Aristocrat is looking for a Tech Art Lead to lead and mentor a Tech Art team, driving visual and technical excellence for our social casino titles. You will be pivotal in developing seamless visuals in Unity with a focus on performance and coordinating art integration within a People First and inclusive company culture.
What You'll Do
- Lead and mentor a dynamic Tech Art team, encouraging a collaborative and innovative atmosphere.
- Develop and implement seamless visuals in Unity, with a strong emphasis on technical performance.
- Coordinate the import and integration of 2D art, ensuring guidelines within a 2D mobile application.
- Apply expertise in C# programming to improve game functionalities.
- Build and optimize 2D/3D assets using industry-standard software.
- Supervise version control systems, particularly git, to guarantee smooth team cooperation.
- Improve mobile game performance for a fluid and immersive user experience.
- Formulate and integrate shaders, VFX, animations, and art direction within Unity.
- Effectively communicate with cross-functional teams, serving as the tech art team's voice in discussions.
- Apply project management tools like Jira for tracking and managing project timelines and deliverables.
- Anticipate potential technical limitations and develop innovative solutions.
- Assemble Unity prefabs, animations, and animator state machines.
- Collaborate with and assist engineers, artists, and technical artists on tools generation and workflow improvements.
- Provide technical workflow and optimization best practices support for our in-house artists and partners.
- Create source file templates and workflow documentation.
- Mentor junior Technical Artists with their technical skills and development.
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years of prior experience serving as a Lead Technical Artist in mobile gaming.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Unity, focusing on technical efficiency.
- Solid grasp of 2D art import and integration guidelines.
- Mastery in C# coding and 2D/3D asset development tools.
- Familiarity with version control systems, particularly git.
- Proven skill in enhancing mobile game efficiency.
- Proficiency in shaders, VFX, animation, and art direction execution within Unity.
- Outstanding communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient in English, with the ability to represent the tech art team in cross-functional forums.
- Experience with project management platforms such as Jira.
Technical Stack
- Unity
- C#
- git
- Jira
- 2D/3D asset development tools
Aristocrat is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive culture.
