Role Description The Senior Rigging Artist is responsible for building robust, scalable character, creature, and prop rigs entirely within Maya. This includes developing facial systems, deformation setups, and custom tools to support animation and downstream departments. The role balances technical execution with mentorship and cross-department collaboration. - Rig Development: Build advanced Maya rigs for characters, creatures, and props. - Deliver animation-friendly rigs that meet artistic and technical standards. - Deformation: Deliver clean skinning, blendshapes, and deformation setups. - Tool Creation: Support the team with scalable tools and reliable technical solutions. - Develop and maintain rigging tools to support team workflows. - Pipeline Integration: Ensure rigs are stable and compatible with downstream use. - Collaboration: Work with animation, CFX, and modeling to meet rigging needs. Help define best practices and contribute to pipeline improvements. - Mentorship: Provide support and review feedback for mid and junior artists. Support the team in elevating both output and efficiency. - Scene Organisation: Maintain clean hierarchies and naming conventions. - Troubleshooting: Resolve rig and deformation issues during asset or shot work. Qualifications - Expert-level rigging in Maya using joints, constraints, and utility nodes. - Deep understanding of Matrix math and the architecture of Maya. - Strong understanding of anatomy, deformation, and facial rigging setups. - Proficient in Python / Pyside for scripting and automation. - Solid communicator with strong problem-solving skills. - Comfortable working independently on complex rigging tasks. - Experience with Git and GitLab or equivalent. - Familiarity with OpenMaya and/or C++. - Familiarity with USD rig publishing and referencing. - Understanding of Houdini-based CFX. - Experience with facial rigs, correctives, and driven systems. - Ability to review and maintain rig templates and standards. - Confidence working with pipeline and tools teams. - 6–8 years in VFX or a related field. - Excellent communicator, sharing information clearly and actively listening. - Strong time management, ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and escalate delays in a timely manner. - Adaptable to change with the ability to stay focused and maintain a positive attitude. - Driven to make things better with flexibility to change course when needed. - Positive energy, focusing on results and having a positive impact on those around you. - Self-awareness and an ability to resolve and diffuse problems treating others with kindness and respect. - Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work well with others.

• Curate and select high-quality footage from large content libraries • Edit short-form vertical video (Reels, TikTok, Shorts) for social media • Design and animate motion graphics (kinetic typography, logo animations, transitions) • Develop motion concepts for websites, story sets, and brand films • Create moodboards, visual treatments, and motion references • Curate music, sound design, and voiceover aligned with each brand identity • Edit English-language talking-head content with strong pacing and rhythm • Leverage AI tools (e.g., Runway, Sora, ElevenLabs, Topaz) to enhance production • Manage versioning and delivery through collaboration tools • Collaborate closely with the design team to integrate motion into broader brand systems • Participate in daily team check-ins and manage workload independently

• Assists in the development of high-end and innovative realtime software for medical visualizations including surgical techniques, advertisements, medical education, AR/VR products etc. • Create high-quality, realistic, optimized, realtime visualizations and collaborate in a cross-functional team environment • Continuously learns and implements new and experimental features, technical art tools, and solutions for emerging visual and XR technologies. • Develop technical art solution for interactive, visual applications using established industry practices and technology. • Assists in development of 3D models, animations, animation rigs, UI Design and textures using computer graphics software. • Including incorporating models, animations, VFX, graphics, audio, video clips and other graphic assets into realtime applications • Develops art solutions for creating highly realistic renderings for VR/AR, Web and Desktop 3D applications using cutting edge technologies. • Develops artist tools and scripts in 3D software like Maya and engines like Unreal and Unity. • Collaborate with other artists and developers to expand the 3D product library for real-time applications. • Collaborates with developers to make realtime visualizations that are easy to programmatically manipulate and use by multidisciplinary teams. • Maintain proper documentation of processes, workflows, and configurations. • Report progress and status of assigned tasks on a timely basis. • Works productively and harmoniously with medical education, developers, 3D animators, modelers and artists in a team driven environment.

Role Description We’re looking for a Technical Artist to join our team as we move into full production on our debut game Ardem, an open world survival game developed in Unreal Engine 5. In this role, your primary focus will be performance optimization and technical quality across the game. You will work directly in the editor and in game builds, profiling and optimizing GPU, CPU, and memory usage, while helping the team identify and resolve rendering, performance, and stability issues. The role combines deep technical analysis with hands-on problem solving and close collaboration with art and engineering. If you enjoy digging into performance problems, improving pipelines, and acting as a technical guide for artists and developers, we’d love to hear from you. Tasks - Profile and optimize GPU, CPU, and memory performance using tools such as Unreal Insights, RenderDoc, and other relevant profiling solutions. - Investigate and resolve rendering, performance, and stability issues across the project. - Act as a technical guardian for the art team, defining and communicating performance requirements and best practices. - Support artists in creating efficient assets, materials, and shaders that meet visual and performance goals. - Work closely with the Art Lead to maintain a consistent technical and visual quality bar. - Design and implement tools, pipelines, and workflows to streamline production and improve team efficiency. - Help establish and refine technical guidelines to prevent recurring performance issues. - Collaborate closely with engineers and designers to ensure technical decisions align with gameplay and production needs. Qualifications - 3 to 5 years of professional experience as a Technical Artist within the games industry. - Strong hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5, including its profiling, debugging, and optimization tools. - Solid understanding of rendering performance, real-time graphics constraints, and memory management. - Experience analyzing and optimizing complex scenes, materials, and shaders. - Ability to independently identify technical problems and drive solutions to completion. - Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics clearly to non-technical team members. - Fluent spoken and written English. Requirements - Strong experience with Python, Blueprints, or similar scripting languages for tool development. - Experience building custom tools and pipelines for art teams. - Knowledge of Blender and Blender scripting. - Experience working on open world games. - Experience working in an indie or small team environment. Working Model - Fully remote. - Freelance, with a full-time option for candidates based in Germany. - Flexible working hours with a strong focus on ownership and trust. - Direct collaboration within a small, focused team. Benefits - Work on Ardem, highly anticipated survival game and set a new benchmark. - Small team with high impact, results-driven mindset and fast decision-making. - High ownership and creative freedom. - Flexible working hours (results > green dots). Application Instructions Please include the following in your application: - Your CV and a short introduction about yourself and your background. - A portfolio (Git repositories, videos, or similar) showcasing recent work. - A brief description of your role and responsibilities on the showcased projects. - Your availability and your typical contract rate. Company Description Techtive Games is a Germany-based video game developer creating Ardem, an open-world survival game. Built by former modding veterans, the studio is driven by curiosity, technical innovation, and a strong belief in empowering creators through modern tools. Techtive Games combines AA-level ambition with an independent mindset to push development practices forward and build immersive worlds built to be played, modified, and expanded.