ArenaNet is hiring a
Principal Technical Artist

Summary

Join ArenaNet as a highly experienced technical artist to collaborate with artists and engineers in establishing clear objectives for tool sets, pipelines, and art development process.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience as a Technical Artist within the games industry
• Significant experience with AAA game titles on PC or console, ideally across both platforms
• Strong understanding of modern content creation pipelines and workflows, with familiarity in various DCC packages
• Expertise in Autodesk Maya
• Experience with multiple DCC tools (e.g., Maya, 3ds Max, Houdini, MotionBuilder, Blender)
• Expertise in Unreal Engine 5
• Expertise in Python and PyQt, with experience in at least one additional scripting or programming language (C++, C#, JavaScript, etc.)
• Proven track record of shipping multiple games, including at least one AAA title
• Familiarity with multiple game engines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities
• Customer-centric approach to tool development with a solid understanding of UX principles
• Willingness and ability to mentor team members

Responsibilities

• Work with Artists and Designers to integrate existing guidelines or establish new ones as needed for module creation and develop tools to support efficient world-building workflows and iteration
• Support the Environment, Design, and Cinematic teams in setting up complex assets
• Partner with Engineering and Technical Art to define requirements for new technology, test prototypes, and provide feedback
• Work alongside engineering and art leads to establish, define, and create shaders and materials
• Use in-game and external profiling tools to optimize environment for GPU and memory
• Identify opportunities for improved environment asset reuse, organization, and consolidation
• Educate environment artists on new material features, workflows, and techniques
• Write documentation on environment art workflows and best practices
• Contribute to a set of content validation checks to ensure standards are adhered to
• Monitor outsourced content for standard compliance and provide feedback as needed
• Foster positive relationships with creative and technical disciplines, serving as a bridge between them. Collaborate closely with game artists to support new and existing art tools and pipelines while maintaining performance goals defined by you and graphics engineers

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Short and long term disability
• 401(k)
• Flexible and dependent care spending accounts
• PTO
• Paid holidays
• Parental leave