Technical Art Lead

Summary: Technical Artist will develop and maintain robust art pipelines, custom tools, shaders, and visual effects for ultra-realistic Next-Gen and premium cartoon AAA game projects for our clients, fully optimized for Unreal/Unity. They’ll ensure service excellence through proactive client communication, rigorous version control, and AI-enhanced automation, guaranteeing on-time, on-budget delivery at AAA standards Job Description: Engine Integration:  Involved in early project set-up with stakeholders such as kick-off, testing and documentation.  Collaborate with client, IT team, Tech Dept, Production teams during projects’ timeline to tackle any tech related issues. Be the bridge and main point of contact between art production and clients on any technical concerns Exploring new technologies and doing necessary training for the team. (AI etc..) Contribute ideas, tools, workflow for Tech Dept and Production teams Create clear and accurate technical documentation, training sessions or tools for production teams to increase production efficiency.  VFX Optimization:  Optimize VFX for mobile/console/PC with GPU budget, LODs, shader variants Lead VFX pipeline, create modular systems, mentor team, and collaborate with TechArt and Design AI Assisted Workflow: Apply AI upscalers, remeshing, or auto UV tools to support workflow, integrate AI into modeling/texturing, and customize AI tools Level 34. Design and maintain AI enhanced pipelines and collaborate with ML/TechArt for tool development  Other:  Develop and maintain art pipelines and workflows Create custom tools and scripts to automate art tasks Optimize game performance by reducing draw calls, memory usage, and other bottlenecks Mentor and train other artists on technical art skills Troubleshoot technical issues related to art assets