The Role:

Working closely with Art and Code teams you will help bring the art vision to life. Graphics and rendering are your daily bread and butter and you’ll be more than familiar with a pipeline and tools. Above all this, you’ll love working closely as part of a team crafting best in class visual content.

Responsibilities:

Work with the art and code teams to deliver the game to the artistic vision and within budget
Identify and create methods to improve art pipelines and visual quality
Support the Art, Engineering and Design Teams, helping to resolve technical difficulties
Monitor the technical pipelines for all art areas across the studio; from initial specifications, through to final in-game implementation and continued future support
Create detailed, easy to read documentation of toolsets and workflows that the team can rely on
Help keep Assets / Content within memory budget and performance guidelines
Drive, refine and document tech art best practices, working with the other disciplines to ensure standards and processes are reviewed regularly to ensure efficiency and quality, across the studio
Be aware of the wider industry developments ensuring we are using the latest techniques to create the highest quality and performance friendly assets
Break down work and tasks from project lead briefings; comfortably creating and maintaining tracking lists for yourself and other team members
Proactively identify new technologies and techniques that will improve the game
Be an example for professional conduct, setting a high standard at all times with internal staff and external contacts.
Willing and able to take on responsibilities outside of core specialism in line with the needs of the studio

Required:

Shipped at least one title as a technical artist or similar role
Experience in Unity/ Unreal
Experience of working on published mobile titles
Experience with shader creation and exposure to HLSL
Exposure to C#, Python, Mel
Ability to problem solve and think creatively
A passion for games and game visuals

Benefits:

Competitive salary, reviewed annually
Staff training and development
Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages, Yoga, nutritionally balanced
snacks and health foods)
Flexi-time working hours
25 days holiday + additional duvet/loyalty holiday days
Monthly socials and twice-yearly whole company events
Private Medical and Death In Service Insurance
Contributory Pension
A warm, modern office environment – tea, coffee, fruit and soft drinks all provided
Get the weekend started early with beverages and banter every Friday
And a chance to shape and grow and benefit from the future of Pixel Toys
Private Medical Insurance for yourself
Free Parking pass (dependent on home location)
And a chance to shape and grow and benefit from the future of Pixel Toys.

Pixel Toys is a diverse, equal opportunities employer and believes strongly in maintaining an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We strive to provide an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work and join in driving our joint success. Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and a good Pixel Toys mission and values fit.