We are looking for a Technical Artist for one of our flagship titles at SciPlay. This team member would be responsible for integrating art and UI into the Unity engine and then bringing it to life with dynamic animations and VFX. The candidate would be a part of the technical and creative team, helping to create exciting LiveOps events, captivating game features, and helping reinvigorate the game UI with a clean, modern, and beautiful aesthetic. They would collaborate closely with the Technical Art Lead to adhere to adaptive and responsive UI best practices and deliver the highest quality motion graphics.
Company offers a hybrid format of work: (hybrid office visit - 3 days in the office/2 remote). The office is located in Edificio Select, Cra. 29c, El Poblado, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
Responsibilities:
- Implement UI components into Unity, using Rect Transform Anchoring to ensure optimal UX adaptive/responsive layouts in both landscape and portrait layouts.
- Create Unity animations for both UI elements and 2D characters.
- Create VFX using Unity’s native Shuriken particle system.
- Communicate between engineers, designers, and any non-technical artist to understand game feature requirements and bring game events to life.
- Help manage asset bundles, optimizing for size, compression, texture atlasing, and overall file organization.
- Adhere to and enforce established file structure and naming conventions.
Requirements:
- Strong understanding of Unity’s UI system, animations and animation controllers, the particle system, shaders and materials, optimizations, and troubleshooting.
- Excellent 2D & 3D UI, character, and VFX animation experience.
- Proficient in Photoshop.
- Working knowledge of production tools (Jira, Confluence, Stash/Git, Jenkins).
- Working knowledge of asset management and version systems.
- Experience in live game development, especially regarding Unity’s Asset Bundling system and cadenced releases.
- Proactive with remote communication and collaboration.
Advantage:
- Experience in C# or scripting languages.
- Experience in Blender.
About the company:
SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, offering highly entertaining free-to-play games that millions of people enjoy daily for their authenticity, engagement, and fun. SciPlay currently provides nine core games, including social casino titles Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino, and Quick Hit Slots, as well as casual games like MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live, and Solitaire Daily Break, with offices around the world!
Job Type: Full-time