Technical Artist - 2D Animations (4-14 yrs)

About MPL Gaming :

Mobile Premier League (MPL) is the world's leading mobile eSports platform that allows users to participate in free as well as paid competitions across 60+ games in multiple categories, including fantasy sports, sports games, puzzle, casual and board games. Founded in 2018, MPL hosts hundreds of millions of tournaments a month and is trusted by over 90 million registered users across Asia, Europe, and North America. To learn more about MPL, please visit www.mpl.live

Company Size : Large-scale / Global

Working Days : 5 days/week

Office Location : Bellandur, Bengaluru

Role & Responsibilities :

- Collaborate with Art, Design, and Engineering teams to develop and implement art pipelines, tools, and features in Unity.

- Create and import assets and animations into game engines, ensuring a balance between visual quality and game performance.

- Develop and optimize stunning VFX using shaders for mobile platforms.

- Implement, maintain, and optimize UI assets and animations, addressing technical issues and enhancing UI performance.

- Establish benchmarks for in-game visual quality in collaboration with the Art team.

- Support the Art team throughout production by resolving technical roadblocks and facilitating smooth collaboration between Art and Engineering.

- Engage with R&D teams as needed.

Ideal Candidate :

- Minimum 4 years of experience as a technical artist, specializing in 2D animations in Unity.

- Strong understanding of current animation trends in games.

- Proficient in After Effects and Unity.

- Solid grasp of Unity and shader languages (HLSL & GLSL) for mobile game development.

- Extensive portfolio showcasing professional work in art, animations, tools, and more.

- Artistic eye with deep knowledge of 2D art creation and integration.

- Expertise in Particle FX creation.

- Ability to identify and troubleshoot GPU and CPU bottlenecks.

- Proficient in using mobile profiling tools like RenderDoc, Android GPU Inspector, or Instruments on iOS.

- Passionate individual contributor with leadership potential as the scope of work expands.