Skydance Media

Lead Technical Artist

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125K-150K Annually

Senior level

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The Role

The Lead Technical Artist will oversee tech art operations, manage art pipelines, mentor team members, and collaborate across disciplines to optimize performance and enhance visual quality in game development.

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Skydance Games, a division of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, is creating the future of interactive entertainment across platforms and genres. Our teams are expanding beloved franchises with Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, pushing the limits of immersion, and shaping how we’ll deliver best-in-class games for years to come.

We build our games through creativity, collaboration, and trust, empowering teams to take ownership, openly share ideas, and push the boundaries of what’s possible. Every project is built with these core values, turning bold visions into experiences that resonate with fans around the world.

Do you want to craft games that challenge expectations and inspire players? Come build something extraordinary with us.

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The Lead Technical Artist will partner with the Project Art Director and Technical Director to shape long-term goals and oversee the daily operations of the tech art team. You’ll take ownership of art pipelines and workflows including character rigging, lighting & rendering, asset creation, and platform performance ensuring they support both our artistic vision and technical requirements.

You will be encouraged and expected to independently collaborate across disciplines to align teams on complex challenges, while mentoring internal artists and coordinating with external partners. Clear documentation and well-structured processes will be key, as you help build artist-friendly pipelines that deliver high-quality visuals on our target platform. As the final authority on asset integrity and performance, you will be able to diagnose critical issues and formulate clear, actionable solutions.

If you are the kind of person that thrives in a fast-paced, challenging and yet solutions-oriented environment, we’d love you to join us and help bring bold new ideas to life.

Responsibilities

Work closely with the project art director and technical director to drive the long-term development goals and daily operations of the tech art teams.
Take top level ownership of all art pipelines and workflows within the project including those specifically associated with character rigging, art asset creation, and platform performance.
Collaborate with and coordinate cross discipline teams to achieve consensus and understanding on challenging issues.
Organize, manage, and mentor Internal team members and foster relationships with external contractors.
Ensure that all documentation for tech art related workflows is organized, current, and understood by the team.
Spearhead the development of artist friendly pipelines that produce high quality results while being performant on a variety of platforms.
Have the final word regarding technical asset integrity and execution of platform specific performance optimization.

Requirements

5+ years professional game development experience.
At least 1 shipped title credited with a lead TA position.
A deep understanding of the Unreal Engine and BP system.
Extensive experience using dynamic lighting workflows and PBR materials.
Familiarity with game performance evaluation tools to profile CPU, GPU, and memory. performance on multiple target platforms.
Strong knowledge of shader creation via node graph, HLSL or GL.
Intermediate skill with Python, and C++.

Pluses

Some experience with project management and team capacity tracking software.
Open mind regarding the thoughtful integration of emerging technology into the creative process.
A strong knowledge of artist tools and workflows for rigging and animation.

The annual salary range for this position in Los Angeles is $125,000 – $150,000. The salary offered may vary based on the candidate’s location, qualifications, experience and relevant expertise, among other factors. The range indicated is for base salary only and does not reflect the total compensation package, including bonus, benefits, etc.

We realize that skills and expertise can come from many different experiences and paths, and we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements as written in the job description.

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Paramount, a Skydance Corporation is a diversified media company creating high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, interactive/games, and animation divisions.

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Top Skills

Bp System

C++

Cpu Profiling Tools

Dynamic Lighting Workflows

Gl)

Gpu Profiling Tools

Memory Performance Tools

Pbr Materials

Python

Shader Creation (Hlsl

Unreal Engine

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HQ: Santa Monica, CA

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What We Do

About Skydance Media
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.

About Skydance Interactive
Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA.

About Animation
In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly