Job Title:

• Generalist Technical Artist (Senior or above)

Requisition ID:

• R025397

Job Description:

This position available in Malmö/Sweden or Warsaw/Poland for On-Site Hybrid. For very experienced candidates with a proven track record of working remotely, WFH/Europe is a possibility.

Elsewhere Entertainment Senior Technical Artist to join the development of a new IP.

Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining.

As a member of the Technical Art department, you...

Responsibilities:

• Supporting and improving content creation tools and workflows for our art team, including shaders, materials, rigging, animation, texturing, visual effects, lighting, and UI.
• Collaborating with artists and engineers to deliver innovative solutions that will help artists develop epic visual content.
• Maintain and improve multiple aspects of technical asset production: re-use, content density, performance, storage/memory requirements, etc.
• Anticipating challenges and risks and implementing innovative and preventative solutions.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional experience in the games industry working in technical art or closely related areas.
• Experience developing tools and pipelines for game content production.
• Experience with DCC tools (Maya, Blender, etc.).
• Comprehensive understanding of one or more scripting languages: Python, JavaScript, VEX, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of memory and performance impact from a content creation perspective.
• Experience writing and/or debugging shaders.
• Understanding of Physically Based Rendering systems and techniques.
• In-depth understanding of game engines, pipelines, and processes.
• Creativity in problem solving and a positive, respectful team-first attitude.
• Organization methods and the capability to meet agreed timelines.

Bonus points for:

• Experience working on AAA titles. Special preference for shipped titles with high visual fidelity and/or large content variety.
• Proven leadership or managerial experience.
• Knowledge of Niagara (Unreal) or VFX Graph (Unity).
• Experience with Houdini or other procedural or simulation software.
• Experience with machine learning.
• Experience with OpenUSD, MaterialX and similar technologies.
• Experience working with consoles.
• Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

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