Middle Technical Artist

Founded in 2012, N-iX Game is one of the biggest game development and art production vendors in Ukraine, working with leading publishers and media enterprises around the globe. The team of 100+ professionals focuses on full-cycle game development, VR solutions, and content creation for all the most popular platforms. The studio has successfully collaborated with over 40 clients, including Paradox Interactive, Tempo Storm, Supermassive Games, and VRChat.

At N-iX Game, we strive to deliver AAA quality of our work and looking for exceptional talent to join us. If you are excited about the opportunity to collaborate and grow among passionate experts — we invite you to our team!

N-iX Game is looking for a talented Technical Artist to design, create and implement special effects for our self-developed console game made with Unity. You will be responsible for creating effects, setting up levels and lighting, and finalizing the visual style of in-game special effects and overall level look to deliver the best results. The ideal candidate should demonstrate expert creativity and strong technical and artistic skills.

Responsibilities:

• Optimising shaders and advising art on how to further optimise assets and other content to fit within the technical limitations of the target platforms

• Working closely and pro-actively with the art, design and tech team to improve workflows and processes

• Identify pipeline, workflow & build problems, solve them or work with teams to mitigate impact on the final product

• Finalize the visuals on each of the 40+ in-game levels by addressing such aspects as lighting, special effects, post effects, etc.

• Drive the creation of special effects to achieve the best possible look for our game

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of experience as a Technical Artist, VFX artist or related art role

• A strong portfolio of work which demonstrates the ability to create high quality artwork suitable for games

• Solid knowledge of Unity, as well as knowledge of the particle system and the creation of particles

• In-depth knowledge of setting up lighting & scene optimization

• Good experience with creating and utilizing custom shaders

Good to have:

• Experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5

• Intermediate knowledge of English (or higher)

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible

• A competitive salary and good compensation package

• Personalized career growth

• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)

• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing

• Education reimbursement

• Memorable anniversary presents

• Corporate events and team buildings

• Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers