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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 0 days Media Molecule's roles stay open a median of 2 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Media Molecule's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Media Molecule
- low 0 stale, 0 reposted of 2 open
- Hiring momentum
- 3 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-30
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About this role
As a Principal Technical Artist at Media Molecule, you will serve as a subject-matter expert in the Art Department, focusing on driving quality and technical excellence across projects. Your role will involve refining best practices, collaborating with art and technology teams to address performance issues, and educating artists on efficient tool usage. You will also work with stakeholders to establish benchmarks for target configurations and platforms.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- Previous experience in a similar level in technical art role
- Expertise in modern art pipelines, particularly with respect to materials, lighting, grading and/or environmental art
- Extensive knowledge of 3D digital content creation tools, such as Blender or Substance
- Competence with performance analysis tools, such as heatmaps and/or frame-time graphs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive, pragmatic and collaborative approach to problem solving
Nice to have
- Experience with C++ and/or Python to build tools for creative disciplines
What you get
- 25 days holiday and 8 bank holidays per year
- Flexitime working (where approved)
- Free car parking facilities
- Onsite canteen
- Access to cycle garage and showers
Worth weighing
- Short-term contingent engagement until the end of July 2027
- Preference for 1 day a week onsite in Guildford
- Background checks conducted at the offer stage for all new employees
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