Area28 is hard at work developing a state of the art high performance, multi-core data parallel game platform, real-time collaborative editing, services-oriented marketplace and other advanced features.
We are looking for a technical artist with a strong sense of style, color and technology. Technical artists live and breathe design, color theory, and programming. They’re responsible for creating stunning visuals for digital media. They work closely with art directors, creative directors, copywriters, and web developers, to translate marketing and brand strategies into comps that render beautifully in code.
What you'll do
- Act as a bridge between the Artists and Programmers working on a multitude of projects
- Ensure art assets can be easily integrated into a game without sacrificing the artistic vision or exceeding the platform’s technical limits
- Investigate new techniques, implementing them and documenting/training the team in their use
What we're looking for
- Technical proficiency in areas such as lighting and rendering, texturing, and graphics-related programming languages such as shaders
- Extensive knowledge of art packages ranging from modelling to texturing and special effects
- Ability to customize art packages so that they are as streamlined as possible for specific projects
- Ability to work well as part of a team and under minimal supervision
- Have excellent organizational skills
- Creative skills to resolve technical challenges and limitations
- Knowledge of console hardware architecture
- Ability to anticipate the needs of the artists to streamline their productivity
The ideal candidate will possess...
- Must have passion for creative excellence
- Unbelievably great taste and a love of design
- Excellent and up-to-date design and creative trend knowledge and skills
- Strong conceptual thinking
- A solid understanding of designing intuitive site functionality, interaction, site architecture, user interfaces, and navigation
- A strong working knowledge of 3D animation and digital media
- Minimum of 7 years of experience with Maya, and Photoshop
- Portfolio to accompany resume
About Area28
Area28 is a game technology company that develops a collaborative Google-Docs-like platform for game developers. The platform enables developers to design, develop and distribute entertainment more effectively in today's global, multi-platform environment. Area28's Content Development Suite (CDS) is the first and only cloud-based game engine that combines service-oriented architecture with a high performance runtime engine. CDS sets itself apart by enabling real-time collaborative development for game developers working on the same project.