Technical Artist

The Art Group at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies, ICT, is seeking a Tech Artist with a solid background in human characters, environments, and their underlying pipelines for a temporary position. The ideal candidate has at least 3 years industry experience preferably working with real-time digital characters. This is a temporary, non-benefits eligible position that will be hired and payrolled through a temp agency.  

 

Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics, Industrial Design, Fine Arts, or equivalent with a strong background in anatomy, human character design, modeling, textures, and proportion.
Preferred Experience: 3+ years’ experience in computer game creation or related field.

At USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT), high-tech tools and classic storytelling come together to pioneer new ways to teach and to train. In a highly collaborative and creative environment, teams of scientists, programmers and artists work together in areas including virtual humans, learning sciences, storytelling, games, simulation and graphics. The goal is to create engaging and effective immersive experiences that shape the future of learning.ICT is located in the new creative business campus in Playa Vista. Employees are encouraged to develop themselves both professionally and personally, through workshops, invited guest talks, movie nights, social events, various sports teams, a private gym and a personal trainer. The atmosphere at ICT is relaxed, informal and flexible, while encouraging initiative, personal responsibility and a high work ethic. 

This position will be temporary and is contingent upon the selected candidate successfully completing a background screening.