Technical Artist – Isometric Strategy Title 12 Month …, Canada

Blackbird Interactive is looking for a passionate and experienced technical artist to join our team! Do you want to build stylish and compelling experiences? Do you love working with a team of talented designers, artists and programmers to create ambitious in‑game content? At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada. Responsibilities Working as the embedded TA on a Proprietary Engine Performing optimisation work and improving framerate stability Coming up with quality solutions within technical constraints Providing the animation, modeling, texturing and FX team with TA and implementation support Performing with minimum supervision, working well in a small team, and taking ownership for problems whilst collaborating towards solutions Acting as a bridge between Art, Engineering and the game engine Authoring understandable documentation for tool and production pipelines Requirements A basic understanding of the VFX production pipeline/tools/etc Understanding of shader development Understanding of asset managementInitiative for creative problem solving and unorthodox solutions Familiarity with game asset building C++ Experience Pluses Experience with Profiling and Performance (with GPU vendor tools) Understanding of particle systems and effects animation would be nice Experience with or knowledgeable of working in proprietary engines P4V and Github experience Experience working in the Real Time Strategy genre $85,000 - $115,000 a year Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.ca/job/2p506a