Offer summary

Qualifications:

Approximately 3 years of experience with Unreal Engine., Strong understanding of lighting, rendering, materials, and Blueprints in UE 4 or 5., Knowledge of 3D modeling software and animation pipelines., Passion for entertainment, sports, or music, and ability to work proactively in a startup environment..

Key responsibilities:

Prepare and evaluate virtual projects in Unreal Engine 5.

Optimize scenes, materials, and assets for high-quality visuals.

Assemble and set up scenes with assets, cameras, and lighting.

Share technical knowledge and contribute to creative direction.

Job description

Our client, Burst Live, is searching for a talented Senior Technical Artist to join their team in Helsinki or remotely.

BURST is a new form of entertainment startup creating unparalleled metaverse worlds that enable artists and brands to connect with their audience through Web3 technology in a hyper-realistic virtual environment.

We are now looking for

A creative and driven Senior Technical Artist, who is passionate about 3D and virtual solutions. You will join a team of 3D Artists and UE Generalists who will work together on a series of Unreal Engine based projects in the fields of sports, music and fashion. These projects are of high-quality standards, visually and technically, requiring deep technical knowledge but also a lot of creative vision and a great sense for aesthetics.

Some of your daily responsibilities might include:

- Preparation and evaluation of virtual projects in Unreal Engine 5

- Optimizing scenes, materials, LOD’s

- Modeling the assets to be used in the UE 5 scenes

- Assembling the Unreal Engine 5 scenes using the assets, according to the concept

- Setting up the camera and lights according to the script and storyboard

- Refining textures and lighting

- Sharing of knowledge in technical parts of using UE 5

- Creative direction and composition for individual scenes, within the guides established by lead creatives of a project

- Foresee and plan around possible problems a project might encounter

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you have…

- About 3 years of experience of working with Unreal Engine

- Solid understanding of lighting, rendering, post-process, material setup, Blueprints, and general workflows inside UE 4 or 5

- Knowledge of 3D modeling software with a core understanding of the inner workings of the tool

- Understanding of animation pipelines, incl. character and environment setups

- Understanding of PBR Materials, Shaders, Textures

- Understanding the basics of photography and videography

- Ability to communicate well and work in a team with people from different backgrounds

- Motivation to improve constantly (you welcome feedback and want to learn from others)

- Ability to take responsibility and own initiative

- Proactive and ambitious way of working

- Passion for entertainment, especially sports (preferably soccer) or music

- Willingness and ability to work in a startup environment

Benefits

We offer you the opportunity to work with a small team of talented and passionate people. You will have flexible and remote work possibilities as well as a nice office space in the Center of Helsinki (Bulevardi 1). We provide you with lunch benefit, sports/culture benefit and the excitement that comes with working in a startup environment.

A portfolio/reel submission - including a detailed breakdown of your work in each section - is required with all applications

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