Tech Art Lead

Are you on a mission to create games that bond players together into deeply invested communities? Would you like to work on something comedic with lighthearted and whimsical characters? Do you think a lot about how modular rigging systems enable quick iteration, how streamlined DCC pipelines empower artists, or how to achieve feature-quality character animation within real-time constraints? Come join us at teamLFG!

As a Tech Art Lead at teamLFG, you’ll collaborate closely with the art team to bring iconic characters to life from pre-production and beyond for a completely new world at PlayStation. Your ability to craft exceptional character rigs and efficient art workflows with a high degree of autonomy will delight animators and contribute to a class-leading action game!

As a member of our tight-knit art team, you’ll balance craft expertise with a player-first mindset and willingness to contribute beyond your role to improve the . Help build and deliver functional and innovative rigs in prototypes and establish scalable pipelines for production. Most importantly, you will work with a fun, diverse, cross-discipline team devoted to building a new universe from scratch.

We look for candidates who value joining a mission-focused team with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, interests, and viewpoints.

RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Lead the Tech Art discipline & define the team’s goals while also contributing directly as an IC in early stages of the project
• Build and manage the Technical Art team, including mentoring and management of internal Tech Artists and overseeing external Tech Art work
• Work closely with the Art Director to find innovative methods for bringing the team’s artistic vision to screen

• Ensure visual aspects of the game are performant across all platforms (PC, console) 
• Collaborate with project leadership to define and oversee the Technical Art roadmap, working cross team with technical artists, animators & designers to inform these decisions

• Create custom tools to enhance the game's visual fidelity and performance. 

• Develop and refine workflows and pipelines that boost production efficiency and foster team collaboration. 
• Introduce new features to the art team by showcasing examples, giving presentations, and producing relevant documentation. 
• Engage in proactive communication with all stakeholders to ensure shared objectives and preemptively manage any challenges.  

REQUIRED SKILLS  

• Experience in rigging workflow & pipeline creation
• Production experience with standard content creation tools such as Maya, Substance Painter, and Photoshop as well as professional experience using Python

• Ability to independently translate art team goals into creative solutions with a thorough understanding of cost, efficiency, and quality tradeoffs
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Experience in producing clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation, with the ability to simplify complex topics
• Experience in managing and resolving stability, performance, and memory issues across different platforms.
• Experience with Unreal Engine

• Experience managing external resources effectively
• Experience shipping across multiple platforms (PC, console)

Nice to have Skills

• Ability to creatively solve problems for a wide variety of asks during R+D, as demonstrated by prior success in incubation environments
• Ability to create unique custom shaders and effects that are efficient, scalable and deliver on the team's vision. 
• Ability to create and hook up gameplay VFX assets

• Experience creating/managing modular environment systems