IRON sheep TECH

We are working closely with a successful and rapidly growing Australian social gaming company, VGW. Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW) is disrupting both the online social casino and poker markets with an innovating business model.
As follows, we are on the lookout for a Technical Artist.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. You have +2 years of working on a wide range of projects, both in terms of art tools and game hardware;
2. You're not a jerk;
3. You have experience with:
- setting up and maintaining the workflow of art production,
- investigating new techniques,
- developing and maintaining the game's tools and pipelines,
- research and oversee the implementation of rendering techniques,
- able to create custom tools;
4. You are a self learner, with a strong work ethic, and good communication skills.

Preferred, but not mandatory: social or mobile casino games experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Work closely with the engineering team to prepare game assets delivered by 3rd party for implementation;
2. Coordinate and work closely with the engineering team to ensure the visual assets are implemented to maximise efficiency, memory and is optimised for target platforms (mobile web & desktop);
3. Design and implement assets export & compression automation tool;
4. Prepare in-game 2D animations for implementation based on either splines or sprite sheets;
5. Basic 2D drawing work in case of missing elements of assets.

WHAT WE OFFER:

1. Excellent salary, that will reflect your skills and capabilities as a technical artist;
2. Company trips away and nights out - more difficult to organize at this moment, but we're trying;
3. Central and cheerful office environment - irrelevant at this point, but really nice when working from the office;
4. Flexible schedule;
5. Great coffee (espresso, cappuccino, latte - you name it) and a kitchen packed with tea, refreshments, snacks and fruits at all times.