Technical Artist

SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms, providing highly entertaining free-to-play games that millions of people play every day for their authenticity, engagement and fun.

SciPlay currently offers nine core games, including social casino games Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino Slots, Hot Shot Casino and Quick Hit Slots, and casual games MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots, Backgammon Live and Solitaire Pet Adventure with offices all over the world!

Position Summary

We are looking for a Technical Artist for one of our flagship titles at SciPlay.  This team member would be responsible for integrating art and UI into the Unity engine and then bringing it to life with dynamic animations and VFX. The candidate would be a part of the technical and creative team, helping to create exciting game features, captivating live-ops events and help re-invigorate the game UI with a clean, modern, and beautiful aesthetic. 

Technical artists collaborate closely with the Technical Art Lead to adhere to adaptive and responsive UI best practices and deliver the highest quality motion graphics.

Responsibilities:

• Implement game feature and live-ops UX/UI art and design into the Unity engine.
• Implement UI components into Unity, using Rect Transform Anchoring to ensure optimal UX adaptive/responsive layouts in both landscape and portrait layouts.
• Create Unity animations for both UI elements and 2D characters.
• Create vfx using Unity’s native Shuriken particle system.
• Communicate between engineers, designers and any non-technical artist to understand game feature requirements and bring game events to life.
• Help manage asset bundles, optimizing for size, compression, texture atlasing and overall file organization.
• Adhere to and enforce established file structure and naming conventions.

• 3+ years of experience using Unity for mobile game development
• Strong understanding of Unity’s UI system, animation controllers, particle system, shaders and materials, with experience optimizing and troubleshooting.
• Excellent 2D & 3D UI, character and VFX animation experience
• Proficient in Photoshop
• Working knowledge of production tools (Jira, Confluence, Stash/Git, Jenkins)
• Working knowledge of asset management and version systems
• Experience in live game development, especially regarding Unity’s Asset Bundling system and cadenced releases
• Proactive with remote communication and collaboration
• Experience in C# or scripting languages is a plus
• Experience in Blender is a plus.

We are SciPlay! We make games!

At SciPlay, we are programmed to think untraditionally. From our yearly development conferences, shindigs, and new game launches, we believe in doing what you love and doing it well. We take great pride in our ability to create authentic experiences for players and we are excited to continue investing in our workforce, technology, and our data-driven approach, all with the mission of delighting our players long into the future. We believe that if we continue to stay passionate, set ambitious goals, live our values and play together, we will become the #1 social casino and casual gaming company in the world.

A few of our highlighted perks and benefits:

• Competitive salaries and annual bonuses alongside matching 401k and other competitive benefits.
• Fully stocked kitchen
• Fully stocked game room featuring current generation consoles and titles, and arcade cabinets (including our prized 5v5 cabinet ultra-rare copy of Killer Queen!)

SciPlay Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, SciPlay) are committed to creating a workforce of credibility and dependability.  As a prerequisite to employment with SciPlay (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SciPlay conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you. This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above. SciPlay is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here EEOC Poster. 

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