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Senior Technical Artist

Sumo Digital

Summary

The Chinese Room, a Sumo Digital studio, is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Artist to join their team in Brighton, UK. The successful candidate will work closely with the art leads to deliver the artistic vision within project requirements, identify and solve problems, implement new techniques, optimize content, collaborate with both art and programming teams, test new tools, and communicate technical constraints to the art team. The ideal candidate must have a minimum of 5 years of production experience in the games industry, a proven track record in at least 2 shipped titles (preferably AAA), experience with production level shader work and optimization within Unreal Engine 4, strong understanding of the creation of shaders within Unreal Engine 4, familiarity working and developing in a multi-platform, multi-project environment, and excellent communication and organizational skills. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package, including flexible working, defined annual bonus scheme, ULEV car scheme, monthly allowance to spend on enhancing benefits, salary sacrifice pension, free dental insurance, life assurance, income protection, enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay, employee assistance program, cycle to work scheme, payroll giving scheme, access to 4,000 Udemy courses, career development pathway, wrap parties, project completion awards, game/creative jams, big family events, studio social activities, Prism - Sumo's employee diversity focus group, free fruit and drinks in the studios, and employee referral bonus. The Chinese Room is known for creating atmospheric, rich, and imaginative games, including Dear

Job description

The Chinese Room has established a reputation as one of the most creative and exciting studios in the UK. We’re proud to be internationally recognised as pioneers of storytelling with a flair for creating atmospheric, rich and imaginative games.

As a Sumo Digital studio, The Chinese Room is built on passion, on finding amazing people and letting them shine. It’s an exciting time to be part of Sumo, winners of the Develop: Star Awards 2019 Best Studio and GI Biz 2020 Best Places to Work; big things are on the horizon and we want you to be part of our continued journey. Join us!

The Chinese Room is made up of a diverse mix of fantastic people, although sometimes, some groups are still under-represented. We are working to remove obstacles that can make it difficult for those groups to progress their careers in the games industry. We welcome applications from under-represented people in the gaming industry, including, but not limited to women, BAME, older people and those from working-class backgrounds.

The role @ The Chinese Room

We have an extraordinary opportunity for an experienced Senior Technical Artist to join the team here at The Chinese Room.

You will be a core pillar of the art team and help determine the final look and feel of our stunning environments. The ideal candidate will have a strong drive to achieve the agreed vision and is well versed in working as part of team of experienced artists.

Within this role you will:

    • Work closely with Art Leads to deliver artistic vision within the project requirements
    • Proactively use knowledge and experience to identify & solve problems before they affect the development team
    • Implement new techniques that increase the quality and efficiency of the art created
    • Help optimise content from the art team to make sure content runs on a wide range of platforms
    • Collaborate effectively with both the art and programming teams
    • Testing new tools before deployment into production
    • Document and knowledge share
    • Regularly communicate technical constraints and their reasons to the art team

To be successful you will need to have:

    • Must have a minimum of 5 years production working within the games industry
    • Proven track record in at least 2 shipped titles (preferably AAA)
    • Experience of production level shader work and optimisation within Unreal Engine 4.
    • Strong understanding of the creation of shaders within Unreal Engine 4.
    • Be highly experienced with blueprints and their implementation.
    • High levels of aesthetic attention to detail.
    • Familiarity working and developing in a multi-platform, multi-project environment.
    • Experience with other programs such as Substance Painter / Designer. Zbrush etc
    • Strong communication and organisational skills
    • Excellent time management skills
    • Coaching skills
    • Self-motivated and agile

It would beneficial if you have:

    • Experience using 3dsMax as a Technical Artist. Maxscript programming would be viewed positively
    • Experience in other scripting and programming languages
    • Experience using Houdini
    • Experience with data management
    • Positive influence and leadership skills


What we offer:

. Defined Annual Bonus Scheme
. ULEV car scheme
. Monthly allowance to spend on enhancing benefits        
. Salary Sacrifice Pension
. Flexible Working  
. 21 days free-use holiday
+ your birthday off
+ 5 learning days including 1 volunteer day
+ a duvet day
+ Christmas shutdown from Christmas Eve to New Year
+ Bank Holidays
+ extra allowance accrued for longer service
. Free dental insurance 
. Life Assurance 4x Salary
. Income Protection of 75% for 5 years           
. Enhanced Mat/Paternity & Adoption pay
. Employee Assistance Programme:
. Help at Hand - Remote GP, Mental Health & Physio appointments
. Free financial & home buying support consultations
. Cycle to Work Scheme
. Payroll Giving Scheme
. Access to 4,000 Udemy Courses
. Career Development Pathway  
. Wrap Parties.
. Project Completion Awards
. Game/Creative Jams
. Big Family Events
. Studio social activities, e.g. running, board games, film, yoga, life drawing…
. Prism – Sumo’s employee diversity focus group 
. Free fruit and drinks in our studios
. Employee Referral Bonus     

More about The Chinese Room:

Our titles include the ground-breaking Dear Esther (2012), cult horror Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013), the VR fairy-tale So Let Us Melt (2017) the open-world adventure Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (2015), a PlayStation 4 exclusive that won major awards across the world, and the multi award-winning Little Orpheus (2020). This included an amazing 10 BAFTA nominations and 3 BAFTA wins.

We bring our passion and commitment to creating exciting original games to a network of studios renowned for quality and expertise. Being part of the Sumo team enables us to expand and grow in ambition and confidence, taking our reputation for storytelling into new genres. Our most recently announced game, Little Orpheus, is an Apple Arcade exclusive and we’re working on other unannounced ‘AAA’ titles that will further establish our award-winning style and reputation.

We offer a superb benefits package including generous holidays and flexi-time. We care about our people, with an emphasis on the work/life balance and out of office events such as our legendary Sumo ‘Big Day Out’, plus epic Christmas parties and much more! Our regular studio Game Jams are a highlight - winning concepts can go on to commercial release, so far including Snake Pass and the upcoming Spyder for Apple Arcade.

The Chinese Room is located in Brighton in the south of England, home to an amazingly vibrant game development scene and a cultural hotspot with fantastic food, arts, music, shopping and sports. The studio is in the city centre, near the beach, and close to the South Downs National Park. Gatwick Airport is only half an hour away from train, and you can be in central London in just over an hour. It’s an easy place to love!

Our environment is relaxed, friendly and built upon the basis of every team member having the opportunity to shine and have a realisable input into the games we create. We’re in the amazing position of building a brand-new team, and creating a studio culture that’s all about passion, respect, diversity, fun and togetherness. We’re looking for people that love what they do and love to share their enthusiasm with each other.
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Location: The Chinese Room, Brighton

Country: United Kingdom

Date found: 2023-03-17

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