We're looking for a Senior Technical Artist to join our team, which collaborates remotely from around the world. Our members range from industry newcomers to experts with 25+ years of experience. Team members come from a diverse set of backgrounds, but share a common passion for building polished player-focused, community-powered games.
At Hypixel Studios we are looking for applicants that are demonstrably passionate about their hobbies, have the drive and commitment to deliver results with minimal supervision, have international-level professional competency in their skill sets, and can demonstrate involvement with other interesting projects throughout their lives.
As a Senior Technical Artist on the Hytale team, you will collaborate across art disciplines to identify best practices for content creation, develop scripts/tools and automations for artists and animators, and collaborate with the engineering team to develop best practices for our community-facing tools. You will also use your experience to mentor other tech artists, improve workflows, and empower our creators to push the limits of their creativity.
Who you are:
- Expert user of Python who can create standalone tools as well as plugins for Blender and other content creation suites
- A problem solver, driven to discover solutions that benefit our players, Creators, and the Hytale team
- An excellent communicator: you love providing feedback, sharing and documenting knowledge, mentoring other team members and liaising between art and engineering
- A positive person who leads by example while contributing to the studio culture with the actions you take on the team
Some of your role:
- Partner with the Art Director and the Art Leads to identify ways to push Hytale’s visuals further
- Identify engine and art pipeline needs to support all planned content creation
- Create tools that streamline our asset pipeline from our content creation suite to the engine
- Work closely with other creative disciplines to ensure our art and animation pipelines efficiently support our visual and experience needs
- Partner with art management and production to develop execution plans
- Mentor other tech artists in their craft, delivering feedback to aid in their growth
Essential Traits:
- Portfolio, reel or website demonstrating high quality technical art projects
- 5+ years of experience in a Technical Artist role with a focus on tools, scripting and rendering.
- Experience authoring shaders
- Advanced understanding of current content creation tools such as Blender, Maya and Photoshop.
- Experience in overseeing the work of other team members and mentoring and developing junior staff
Bonus Traits:
- C++ experience
- Experience shipping titles across multiple platforms (PC/Console/Mobile)
- Rigging and technical animation experience
- Experience in content creation (modeling, animating, VFX)
We can offer:
- A chance to work on a new game project with an extremely motivated team
- Opportunities to learn and grow personally and professionally
- A stable and secure work environment
- The ability to work remotely
We’re looking for applicants who are self-driven, put players first, and that have a history of making cool stuff. In return, we can offer an environment that values and supports individual creativity and passion and believes in fostering new talent. We recognize the value of diversity in every sense and actively encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.
