Technical Artist

We are looking to strengthen our Art team with a Technical Artist who is a highly motivated team player so that they could innovate and optimize the development of the best games in the industry. You will work at our game studio in Malmö, Sweden.

Job Summary:

A Technical Artist in Relax will serve as a bridge between the creatives and developers. You will help creatives to implement their creative vision intact, working with the challenge of limitations of our Web-based games while still delivering the best gaming experience to the players.

To succeed in this, you will need a solid understanding and proficiency in asset creation and sprite sheet development. You should possess expertise in programming as well as proficiency in working visual software, such as Photoshop.

Responsibilities:

• Optimizing the workflow for asset exchange between the art, animation, and development departments:
• working with source files received from other artists and animators,
• optimizing the images, sprite sheets, source files
• preparing files for animation and exporting final graphics to developers
• Help artists and animators to take the visuals to the next level through creating tools and applying up-to-date technical approaches
• Setting up, maintaining, and improving production pipelines and workflow
• Identifying technical design deficiencies and areas for improvement
• Document established routines and technical information into documents/Wiki-pages
• Help create tools, scripts & plug-ins to improve production workflow

Qualifications

• Strong technical skills in industry standard tools for 2D and 3D
• Experience creating tools that help Art-Animation-Dev
• Experience in working with Animators
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
• 3+ years' experience in art production
• Experience with JavaScript and Python languages
• Great communication and teamwork skills
• Fluency in English
• Creative in finding solutions
• Strong organizational skills
• Passionate for games!

Bonus:

• Experience in working with Spine (Esoteric Software)
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Previous iGaming experience

Location

This role is placed in Malmö, Sweden. The Relax game studio in Malmö is perfectly located on Lilla torg, right in the middle of the beautiful old parts of Malmö. It’s a five-minute walk from the central station and all types of shopping and restaurants can be found right on our doorstep.

About Relax Gaming

Relax Gaming Group was founded in 2010 with the goal of creating games for the modern iGaming landscape. Always staying true to the Relax core values - Driven, Adaptable, Supportive and Respectful - the recent and rapid expansion has been conceived in order to deliver unparalleled global reach. Via a quick one-time integration, Relax Gaming now provides access to a roster of 1500+ casino games and a diverse range of proprietary products, including Poker, Bingo, and its own rapidly expanding slot portfolio.

The high-quality aggregated content is provided through its selected Silver Bullet (commercially represented) and Powered By Relax (commercially independent) partners. Regulated markets are also at the heart of its growth strategy, with both fully supported regulated markets as well as licences held in multiple jurisdictions.

Relax Gaming have offices in Malta, Estonia, Serbia, Finland, Sweden, and Gibraltar - and game studios in Belgrade, Malmö, and Stockholm. Learn more about us here.

Life at Relax

Relax is at a very exciting growth stage as a company, however, we cherish our informal and flexible core atmosphere where self-initiative, taking pride in what you do and ambition to deliver the best results are key components. For the right person, there are endless opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are starting with interviews right away, so be quick to apply! Please link to your portfolio when submitting your application.

All applications are handled with full confidentiality.