Playground Games is looking for Pipeline Technical Artist to join our talented Forza Horizon team here in Leamington Spa on a contract basis.
About us:
As a premier first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are accessible, beautiful, and most of all fun. We are looking to expand our diverse team as we continue driving forward our BAFTA award-winning Forza Horizon franchise.
About the role:
As a Pipeline Technical Artist, you will collaborate across multiple disciplines acting as a bridge between art and engineering teams. You will be responsible for extending and improving our in-house digital content pipeline & tools.
This is a contract role based at our state-of-the-art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa. We have a hybrid work model in place with a minimum of 3 days a week in studio. Relocation assistance is available if required.
What you’ll do:
* Take ownership of our export tools within our in-house digital content pipeline.
* Take responsibility of our game world’s performance by creating tools and processes to ensure the best possible balance between quality and cost.
* Identify bottlenecks and promote best practices for authoring art content to help our artists do their best work.
What you’ll bring:
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Experience with building user friendly digital content creation (DCC) tools and pipelines.
* Proficiency in Python or similar language, ideally with experience creating scripts for 3ds Max.
* C++/C# proficiency is a bonus.
* Effective collaborator with growth mindset and desire to help others to do their best work.
* Strong verbal and digital communication skills. Comfortable discussing rendering, memory, lighting, animation, and other art-related topics.
* Ability to debug and write clean and performant code. Programming degree is a bonus.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a world-class game with an established, talented, and collaborative team at one of the industry’s most exciting first-party game studios.
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