Lead Technical Artist
As a Lead Technical Artist, you will be essential to the technical art team. Your combined knowledge of art and technology will guarantee flawless asset integration and maintain the high visual standards of the games. This is your chance to join a motivated team that embraces collaboration and innovation. You will guide the crafting of visually impressive, technically sound game experiences that captivate players.
- Be the go-to person for addressing any critical technical art implementation to ensure that asset creation follows accurate guidelines.
- Drive technical solutions to achieve high visual fidelity while balancing hardware limitations.
- Prepare and optimize visual assets for integration into the game engine.
- Troubleshoot and resolve visual or technical issues during development and testing.
- Collaborate closely with developers and artists to implement new game features and UI builds.
- Support onboarding and training of junior Technical Artists.
- Assist in the preparation and ongoing development of workflow documentation.
- Find opportunities for, and build, custom tooling to empower the technical art team.
- 7+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in game development or a related field (required).
- Strong proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop (required).
- Experience with game development pipelines, preferably in slot or casual games (preferred).
- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Perforce, Github) and task tracking tools (e.g., JIRA) (required).
- Exposure to Unity, GLSL shaders, or scripting (e.g., Python, JavaScript) is a plus (nice-to-have).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills (required).
- Solid understanding of animation principles, composition structures, and asset optimization (required).
- A proactive approach with a passion for mentoring and continuous improvement (required).
- Robust benefits package (required).
- Global career opportunities (required).
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.