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Senior Technical Artist

*Full time or contract position on-site at Kaos in New York, NY.

Kaos Studios is looking for an experienced and talented Senior Technical Artist to join our Art team in New York City!

Applicants must be proactive, detail-oriented problem solvers. This candidate must have a passion for making games, strong artistic skills and an understanding of the technical constraints working within the console-game environment. This person will work closely with the team Leads.

Kaos offers a competitive salary and range of benefits as well as a dynamic, creative, and challenging work environment where individual effort is critical to our success.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop tools and pipelines for Artists and Animators.
  • Proactively seek out inefficiencies and problems in existing pipelines and identify potential solutions.
  • Improve and enhance tools/processes throughout the project cycle.
  • Assist programmers and artists in researching and developing new game features.
  • Assist in checking art content against technical guidelines prior to integration in the game.

Job Requirements:

  • Positive, professional attitude. Disciplined and self-motivated with a strong work ethic.
  • 5 years experience as a Technical Artist in a game development or related industry.
  • Excellent knowledge utilizing Maya & MEL.
  • Knowledge of Motion Builder preferred.
  • Knowledge of C++, C# or Python a plus.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience documenting pipeline workflows.
  • Excellent organizational skills. Ability to multitask effectively, prioritizes competing demands, and follows through on details. Must be flexible enough to deal with changing role requirements.
  • Passionate about games and able to articulate that passion clearly and analytically. A broad knowledge base of console and PC games.

Sample Work Required:

  • Any supplemental materials demonstrating skills relevant to this position are also encouraged (e.g. videos of tools/workflows developed, sample MEL scripts, pipeline documentation, etc.).

All interested applicants can apply to this job posting.
Hard copy demo reels can be mailed to (online portfolio strongly preferred):

THQ, NY
Attn: Recruiting
129 W. 27th St.
8th floor
New York, NY 10001