Senior Technical Artist (Generalist)

<h2>Job Title:</h2>Senior Technical Artist (Generalist)<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h2>Requisition ID:</h2>R026629<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h2>Job Description:</h2><p><b>Elsewhere Entertainment</b> is looking for a <b>Senior Technical Artist </b>to join the development of a new IP. </p><p></p><p>Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining.  </p><p>As a member of the Technical Art department, you’ll put your amazing skills to work solving a wide range of challenges, prototyping and developing content, tools and workflows, enabling experimentation and iteration while optimizing storage and performance.</p><p></p><p>As a member of the project, you’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.  </p><p></p><h2><b>You’ll help us by…</b>  </h2><ul><li>Being a bridge between engineers, content creators and production. To help develop, test, and teach new tools and technologies.</li><li>Supporting and improving workflows for our art team, in one or more areas of content creation, for example modelling, look dev (shaders, materials, texturing), rigging, animation, visual effects, lighting, and UI. </li><li>Maintain and improve multiple aspects of technical asset production: re-use, content density, performance, storage/memory requirements, etc. </li><li>Anticipating challenges and risks and implementing innovative and preventative solutions. </li></ul><p></p><h2><b>You’re awesome because you have…</b>  </h2><ul><li>8+ years of professional experience in the games industry working in technical art or closely related areas.</li><li>Experience developing tools and pipelines for game content production.</li><li>Experience with DCC tools (Maya, Blender, etc.)</li><li>Some understanding of scripting languages like Python, MEL, VEX, etc.</li><li>In-depth knowledge of memory and performance impact from a content creation perspective.  </li><li>Experience writing and/or debugging shaders. </li><li>Understanding of Physically Based Rendering systems and techniques.  </li><li>In-depth understanding of game engines, pipelines, and processes. </li><li>Creativity in problem solving and a positive, respectful team-first attitude. </li><li>Organization methods and the capability to meet agreed timelines. </li></ul><p></p><h2><b>Bonus points for…</b>  </h2><ul><li>Experience working on AAA titles. Special preference for shipped titles with high visual fidelity and/or large content variety.</li><li>Proven leadership or managerial experience.</li><li>Knowledge of Niagara (Unreal) or VFX Graph (Unity). </li><li>Experience with Houdini or other procedural or simulation software.</li><li>Experience with machine learning.</li><li>Experience with OpenUSD, MaterialX and similar technologies.</li><li>Experience working with consoles.</li><li>Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles. </li></ul><p></p><p>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.  </p><p></p><h2><b>Our World </b> </h2><p>At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.  </p><p></p><p>We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.  </p><p></p><p>We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.  </p><p></p><p>Ready to Activate Your Future?  </p><p>#elsewhere </p>