Improbable is hiring a

Web3 Lead Technical Artist - Art & Audio, Metaverse

Our metaverse group helps our partners realise their metaverse ambitions. The team’s expertise encompasses creative (concept and design), production (art and content), engineering (game development and Web3) and operations (dev and live).

At Improbable, you’ll collaborate with some of the best in the industry. Together, you’ll create unique, tailored experiences that stretch the boundaries of what’s possible in digital spaces and virtual worlds – and help define what the metaverse can be.

As Lead Technical Artist you will help to deliver expert technical art solutions while supporting & managing a growing team of technical artists across several projects. 

Your Opportunity:

• Manage a team of technical artists, ensuring that content is optimised & feasible while helping to bring the art director’s vision to life. 
• Help shape the development of new technology within the company. This includes bleeding-edge tools like procedural content generation, interoperable metaverse content and AI-powered content creation
• Have a heavy involvement in the creation of Technical Art processes, pipelines, and discipline.
• Improve the overall quality of all Technical Art features on the team by setting an example with their work and guiding others through constructive, creative feedback.
• Take ownership of complex or challenging Technical Art tasks, delivering on time and to a high level of quality.
• Be able to proactively support the Art team in regard to technical art support and guidance.

Why You're Made For This:

• Fundamentally a Technical Art Generalist with a wide breadth of skills and experience.
• You have a passion for helping teams, driving best working practices, and setting high standards while mentoring and supporting the technical art team.
• Master of the principles of Technical Art - a true subject matter expert including specialisation in at least 1 area of the technical art discipline (including but not limited to Environments, Characters, Pipelines & Workflows, Procedural Systems, Destruction, Game Engine Automation / Optimisation). 
• Experienced in 2d & 3d Optimisation processes. 
• Excellent understanding of how to set up art assets in UE5 and capable of setting the technical benchmark for all assets in the game.
• Working with pipelines that support multiple delivery platforms (PC, Console and Mobile).
• Exceptional skills in Art packages with mastery of at least of the following: - Autodesk, Maya, Python and or C++, Unreal Engine (UE5), with sound knowledge of some of the following DCC Tools and Pipelines: Blender, Houdini, Substance Painter, Zbrush, Perforce, Adobe Photoshop.

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This role is available as remote, hybrid or in-office. We have a great office space in Spitalfields in London but are equally happy if you'd prefer to work from home some, or all of the time. We are 'Flexa' certified, meaning our entire employee experience is anchored around flexibility and autonomy.

While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply. 

Improbable is determined to foster an environment where people can do their best work and feel like they belong. We believe a healthy culture, strong values and contribution from a diverse range of individuals will help us to achieve success.

We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

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