Technical Artist

Technical Artist (Unity / VFX / VR) – Remote UK – Contract

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Artist with strong Unity and VFX expertise to join a growing team working on a leading VR gaming project. This is an opportunity to help deliver high-quality visuals while ensuring excellent performance across VR platforms.

Location: Remote (UK)

Contract: Until December 2026

Rate: £35.58/hr PAYE

Responsibilities

• Create and implement high-quality visual effects for gameplay and UI
• Improve and define environment, VFX workflows, tooling, and shaders
• Develop original textures, meshes, sprite sheets, and technical art assets
• Contribute to hand-written HLSL shaders and rendering solutions
• Optimise visuals for mobile and VR platforms
• Resolve technical, visual, and performance-related issues
• Collaborate closely with artists, designers, and engineers

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience working with Unity
• 2+ years’ experience as a Technical Artist
• Strong VFX creation experience
• Extensive knowledge of Unity tools including:
• Particle Systems
• VFX Graph
• Animations
• Timelines
• Nested Prefabs
• Material Property Blocks
• Experience creating technical 2D and 3D assets using procedural DCC tools
• Deep understanding of rendering pipelines and graphics optimisation
• Experience with hand-written shaders (HLSL)
• Strong mobile and VR optimisation experience

Highly Desirable

• Experience creating original textures, meshes, sprite sheets, and shaders
• Experience working on VR titles
• Strong portfolio demonstrating VFX and technical art work

Interview Process

• 2-stage interview process
• Portfolio submission required with CV

If you’re interested, please send your CV and portfolio link for immediate consideration to aayushi.srivastava@russelltobin.com .

Candidates with strong VFX and Unity Technical Art experience will be prioritised.

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