Technical Artist (AI Tools & Pipeline)

AI Technical Artist
This is a ~30 hour/week contract position.
Analyze the current pain points and rote implementation aspects of our design and art pipelines, then utilize AI, scripting, and tooling to help creative minds focus on creative work.

Audit existing art, design, and production workflows to identify where AI can accelerate work without compromising craft, quality or creativity
Prototype, evaluate, and integrate AI tools into pipelines when and where it makes sense, setting clear guardrails for when and when

not

to use them
Help champion a forward-looking AI vision for future studio work, from tooling strategy to content pipeline possibilities
Stay ahead of a fast-moving field, continuously assessing new models and techniques and translating them into practical, production-ready recommendations
Shipped titles as a technical artist, AI artist, or similar hybrid art/engineering role
Hands-on fluency with modern AI tooling (3D pipeline, animation, and/or LLM-based) and integrating them into real production pipelines and shipped product
Strong artistic eye and the judgment to distinguish where AI elevates quality versus where it erodes it
Comfort scripting and building tools (Python, or engine-specific tooling) to connect AI systems into existing workflows
Bonus Experience
Background in stylized, character-driven, or cozy/social game art
A public body of work (talks, writing, demos, or experiments) showing genuine vision for AI in games
This is a 3 - 6 month initial contract with opportunities for extension depending on project status and work compatibility. Help Enrich Our World
Transparency in AI Usage
If youre using ChatGPT or other AI to write your cover letter, please disclose it with a brief initial sentence (and whether you are or arent, please let us know your favorite pop culture creature then, too). We consider transparency in AI usage important. (We used it to help with this req, for instance!)