Realtime Technical Artist

Job Description

The Mill is a global creative partner for agencies, production companies and brands, working across all media channels and platforms.

We are trusted specialists in visual effects, creative technologies, and content production. Our projects include the creation of digital products and virtual experiences, as well as world class visual effects and video production.

We are a vibrant network of talented artists, producers, directors, and creative technologists from multinational backgrounds. We nurture innovation, flexibility, and diverse ideas across our studios in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Shanghai, Seoul and India. We are all united by one single ambition: To create extraordinary and memorable work that captivates and excites audiences.

We are The Mill. We create the extraordinary.

This role can be remote in the UK, France or Poland, but we cannot accept any applications from outside of these regions

The Mill has been creating world-class visual effects built on creative excellence and cutting-edge technologies for over twenty-eight years. We believe in creating work that touches people emotionally, that becomes popular culture and that people love, talk about and want to share. We believe in great ideas beautifully told.

The Mill is growing our Game Engine Cinematics Team (Pre-Rendered and Runtime) and looking for a Technical Artist that can help drive innovation and quality, while supporting our Artists.

Requirements

The Mill is looking for an accomplished Technical Artist with Game Engine experience supporting Cinematics & Art Pipelines. The ideal candidate is a self motivated, troubleshooting machine with a relentless thirst for knowledge. They must have a high level of technical knowledge with strong creative and visual instincts. Being able to support a project from concept to completion, communicating with artists and leadership/stakeholders, and helping to grow our pipelines and processes will be essential to a candidate being successful in this role.

Role Responsibilities:
• Work with the CG Lead and Creative Director to create Pre-Rendered and Runtime Cinematics in a 3D Game Engine (Unreal, Unity, Frostbite)
• Collaborate with the Technical Art Director to drive department goals and objectives
• Use Visual Scripting Tools (ex: Unreal Blueprints) to create Logic, Functions, Classes, Widgets, etc.
• Support Artist's Workflows and Pipelines – Making sure our artists have the tools they need to be efficient and effective
• Maintain Project Stability and advocate for High Standards (Organization, Conventions, Best Practices, etc.)
• Ensure integrated assets are optimized, performant and meet project's Technical Standards

Qualifications

Technical Requirements:
• Expert Level familiarity with at least one 3D Game Engine (Unreal, Unity, Frostbite)
• Comfortable with Project Source/Version Control (ex: Perforce, GITHub)
• Demonstratable Competence using Visual Scripting Tools (ex: Unreal Blueprints)
• Familiar with DCC applications (Maya, Motion Builder, Houdini, Adobe CC, etc.) and their export pipelines
• Generalist understanding of disciplines that support Cinematics (Animation, Rigging, Lighting, VFX, Cinematography, Materials, etc.)

Beneficial Additional Skills (not essential to the role but would help differentiate candidates):
• Scripting / Programming Experience (Python, MEL, C++/C#, Javascript, etc.), Creating User Interfaces, and learning unfamiliar APIs
• Experience with creating VR/AR experiences in Game Engines
• Specialization in multiple Cinematics Domains (Animation, Rigging, Lighting, VFX, Cinematography, Materials, etc.)

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy062m-3-22-74-30-42 in your application.