Title
Technical Artist / 3D Pipeline Artist
Reporting To
Technical Art Director
We are looking for a highly capable Technical Artist to join our team and work closely with the Technical Art Director to help build and scale an AI-driven creative production pipeline.
This role is ideal for someone with a strong 3D art background who also enjoys solving technical challenges, improving workflows, and turning creative concepts into high-quality final outputs.
You will play a key role in taking concept designs through the AI pipeline, helping transform ideas into consistent, scalable visual content.
Key Responsibilities
- Work alongside the Technical Art Director to develop and improve the AI art production pipeline.
- Take concept designs, references, and creative briefs through the pipeline to final output.
- Build and prepare 3D assets including characters, props, environments, and scenes.
- Translate 2D concepts into AI-ready 3D setups and reusable production assets.
- Create scene layouts, camera setups, lighting, materials, and renders for AI workflows.
- Use AI tools to generate, refine, upscale, and polish visual outputs.
- Maintain consistency between concept art and final generated assets.
- Help build modular asset libraries and reusable systems for efficient production.
- Troubleshoot technical issues across art tools, rendering, and AI workflows.
- Organize files, naming conventions, and production assets to professional standards.
- Test new tools and recommend improvements to speed, quality, and scale.
Requirements
- Strong 3D art experience using Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine, or similar.
- Excellent understanding of:
- Modeling
- Topology
- UV mapping
- Texturing
- Lighting
- Cameras
- Rendering
- Composition
- Strong artistic eye for quality, design, and visual storytelling.
- Comfortable working with technical workflows and solving pipeline problems.
- Experience using or learning AI creative tools quickly.
- Strong communication and ability to collaborate closely with direction.
Nice to Have
- Python scripting
- Geometry Nodes / procedural workflows
- Houdini
- Unreal Engine Blueprints
- ComfyUI / Stable Diffusion workflows
- Character rigging / animation
- Cinematic scene building
- Experience in games, film, comics, or content production
Ideal Candidate
- Strong balance of art and technical thinking.
- Enjoys building systems, not just assets.
- Can take direction well and execute quickly.
- Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment.
- High standards with strong attention to detail.
- Excited by the future of AI-assisted content creation.
What Success Looks Like
- Concepts are turned into production-ready outputs quickly.
- Pipeline efficiency improves over time.
- Asset quality remains high at scale.
- Creative direction is executed accurately and consistently.
Benefits
- Private Healthcare Plan
- Pension Plan
- Life Assurance
- Work From Home
- Training & Development
- Employee Assistance Programme
Skills Required
- Strong 3D art experience using Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, Unreal Engine, or similar
- Excellent understanding of modeling, topology, UV mapping, texturing, lighting, cameras, rendering, composition
- Strong communication and ability to collaborate closely with direction
What We Do
Lockwood develops and publishes Avakin Life, the biggest virtual world on mobile. Over 200 million downloads so far on iOS, Google Play and Amazon
