Technical Artist II

Requisition Number: 155459

Position Title: Technical Artist 2

External Description:

Position Overview

 

Report to Senior Art Director of EA China Studio.

• The Technical Artist is a bridge between the artists and engineers. They are considered part of the art team and work closely with artists, project managers, SEs and the TA team
• The main areas of responsibilities include art production workflows, tools, pipelines, asset optimization/integration and shader development. TAs are expected to assume ownership over any technical issues that arise on their project and drive them to resolution. This often includes delegating to/mentoring more junior staff on the team. You can be from an Art, Design, Mathematics, Engineering or Computer Science background; however they must demonstrate a comfort level in working with both art and science.

Responsibilities

• Build quality tech demos, bench-marking features and testing workflows early in development.
• Collaborate with Technical Director / Art Director on game teams to advise on tools and best practices for them to achieve their projects’ vision.
• Drive look development of assets to define how Unity can achieve high-quality visuals.
• Troubleshoot common technical issues, analyzing and optimizing content to achieve desired performance & quality on various mobile devices.
• Be an expert of EA proprietary technologies to support team’s members and outsourced vendors
• Develop and maintain content production workflows, tools development, identify and fix pipeline issues
• Contribute towards the design of game features ensuring that runtime performance and workflows meet production quality levels
• Technical workflow support for Artists and Content Creators
• Mentoring and knowledge sharing with other artists
• Works in a value collaboration and creative environment

Experience and Qualifications

• 5+ years of cinematic/games production experience. You have completed more than 3 shipped games or movies. AAA game is preferable.
• A bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Visual Effects and Computer Science.
• Highly adept at communicating with different audiences: artists, engineers, managers.
• Expert knowledge of a 2D and 3D art/engine packages: Maya/Photoshop/Unity/Substance Designer.
• An aptitude for problem solving, particularly as it pertains to testing and debugging technical issues.
• Understand asset optimization challenges/techniques.
• The ability to think creatively, applying your existing knowledge of video games and cinematic pipelines and tools to resolve technical challenges and limitations.
• Analyze & improve workflow to enhance group productivity
• A willingness to jump into the unknown and solve new problems; the ability to think creatively to resolve technical challenges and limitations.
• A Passion for Games!

 

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Days Open: 381

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EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。