2K
Video Games
LeadTechnicalArtist
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“Lead Technical Artist at 2K. Skills: Materials, Rendering performance, Artist pipelines, Unreal Engine, Shader creation, Performance evaluation. Lead and mentor a team of Technical Artists. Collaborate with rendering engineers to create scalable and performant shader solutions”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensuring artists have powerful, scalable tools and workflows; Maintaining visual quality and optimal real-time performance across platforms; Achieving frame-rate and memory targets; Streamlined content creation process
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive track record of shipping high-quality titles in a lead or senior capacity, Demonstrated success in leading, mentoring, and scaling technical art teams, Deep understanding of the Unreal Engine and BP system, Extensive experience using dynamic lighting workflows and PBR materials, Familiarity with game performance evaluation tools to profile CPU, GPU, and memory performance on multiple target platforms, Knowledge of shader creation via node graph, HLSL or GL, Intermediate skill with Python, Intermediate skill with C++
Nice to Have
Love for video games
What You'll Do.
Lead and mentor a team of Technical Artists
Collaborate with rendering engineers to create scalable and performant shader solutions
Define material standards
Own performance metrics related to materials
Guide teams toward frame-rate and memory targets
and technologies for improved rendering techniques
Enhance the capabilities of the existing toolset and workflow
mentor and help team members grow
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with rendering engineers; Collaborate with art directors; Collaborate with Art and Engineering; Lead a distributed team of Technical Artists
Communication Scope
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Full Job Description
Who We Are 2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment. Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K, renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply! What We Need: We are seeking a Lead Technical Artist with deep expertise in materials, rendering performance, and artist pipelines to support our global art teams. In this role, you will bridge the gap between art and engineering—ensuring artists have powerful, scalable tools and workflows while maintaining visual quality and optim
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