Hi All,
We’re building out the team and this is a great time to get in on the ground floor on our brand new engine and make a big impact on how artists and programmers work together. You can apply here: http://bit.ly/tech_artist and/or ping me directly.
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High 5 Games, the premier developer of video slot games for the land based and social markets, is seeking a Technical Artist in New York City or remote for the right person (but you have to be very, very right). You’ll get to work on the 59th Floor of the new 1 World Trade Center, with stunning 360 views of Manhattan and the surrounding area, right next to a beautiful and revitalized Hudson river.
You are an artist that thinks in systems and a coder that thinks in pictures. You have the ability to see beyond simple task requirements to abstract the problem into an elegant solution. You love collaborating with end users and see them as partners. You happily support the people adjacent to you, taking the opportunity to impart your knowledge and experience. You are a proactive member of the team, always willing to lend a hand and are determined to build the fastest, most elegant game asset pipeline in history. You love well written code, that is testable, modular, and documented. You want to HULK SMASH any tasks that are not creative in nature. This is a unique opportunity to work in a pipeline that blends content creation techniques in both film and game development.
Expertise in at least ONE or more of the following areas:
Developing asset management systems or art pipelines
3D Look Development (shading, lighting, particles/vfx or rendering)
Procedural and keyframe based animation systems
Procedural/data driven content creation
Complex rigging with simple interfaces
Integrating/optimizing assets into Flash game engines
Integrating/optimizing assets into HTML5 game engines
Integrating/optimizing assets into Unity
New and Ongoing projects you’ll be involved in, depending on skills, interest and business needs:
Bringing AAA content creation techniques to social games
3D Scanning/Photogrammetry pipeline for cinematic quality characters and environments
Mocap pipeline
Facial rigs that actually animate faces like faces
Data driven pipeline development
Expanding the use and customization of our Autodesk Shotgun pipeline
Developing build procedures for asset processing and validation
Procedural creation of final assets and starter assets for artists
Asset Management tools using a Perforce backend
Work with engineering in developing our new Unity engine
Animation systems
Editor tools
Automate Everything Possible
And most importantly, Your Brilliant Idea
REQUIREMENTS
2+ years in Film, Animation or Game production
Excellent understanding of Object Oriented Programming
Excellent knowledge of one or more of the following: Python, C# or C++
Modeling, Animation or Shading knowledge
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills
Clear and concise code style
Love of unit tests, automated testing and continuous integration
Love of documenting everything you’ve done
DESIRED
BS in Computer Science/Engineering
Excellent artistic skills
Strong knowledge of Web Development (JavaScript and HTML5)
Knowledge of Linux file/web server administration
Knowledge of Adobe After Effects & Photoshop, Autodesk Maya and Cinema 4D scripting APIs
Knowledge of PySide
Experience with production management applications and Source control APIs, such as Shotgun, Jira, and Perforce