Senior Technical Artist

Job Description

At Massive we're looking for a Senior Technical Artist to push the visual quality and the tech behind it, while supporting the art team and its workflow and pipeline for development of our AAA game. As a senior technical artist, you will frequently interact across teams consisting of artists, level designers and programmers to push the status quo within technical art and games development.

This is a permanent position based in Malmö, Sweden, and requires working onsite. We kindly ask you to apply with your CV and message to the hiring manager / cover letter in English. Applications will be reviewed whilst the job-ad is posted.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day Art and Tech team support
• Help solving specific issues blocking production
• Assisting other team members in achieving their tasks more efficiently
• Training of colleagues
• Documentation of systems and art pipeline
• Safeguard memory budgets for art assets
• Performance optimization of art assets
• Streaming set up and techniques for in engine assets

You as a person

You are a passionate gamer and an even more passionate Technical Artist or passionate artist who wants to transition into Technical Artist. You have spent a lot of time playing benchmark titles on both PC and Consoles. You are open to developing your own and on your wider teams' ideas and you constantly aspire to push your work to the highest possible level. This means that you're approachable, flexible, structured and responsible. You are inspired by new technology and cleaver solutions. You are constantly on the lookout for ways to improve visual quality, and what's behind it or the workflow to achieve it. It’s also important that you have strong verbal and written communication skills to be able to share your knowledge to the rest of the team. Preferably you have a combination of classical or 3D art training with a good technical knowledge and a focus on games. Experience of multi-platform development is meriting.

Qualifications

Besides the above we’re looking for someone with experience within the following areas:

• 6+ years' experience within technical art and the games industry
• Working knowledge at least one of the following; 3DSMAX, Maya, Modo, Zbrush and Photoshop
• At least one AAA title shipped as a Technical Artist
• Experience with art asset optimization techniques as well as memory budgets
• Understanding of the artist pipeline and workflows to be able to come with suggestions for improvements
• Experience from in engine streaming techniques
• Previous exposure to different areas of game content development – Environment Modeling, Animation, Visual Effects, Lighting, Cinematic, Characters, Scripting (Mel, python, max script), etc.

Good to know

As we aim to build a team who continuously push the boundaries of what’s possible within game development (and because we love to learn and grow from the people around us), we might ask you to do a practical test as a part of the recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and learning more about you. In the meantime, why not take a look at the videos posted below?

Additional Information

Longing to be part of a fun, creative and passionate workplace? We can offer you this and more in an open and friendly environment where you will work with some of the best craftsmen in the industry. Are you up for it? Come aboard for the ride!

Massive Entertainment is a premier producer of games and interactive entertainment for the global market. The studio is located in Malmö, Sweden and fully owned by Ubisoft Entertainment, the world’s third largest independent video game publisher. We are more than 650 people from 45+ different countries working together to produce major titles such as World in Conflict, Far Cry 3, Tom Clancy’s The Division and our latest Avatar Project.

We value diversity at Massive and promote a family-friendly culture and a gender-balanced work environment, where equal opportunities play a meaningful role in the day-to-day operations of our studio.

Ubisoft is committed to enriching players’ lives with original & memorable entertainment experiences. We build worlds that are a playground for the imagination, offering moments of surprise, fun and adventure as well as opportunities for learning and self-discovery.

At Ubisoft, you’ll grow and collaborate with highly talented teams from around the world. Our massively friendly work environment will inspire you to go above and beyond to create experiences and brands people will fall in love with.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.