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Technical Art Director
Ubisoft
Singapore, , Singapore
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Company Description
Ubisoft is committed to enriching players’ lives with original & memorable entertainment experiences. We build worlds that are a playground for the imagination, offering moments of surprise, fun and adventure as well as opportunities for learning and self-discovery.
At Ubisoft, you’ll grow and collaborate with highly talented teams from around the world. Our massively friendly work environment will inspire you to go above and beyond to create experiences and brands people will fall in love with.
Company Profile
Ubisoft Singapore opened its doors on July 2008 as Ubisoft’s 18th internal development studio. Located in Solaris (a state-of-the-art Infocomm Technology and Media hub), Ubisoft Singapore is recognized today as one of Asia’s premier game development studios. It now employs a multi-national team of 300 highly talented employees that comprise of a core team of Ubisoft veterans as well as a fast growing development team ranging from recent graduates to industry professionals. We aspire on being one of the top best places to work for in SEA.
Ubisoft Singapore pioneered the development of naval battle gameplay and water technology – elements first introduced in Assassin’s Creed III and Assassin’s Creed IV® Black Flag™ which have since become a staple feature in the Assassin’s Creed® franchise. Ubisoft Singapore is currently hard at work as the lead studio for an unannounced project on console and PC.
Job Summary:
The Technical Art Director will be responsible for research, innovation, technical quality of the production, assure technical support to team members and guide and assist them in the best practices possible.
Main responsibilities:
The main and routine tasks of the Technical Director are to:
• Put in place and document the graphic production pipeline (modeling, animation, characters, lighting, SFX, etc..) and assure the follow up;
• Test the new tools before their deployment into production
• Create, organize and lead training sessions for the graphic team members on the tools and techniques chosen and follow through that they are being well used throughout the project.
• Coordinate and act as an intermediary between his/her graphic team and the tool programming team.
• Guide and provide constant support to the team members.
• Record the technical innovations according to his/her expertise to produce the desired effects of the project and to improve quality.
• Test and confirm that the intended techniques are possible with the tools chosen and -validate the quality of the product with the DA and CPI.
• Produce a technical reference and/or technical constraints document, keep it current and communicate it so that the team can refer to it when required.
• Communicate regularly the technical constraints and their reasons to the team
• Assure the homogeneity of the technical quality throughout the game
• Propose and create the right tools to accelerate certain procedural tasks which the graphic team is responsible for
• Provide constant support to the graphic team in terms of the production software of the engines used
• Follow up on the evolution and distribution of tasks of his/her Assistant DT (when applicable)
Qualifications
Profile:
• Experience in 3D graphic design in video game development related Bachelor
• Significant experience in 3D real-time (Level Artist, Model Artist, Texturer, Associate Technical Director, Graphic)
• Experience in the supervision of artists through a creation process is an asset
Skills:
• In-depth knowledge of the jobs required to produce a video game
• Detailed knowledge of the technical constraints of engines and the different game platforms;
• Knowledge of 2D and 3D graphic software
• Knowledge of an asset management system
• Knowledge of a programming language (C++…) (an asset) ;
• Knowledge of Max Script (an asset)
• Shows leadership
Additional Information
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