Senior Technical Artist

Tripledot • San Francisco, CA

99d

About The Position

Tripledot is one of the largest independent mobile games companies in the world, with a global team of over 2,500 across 12 studios. The company is known for its multi-award-winning titles and aims to be the most successful games company globally. The role of Senior Technical Artist is based in Melbourne, Australia, and involves leading a team of tech artists while enhancing efficient pipelines for mobile game development. The position requires expertise in Unity and effective pipeline creation for large teams of content creators.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of Unity implementation pipelines and optimization.
• Knowledge of setting and maintaining standards for art asset visual quality.
• Experience managing Tech Art tasks, scheduling, and team bandwidth for successful delivery.
• Proficiency in Git/GitHub for reviewing, guiding commits, and code management.
• Ability to document and enforce naming conventions, asset workflows, and best practices.
• Skills in project profiling, identifying blockers, and implementing optimization solutions.
• Experience collaborating with engineers and directors to improve workflows and technology use.
• Ability to mentor, critique constructively, and support team members’ growth and performance.
• Strong leadership in recruitment, performance reviews, and succession planning.
• Positive team-focused approach: communication, collaboration, inclusion, and motivation.

Responsibilities

• Work with Leads, Technical Director, and Studio Art Director to set optimized Unity implementation pipeline.
• Work with Art Directors to set standards on implementation visual quality.
• Manage Tech Art team task prioritization, scheduling, and task tracking.
• Brief tasks to members and review all art member's work in GitHub with clear feedback.
• Monitor overall art asset pipeline and create improvement plans.
• Maintain documentation for art asset naming conventions, decoration, UI implementation, and best practices.
• Perform project profiling regularly, devise optimization plans, and ensure proper technology utilization.
• Partner with Tool Engineers to develop tools that improve efficiency for art teams.
• Define and refine core content and feature implementation pipelines.
• Plan and deliver training, mentoring, and career development programs for the team.

Benefits

• 20 days fully remote working: Work from anywhere in the world, or use the time to cover mandatory office days to WFH, 20 days of the year.
• Superannuation: Company paid superannuation plan.
• Continuous Professional Development: Propel your career with continuous opportunities for professional development.
• Private Medical Cover: monthly stipend to cover private medical cover which you can use to ensure your and your family's health is in good hands.
• Employee Assistance Program: Anytime you need it, tap into confidential, caring support with our Employee Assistance Program, always here to lend an ear and a helping hand.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees