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Technical Artist | Artiste Technique - VOLTA
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CA$60K - CA$80K/yr
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Technical Artist | Artiste Technique - VOLTA
Quebec, QC · On-site
CA$60K - CA$80K/yr
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Technical Artist | Artiste Technique - VOLTA
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Montreal, QC · On-site
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Technical Artist | Artiste Technique - VOLTA
Montreal, QC · On-site
CA$60K - CA$80K/yr
Are you a skilled Technical Artist with a passion for asset creation and integration in engine, with a strong artistic eye? VOLTA is seeking a talented individual to join our team in Quebec. This is ...
Technical Artist | Artiste Technique - VOLTA
CA$60K - CA$80K/yr
Are you a skilled Technical Artist with a passion for asset creation and integration in engine, with a strong artistic eye? VOLTA is seeking a talented individual to join our team in Quebec. This is ...
Technical Artist | Artiste Technique - VOLTA
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You will also support a team of Technical Artists by fostering collaboration, skill development, and alignment across practices. What you'll do * Collaborate with leadership teams to define the ...
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You will also support a team of Technical Artists by fostering collaboration, skill development, and alignment across practices. What you'll do * Collaborate with leadership teams to define the ...
Qui nous sommes Gearbox Studio Quebec rassemble une equipe de talents d'exception, animes par la passion de creer des jeux video primes et emblematiques. Nos univers riches prennent vie a travers des ...
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As a Lead Technical Artist , you are responsible for defining and driving the technical art vision, standards, workflows, and execution across the project. You sit at the intersection of Art, Design ...
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What We Need We're seeking a Senior Technical Artist specializing in technical animation and character rigging to guide the development of expressive, performant character systems. In this role, you ...
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As a UI Artist at Ubisoft Montréal, you will design and produce the visual elements of the game ... You will work closely with the art direction, user experience design, and UI technical art teams to ...
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Senior 3D Character Artist - Dead By Daylight | Artiste de personnage seniore 3D Dead By Daylight
Montreal, QC · On-site
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Montreal, QC · On-site
Collaborate with Production, Supervisors and creative teams to proactively identify and solve technical and creative challenges. * Work closely with Lighting Artist and Compositors to ensure all ...
Artiste FX | FX Artist
Montreal, QC · On-site
Collaborate with Production, Supervisors and creative teams to proactively identify and solve technical and creative challenges. * Work closely with Lighting Artist and Compositors to ensure all ...
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Artiste FX | FX Artist
Montreal, QC · On-site
Collaborate with Production, Supervisors and creative teams to proactively identify and solve technical and creative challenges. * Work closely with Lighting Artist and Compositors to ensure all ...
Collaborate with Production, Supervisors and creative teams to proactively identify and solve technical and creative challenges. * Work closely with Lighting Artist and Compositors to ensure all ...
Collaborate with Production, Supervisors and creative teams to proactively identify and solve technical and creative challenges. * Work closely with Lighting Artist and Compositors to ensure all ...
Experience as a Technical Artist in the video game industry, with experience working with Character Art teams * Strong comprehension of character skinning * Experience in Character clothes dynamics
Experience as a Technical Artist in the video game industry, with experience working with Character Art teams * Strong comprehension of character skinning * Experience in Character clothes dynamics
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What is the difference between Technical Artist vs 3D Artist?
| Aspect | Technical Artist | 3D Artist |
|---|---|---|
| Required Skills | Programming, scripting, shader development, technical problem-solving | Modeling, texturing, sculpting, artistic creativity |
| Work Environment | Collaborates with artists and programmers in game/animation studios | Focuses on creating visual assets, often in art or game development teams |
| Common Industry Usage | Used in game development, animation, and VFX industries | Primarily in game design, animation, and visual effects |
The main difference between a Technical Artist and a 3D Artist lies in their focus areas. Technical Artists combine artistic skills with technical expertise to bridge the gap between art and programming, ensuring assets are optimized and functional. 3D Artists concentrate on creating high-quality visual assets through modeling and texturing. Both roles are essential in creative industries, but they serve different purposes within a project.
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What Is a Technical Artist?
A technical artist works in the video game industry. In this career, you take the art created by the animation team and make sure that it runs within the technical parameters of the video game and hardware. You may develop or use special shading tools to make certain that the animation looks realistic in different settings within the game. The diverse duties of a technical artist require both creativity and technical skills.

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Job description
L'opportunite
Chez Unity, nous faconnons l'avenir de la 3D en temps reel en appliquant l'IA pour revolutionner la facon dont les jeux sont crees et vecus. Des outils de creation intelligents aux nouvelles manieres d'interagir avec le contenu, nous construisons la prochaine generation de Pipelines assistes par l'IA, permettant un developpement de jeux 3D plus rapide, plus immersif et plus efficace.
