Technical Artist – AI Tools, Pipeline

Job Description:

• Audit existing art, design, and production workflows to identify where AI can accelerate work without compromising craft, quality, or creativity
• Prototype, evaluate, and integrate AI tools into pipelines, setting clear guardrails for appropriate use
• Partner with artists, designers, and engineers to iterate on tooling while protecting craft and discipline skills
• Champion a forward-looking AI vision for future studio work, from tooling strategy to content pipeline possibilities
• Assess new AI models and techniques and translate them into practical, production-ready recommendations

Requirements:

• Shipped titles as a technical artist, AI artist, or similar hybrid art/engineering role
• Hands-on fluency with modern AI tooling (3D pipeline, animation, and/or LLM-based) and integrating them into real production pipelines and shipped product
• Strong artistic eye and judgment to distinguish where AI elevates quality versus where it erodes it
• Comfort scripting and building tools using Python or engine-specific tooling
• Proven ability to influence and educate cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with Unity and Maya
• Bonus: Background in stylized, character-driven, or cozy/social game art
• Bonus: A public body of work (talks, writing, demos, or experiments) showing genuine vision for AI in games

Benefits:

• Opportunities for contract extension depending on project status and work compatibility
• Encouragement for underrepresented applicants to apply even if they do not meet 100% of the qualifications