Unreal Technical Artist

Unreal Technical Artist

Full-time
Remote

About Synty

At synty studios we power the digital world, supercharging content production with our team of world-class talent. Our studio creates and publishes content for the Unity Asset Store, Unreal Marketplace and our own online store.

About the role

As an Unreal Technical Artist you will work closely with the asset production team to create and manage a pipeline for our content to be ported from Unity (our lead platform) to the Unreal Engine.

You will leverage your knowledge of Unity and Unreal Engine to create tools and processes to automate and streamline the porting process, allowing us to quickly deliver assets to the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

You will manage the quality of assets on the Unreal Engine Marketplace by working with Tech Support to help deliver updates and bug fixes on a regular basis.

​Your role will require you to:

  • Setup Models, Materials, Collision, Characters in Unreal.
  • Rebuild our custom shaders implemented in Unity’s Amplify Shader Editor in the Unreal native shader editor.
  • Find or create tools to transfer Demo scenes from Unity to the Unreal Engine.
  • Create tools and processes to automate and streamline the transfer of new assets and updates between engines.
  • Communicate new learnings and best practices to the team to improve our asset production pipeline.
  • Communicate and work with Technical Support to improve the quality of our assets on the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

Requirements

Professional

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good Time management
  • Good problem solving skills
  • Motivated to learn new skills

Technical

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good Time management
  • Good problem solving skills
  • Motivated to learn new skills

Nice to have

  • Experience with Photoshop
  • Experience with other engines like Godot
Creativity days once a month
Creativity days once a month
Competitive pay and Share Option Scheme
Competitive pay and Share Option Scheme
Healthy work-life balance (no overtime!)
Healthy work-life balance (no overtime!)
Learn from a world-class team
Learn from a world-class team
Weekly virtual social events
Weekly virtual social events
We embrace the 'quirky'
We embrace the 'quirky'
World leading software and technologies
World leading software and technologies
Diverse and interesting projects
Diverse and interesting projects
Permanently Fully Remote
Permanently Fully Remote

Recruitment Process

We strive to be transparent on how we operate here at Synty, so you know what’s going on in the background of your recruitment process. We know job hunting is time and energy consuming; so thanks again for your deciding we’re worth the investment. We look forward to getting to know you better!

1. First Interview

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Meet the People Team and the People Leader of the role. You will get an idea of their leadership style and get a feel of what the job will be like on a daily basis.

2. Second Interview

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This is where it gets a bit deeper- we dive into the grit of what it takes to succeed in the role. We will always try to put you in a room with two other people you will work with the closest, so you get to know them better too.

3. Testing

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Depending on your role we’ll have you complete testing. This could be an Art or Code test. We’ll pay you for these tests.

4. References

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We’re confident about our hiring process, and the decisions made around bringing on new team members are always collaborative. We aim to identify people who can add to our culture, so by this stage we’re feeling pretty good about it all. Don’t be surprised if we’re calling your professional or personal referees and drafting your offer in parallel to these conversations!

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