Technical Artist
Ubisoft
- Da Nang
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work with artists, modelers, and animators to create 3D art and bring it into the engine.
- Provide hands-on support to artists and engineers regarding asset performance and validation.
- Collaborate with artists to conceptualize and realize eye-catching visual effects using game shaders.
- Review creative process and identify opportunities for tool improvements.
- Develop 3D art pipeline tools and extensions with an eye towards usability and efficiency.
- Solve challenging technical issues in the 3D asset pipeline.
- Collaborate with engineers to diagnose and resolve in-game problems.
- Stand as the technical point of contact for technical issues related to asset production.
- Produce documentation on pipeline, tools, methods, training, processes, and engine.
- Educate artists and engineers in the use of the 3D art pipeline and user-facing engine tools.
- Experience in a digital art content creation pipeline, ideally in the video game industry.
- Must have shipped titles as a 3D Technical Artist.
- Expert knowledge of Maya/3ds Max, Houdini, Substance Designer, Painter, Photoshop, etc.
- Strong scripting experience with Python and PyMEL.
- Experience in creating visual effect shaders as well as optimizing them.
- Experience with Unity engine, especially post-processing and/or full-screen effects.
- Experienced in developing custom tools for Digital Content Creation tools (Maya, 3DS Max, etc.), with strong knowledge about their underlying API.
- Understanding of the performance implications of game art asset creation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English).
- Experience working in node-based game engine editors.
- Experience rigging 3D characters for animation.
- Experience with version control systems such as Perforce, git, subversion, etc.
- Additional languages; preferably French and/or Vietnamese.
- An international, professional, collaborative, modern, and creative environment
- Attractive remuneration package
- Performance rewards
- Creative & endless fun projects
- Ubisoft Connect account with access to all Ubisoft titles on PC
- Flexible working time
- Premium healthcare insurance
- UBIVERSARY for your working milestones
- Team building, Lunar New year Celebration, Projects celebration
- Beers and treats every Friday (yay!)
- Staff clubs
- Premium gym club access
- Free in-house entertainment facilities (PS5, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck…), coffee, tea and snack (cookies, candies…)