and provide a suite of solutions that are appropriate to the spread of hardware platforms our content is hosted on.


    The candidate will be:
    Implementing Artwork in Unity
    Ensure creation vision specified is maintained
    Creating shaders
    Streamlining game performance
    Elevating team technical skills on an ongoing basis
    Rapid prototyping

    Essential

    Minimum 3 years of professional experience in a similar role
    Expert level Unity experience as a technical artist
    Good working knowledge of both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects

    Desirable

    Knowledge of Spine
    Knowledge of Animation
    Coding / prototyping skills
    Strong creative streak
    Knowledge of the Gambling industry

    What can we offer?

    ~ Annual performance bonus
    ~25 days' holiday plus bank holidays'
    ~ Hybrid working
    ~1 day of paid leave to work on charitable projects
    ~ Half Day for Health (encouraging you to take time away for you & your wellbeing)
    ~5% employer pension contributions
    ~ A reward platform offering a cycle to work scheme and shopping and lifestyle discounts/cashback
    ~ Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)


    Light & Wonder are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage applications from all walks of life regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

    If you are invited to an interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.


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