Lead Technical Artist - Vancouver, Canada - Sumo Digital Ltd.

Sumo Digital Ltd.

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Vancouver, Canada

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Company Name
Sumo Digital Ltd.
Salary
Competitive
Location
Vancouver, Canada
Country
Canada
Industry sector
Art
Job start date
ASAP
Posted date
03/05/202 Experience Level
Mid-Senior Level
Job type
Permanent | Full Time
Remote / Hybrid
No

Welcome to Timbre

We are Timbre Games (part of the Sumo Digital Group), a new studio in Vancouver, Canada focused on making exciting, innovative game experiences.

Timbre's vision is to change the games industry through the original games we make, as well as how we make them.

We're building an inclusive, supportive culture that allows us to explore fresh, new (and sometimes weird) ideas.

We're searching for more visionary explorers to join our team of diverse voices, coming together to develop games that are accessible to a wide audience.

If you're thinking about your next adventure, send us your resume to talk to our team about how you can add your voice to the games we're working on.

Art at Timbre Games
We are visionaries, sculptors, painters and landscapers of virtual worlds. Together, we breathe life into creative concepts and ideas while defining experiences and quality.

We collaborate with multiple departments to establish our vision, and absolutely light up as we watch it all come together.

We are utilizing advanced tools and technologies to shape our vision of building diverse and accessible AAA games.

Lead Technical Artists impact our team by bridging code and art, empowering our art team to meet the demands of our fully immersive UE5 projects.

You'll elevate our Technical Art department through mentorship, research and development and building tools that make our engineering and art team's lives easier.

**As a Lead Technical Artist at Timbre, you will: - Drive the Technical Art efforts on our first title, working with designers, artists and developers to deliver fun and accessible games

Responsible for design, development and maintenance of efficient and feature rich art asset creation tools, plugins, and pipelines in collaboration with the Art Team and Technical Programmers
Advocate and embrace technical and artistic best practices to ensure predictable, highquality delivery of assets required to achieve project milestone commitments
Develop and nurture our growing Technical Art team, helping to create a safe environment for applicants and Timbreoos
Keep pushing Timbre to the front of technology through research and development of new tools and systems
Handson coding and documentation for userfacing tools for our art creation and workflow

What you bring:

5 years experience in a Senior Technical Art position
Owning the full life cycle of the art creation pipeline, including tools development, for game engines across multiple shipped projects
A specialization in either character workflows or art/environment workflows
Utilizing industry technology innovations to push the visual quality of video games and achieve visual targets
Deep experience in Unreal, Maya, Python, Perforce and industry standard software for game development
Experience growing a tech art team with an eye to creating a team with diverse perspectives and creating an inclusive culture
Excellent collaborative skills across disciplines and the ability to bridge communication between engineering and art
Experience and technical understanding of realtime art optimization and performance including frame rate budgeting

You may also bring:

Experience working in UE
Experience with other programming languages, especially C++.
General knowledge of Maya rigging.
Knowledge of Houdini or other similar software

What you'll gain:

Timbre aims to foster a workplace environment that empowers our team to do their best creative work. Below are a list of some of the benefits we offer to ensure you reach your full potential. As we continue to grow, we are co-creating more values-driven benefits to support our team.

Competitive

salary & comprehensive health benefits, including extended health, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short / long-term disability, 24/7 counselling through an employee assistance program and a health spending account available to you from your first day

Annual bonus & up to 5% RRSP matchingavailable to you from your first day
Flexible paid time off (unlimited), plus holiday closure between Christmas and New Years, as well as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Work with us in Vancouver or remotely across Canada, utilizing our $500 work from home allowance
1 year gaming subscription and weekly gaming days
My Pathway a Career Development Program to provide a clear path for you to grow at Timbre
8 learning days per year and unlimited access to Udemy online courses
A values driven culture with direct access to leadership and industry veterans with a wealth of knowledge to share

**Timbre's Commitment to Diversity an