Senior 2D Unity Technical Artist

TL;DR

Senior 2D Unity Technical Artist: Ensuring art assets are easily integrated into Unity apps while creating and maintaining artistic vision, maximizing performance, and navigating technical limits. Focus on building and animating complex and responsive user interfaces, as well as animating 2D backgrounds and visual effects within the Unity editor.

Company

hirify.global is the world's #1 developer of skill-based mobile games, comprised of a small team of passionate game makers.

What you will do

• Work directly with the Art Director and engineering team to create beautiful, aspirational mobile products.
• Collaborate with the product owner and UI artists to create optimized UI and visual effects in Unity.
• Create UI and other game-specific animations.
• Research and oversee the implementation of rendering techniques, particle systems, shaders, custom plugins, and scripts within Unity.
• Bridge the gap between artists and developers by solving technical issues and optimizing production workflows.
• Develop and mentor non-technical artists while maintaining detailed documentation.

Requirements

• Expert experience in Unity, including setting up UI and 2D animation.
• Expert knowledge of how the Unity canvas system works.
• Experience creating stylized visual effects within Unity and in general.
• Strong knowledge of the Unity3D scripting language C#.
• Experience developing for mobile platforms (iOS and Android).
• Ability to create and modify existing tools, scripts, or assets for mobile.
• Strong understanding of shaders and Adobe Photoshop knowledge.

Nice to have

• Experience in a 3D package like Maya.
• Experience with Spine and Unity integration.
• Ability to create 2D & 3D art.
• Graphic design skills applied to game user interfaces.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a small team of passionate game makers with significant influence on the creative process.
• Evangelize the highest standards of visual fidelity and lead new product creation.
• Opportunity to investigate and implement new processes and techniques.
• Be creative, openly suggest new ways of doing things, and give/seek open feedback.
• Educate peers on technical artistry and mentor non-technical artists.