Nous recherchons un(e) Artiste Technique Senior pour se joindre a l'equipe Unity AI Authoring. Dans ce role, vous allez concevoir et creer des flux de travail, des Pipelines, des environnements de projets de test et des outils propulses par l'IA, transformant la facon dont les jeux sont concus, prototypes et lances.
Si vous aimez allier creativite artistique et resolution de problemes techniques, et que vous avez envie de repousser les limites de la creation de jeux assistee par l'IA, nous serons ravi(e)s de vous connaitre.
Ce que vous allez faire
Concevoir et developper des flux de travail, des Pipelines et des outils pour soutenir la creation de jeux assistee par l'IA.
Integrer les ressources provenant des equipes artistiques et de design et mettre en uvre des fonctionnalites qui permettent aux agents IA d'interagir avec cellesci et de les enrichir.
Prototyper rapidement des idees et des systemes de jeu propulses par l'IA afin d'explorer de nouvelles experiences de jeu.
Developper des solutions permettant d'integrer des ressources et des donnees du monde reel dans des applications en temps reel.
Effectuer de la recherche et experimenter avec des technologies emergentes afin de repousser les frontieres de l'IA dans les jeux.
Collaborer au sein de petites equipes pour livrer des projets sur plusieurs plateformes, notamment les ordinateurs de bureau, les casques AR/VR, les appareils mobiles, le WebGL et d'autres encore.
Ce que nous recherchons
Avoir de l'experience en developpement de jeux, idealement avec l'editeur Unity.
Posseder un talent artistique marque et un portfolio demontrant creativite et maitrise technique.
Avoir une solide experience dans la conception et la creation de flux de travail propulses par l'IA.
Avoir de l'experience avec des jeux de donnees pour LLM et le benchmarking.
Disposer d'une bonne comprehension d'au moins une suite de creation 3D (Maya, Blender, etc.).
Avoir de l'experience en optimisation de modeles 3D et en performance temps reel.
Etre familier(ere) avec les flux de production artistique comme la modelisation, le texturage, le rigging, l'animation ou l'eclairage (HDRP/URP).
Avoir des competences intermediaires en C# ou dans un autre langage de programmation.
Etre capable de prototyper rapidement des idees et d'iterer en fonction des retours, en particulier dans des flux de travail assistes par l'IA.
Vous avez peut-etre egalement
De l'experience de production dans le developpement d'applications AR/VR pour des plateformes de casques.
Des connaissances en performance de rendu et en techniques d'optimisation.
Information supplementaire
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The opportunity
At Unity, we're shaping the future of real-time 3D by applying AI to revolutionize how games are created and experienced. From intelligent authoring tools to new ways of interacting with content, we're building the next generation of AI-powered pipelines that enable faster, more immersive, and more efficient 3D game development.
We're seeking a Senior Technical Artist to join the Unity AI Authoring team. In this role, you'll design and build AI-driven workflows, pipelines, test project environments and tools, transforming how games are designed, prototyped, and launched.
If you love combining artistic creativity with technical problem-solving and enjoy pushing the boundaries of AI-driven game creation, then we're eager to hear from you.
What you'll be doing
Designing and developing workflows, pipelines, and tools to support AI-assisted game creation.
Integrating assets from art & design teams and implementing features that allow AI agents to interact with and enhance them.
Rapidly prototyping ideas and AI-powered game systems to explore new gameplay experiences.
Developing solutions to bring real-world assets and data into real-time applications.
Researching and experimenting with emerging technologies to push the boundaries of AI in games.
Collaborating in small teams to deliver projects across multiple platforms, including desktop, AR/VR headsets, mobile, WebGL, and more.
What we're looking for
Experience in game development, preferably with Unity.
Strong artistic talent and a portfolio demonstrating creativity and technical skill.
Strong experience designing and building AI-driven workflows.
Experience with LLM datasets and benchmarking.
Solid understanding of one or more 3D creation suites (Maya, Blender, etc.).
Experience with 3D model optimization and real-time performance considerations.
Familiarity with art production workflows such as modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, or lighting (HDRP/URP).
Intermediate skills in C# or another programming language.
Ability to rapidly prototype ideas and iterate based on feedback, particularly in AI-assisted workflows.
You might also have
Production experience developing AR/VR applications for headset platforms.
Knowledge of rendering performance and optimization techniques.
Additional information
Relocation support is not available for this position
Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position
Avantages
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La vie chez Unity
Unity [NYSE : U] est le premier moteur de jeu au monde, propulsant les experiences de plus de 3 milliards d'utilisateurs(rices) chaque mois. Les plus grands jeux mobiles, les titres independants PC les plus populaires, des jeux console parmi les plus innovants, ainsi que la quasi-totalite des principales experiences XR et jeux Web sont developpes, deployes et optimises avec Unity.
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Life at Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world's leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D - closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.
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