Tech Artist - Nent Studios Animation

Nent Studios Animation is part of Nordic Entertainment Group, the Nordic region’s leading streaming and entertainment provider. We are active in genres like documentary, reality, game shows, lifestyle, drama, TV commercials and branded content. We entertain millions of people every day with our Streaming services, TV and production companies. We make life more entertaining by telling stories, touching lives and expanding worlds – from live sports, movies and series to music and original shows. In our studio we are creating animation content for movies and series for our internal products like Viaplay and Viafree.


We are now looking for a new Technical Artist who will play a key role in our journey moving towards new technologies.


The Position


The Technical Artist (TA) acts as a bridge between the artists and engineers. They are considered part of the production engineering team and work closely with artists, developers, managers.


The main areas of responsibilities include art production workflows, tools, pipelines, asset optimization/integration and shader development. TAs are expected to assume ownership over any technical issues that arise on their projects and drive them to resolution. You will also have an important role since we are shifting to Unreal technologies.


As the Technical Artist, you will be responsible for implementing advanced character animated behaviours and to be able to utilize this experience to push the quality of our titles even further.


Who we are looking for


Requirements
Experience with character technology (Skinning, Rigging, Tool development, etc.)
Interest in contributing to the research and development of character technology.
Experience in Unreal Engine and Unity.
Strong Python skills and C++.
Strong problem-solving skills applied to character technology requirements.
Strong general understanding of character/animation pipeline.
Strong with Maya.
Strong knowledge of anatomy.
Team player, excellent communication and documentation skills.


Desired Skills
Experience in developing IK Solvers, blending techniques, etc.
Experience developing character and facial animation related technology.
Experience with motion capture systems.



What we offer you
Freedom to try out new things and independent decision-making by our autonomous teams.
We build everything in-house with cutting edge technologies.
We inspire others and share knowledge openly.
A place to grow and learn from our mistakes.
We have a learning and development focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training and regular internal technical talks.
An innovative environment with hack days two times a year.
An international and diverse environment with people from all over the world working here. We have 40+ different nationalities at Nent Group coming from different backgrounds.
An attractive offer with a beneficial occupational pension plan, insurance plan, health care, 30 days of paid vacation, flexible work hours and parental leave pay lift.



Our HQ is in Stockholm, but our market is the Nordics. You will become part of an amazing company with great people, content and culture. If this feels like your kind of challenge, please apply and attach your CV or LinkedIn profile.