Technical Artist - Hiring ASAP

Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £500-£540 per day PAYE (inc holiday pay)

My client, a very well-known leading technology company, is looking for a Concept Artist

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve artistic direction, vision, and high production standard in the creation of products within the team in direct collaboration with creative, technical and production leaders.
• Support R&D and prototyping to reach creative solutions to technical challenges.
• Collaborate on the creation of style guides and related materials for internal and external teams.
• Communicate visual goals with cross-functional internal and external partners.
• Create production concepts and polished 2D marketing assets.
• Manage expectations for cross functional partners.
• Ability to collaborate and iterate based on the team's needs.

Minimum Experience

• Shipped products in game development as a Concept Artist
• Ability to clearly articulate visual vision to a team of multidisciplinary contributors, technical artists, 3D artists, etc., to arrive at the desired visual goal.
• Ability to define and drive varied art styles, from stylised to realistic.
• Excellent knowledge of art and visual design principles and techniques relating to character and environment design.
• Strong understanding of art pipelines including art creation processes (both 2D and 3D), technology requirements and advancements, trade-offs, and challenges associated with development.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work on multiple projects, set priorities, and meet deadlines and expectations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Virtual reality experience (Rift, Vive, GearVR, etc).
• Knowledge of emerging technologies.
• Knowledge of 3D software packages such as Maya, 3DsMax, Blender.
• Technical understanding of standard game engines such as Unity or Unreal and art pipelines.