Senior Technical Artist

Description

Pogo is building a brand new gaming studio in Austin, Texas: Pogo Adventures! This studio will be responsible for Pogo's upcoming suite of next generation casual games.

We're looking for an exceptional Senior Technical Artist.  Pogo Adventures is in the process of transitioning its world-class intellectual property to tablets, and we're searching for an experienced individual who has shipped successful social/mobile and tablet products.  We require a seasoned Technical Artist who understands all facets of game art creation.  We need a Technical Artist who understands the unique challenges of designing innovative and stunning 3D art for mobile platforms while adding value to our objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Work as the primary link between engineering, design and art to solve integration, performance, and functionality problems as they arise.
• Work closely with the art director and creative team to develop concepts, prototypes, animatics and production ready content.
• Help develop and document pipelines for asset production across all art disciplines as well as provide excellent and clear and timely communication of solutions.
• Help create tools and scripts that reduce repetitive tasks for artists as well as expedite exporting of assets from Maya to Unity.  Provide guidance to the art team as required to ensure proper asset creation and integration.
• Responsible for maintaining and creating naming conventions, art repository, tools, and scripts for the art team.
• Work closely with satellite offices and collaborate with cross-functional teams.