We are looking for a Senior Technical Artist to join our Tech Art team. This role acts as a liaison between the programmers and artists working on a wide variety of features for the legendary NBA 2K franchise.
What You’ll Do:
- Build and maintain technologies and art workflows. (Environments, props, characters, shaders, lighting, and rigs)
- Collaborate with Art and Engineering to drive research, identify new workflows, technologies for improved pipelines, and streamlined creation processes
- Solve technical issues related to rigs, animations, hair and cloth simulations, and performance capture
- Mentor junior technical artists
- Establish and implement naming conventions within assets, tools, and workflows
- Collaborate with other technical artists daily to find opportunities for improved workflows and tools
- Partner with the engineering team to ensure build stability, and to ensure that memory and performance budgets are being maintained
- Learn from and grow with some of the top talent in the industry
Who Will Be A Great Fit:
- 5+ years in the games, film, or animation industries
- Proficiency with C#/C++
- Fluent in Maya with significant experience writing animation, rigging, shaders and UI tools
- Experience with cloth and rigid/soft body physics setup for characters, including collision volumes
- Conversant in Python, and familiarity with MEL Script/Maya API experience
- Experience with: Maya, Substance Painter/Designer, Photoshop, Perforce, and Confluence
- Experience researching, piloting, and rolling out new techniques
- Interest in gaming platform limitations and advantages
- Ability to turn creative aspirations into achievable realities
As a part of the 2K studio family, Visual Concepts offers wonderful benefits, the chance to contribute to an award-winning franchise, and real career growth for all levels of experience. If you feel your experience, passion for video games, and desire to make an impact are a match to criteria outlined above, then we would love to hear from you!