Lead Technical Artist – Full Time

Who we are

We are a tight-knit team, and are developing A Township Tale full time. A Township Tale is the industry leading VR RPG, which has the second largest Discord community. We’ve launched on Quest on July 15, reaching #1 in Oculus Store charts, and we’re expanding the team to support our players and bring the game to new platforms!

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a 5+ year experienced lead technical artist, excited to work on challenging and innovative features on our ambitious VR title A Township Tale. Our game already captivates hundreds of thousands of players, but with your help we can reach millions!

What you’ll be doing

• Working closely with our designers and engineers on developing new features for the game
• Leading generalist artists to develop assets within technical pipelines, the go to contact for any technical issues relating to asset production
• Profiling performance, identifying areas that can be optimized, making smart decisions early and critically
• Research and understanding Unity, as well as any external tech that will facilitate the game art
• Working with Unity and custom scripts to implement assets, shaders and materials, as a go between programming and art

How you benefit

• Have a very real and direct impact on a growing title and studio
• See your work shipped regularly to a loyal community of players with frequent updates on our live game
• High amounts of ownership and autonomy over your features
• Accelerate growth professionally and personally
• Be part of a hugely talented team that values feedback driven learning environment, and work / life balance

The skills you will need

• 5+ years of professional real time technical art experience
• Experience working within a real time game engine
• 3D asset creation knowledge modeling, texturing, rigging, skinning in Maya, Photoshop, Substance
• Understanding of efficient art pipelines
• Experience in optimization
• Understanding of technical constraints of engines and platforms
• Strong technical / mathematical mindset, excellent problem solving skills
• Great communicator and inter-departmental collaborator
• Ability to execute consistently and reliably

Additional skills that would make you shine

• Tool designing skills
• Preference for procedural workflows (Houdini, Designer)
• Experience in optimization in Unity for VR specifically
• Passion for games of similar genres
• Experience with efficient multi-disciplinary production pipelines + documentation