Technical Artist (Unity – Mobile Games)

Company Description:

GameFuel is a bootstrap startup with a clear vision: to deliver top-tier game art content by combining world-class talent with efficient processes. We partner closely with game development studios, ensuring seamless integration and minimising client overhead. At GameFuel, we empower our artists to grow into complete game professionals—specialists who understand the broader game context and the impact of their work on the final product.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Technical Artist with strong expertise in Unity and mobile game development to help bridge the gap between art, design, and engineering.

This role focuses on building high-quality, optimized game visuals and systems for mobile games, including VFX implementation, environment setup, lighting, shader creation, asset integration, and performance optimization.

You will work closely with artists, designers, animators, and developers to ensure that game content is visually polished, technically efficient, and production ready.

Key Responsibilities

Unity Technical Art

• Own and manage technical art implementation inside Unity
• Integrate and optimize art assets, animations, shaders, VFX, lighting, and environments
• Support the art pipeline from content creation to in-engine implementation

VFX Creation & Integration

• Create high-quality real-time VFX for:
• Gameplay
• UI interactions
• Environmental effects
• Feedback systems
• Implement and optimize VFX systems for mobile platforms
• Collaborate with design teams to improve gameplay feel and responsiveness

Environment & Lighting Setup

• Create and populate modular environment setups inside Unity
• Build visually polished scenes using modular workflows
• Create and implement high-quality lighting setups for gameplay and environments
• Balance visual quality and mood while maintaining mobile performance budgets
• Maintain consistency in scene composition, lighting, and optimization

Shader Development

• Create, adapt, and optimize shaders for gameplay and environments
• Work with Shader Graph and custom shader workflows
• Improve visual quality while maintaining mobile performance standards

Animation & Asset Integration

• Integrate character animations, props, VFX, UI assets, and environment assets into Unity
• Ensure assets function correctly across gameplay systems and pipelines
• Collaborate with animators and artists to troubleshoot technical implementation issues

Optimization & Performance

• Apply optimization techniques for mobile platforms
• Profile and improve rendering, memory, lighting, VFX, and runtime performance
• Ensure assets and scenes meet performance budgets and technical requirements

Required Skills

• Expert-level proficiency with the Unity Game Engine
• Strong understanding of technical art pipelines for mobile games
• Experience creating and implementing real-time VFX in Unity
• Ability to build and populate modular environment setups
• Strong understanding of lighting setup and scene mood creation in Unity
• Strong knowledge of mobile optimization techniques
• Experience delivering mobile game projects involving:
• environments
• VFX
• lighting
• technical implementation
• Strong understanding of animation and asset integration workflows
• Experience creating and adapting shaders in Unity
• Familiarity with:
• Shader Graph
• Particle Systems
• Materials & Lighting
• Prefab workflows
• Scene optimization

Bonus Skills

• Experience with URP pipelines
• Knowledge of scripting (C#) for technical art tools/workflows
• Experience with stylized rendering pipelines
• Understanding of post-processing workflows
• Familiarity with mobile memory and GPU optimization strategies
• Experience building tools or workflows for artists inside Unity

Ideal Candidate

You are someone who:

• Enjoys solving both artistic and technical challenges
• Can balance visual quality with performance constraints
• Understands how to make games feel polished and visually appealing
• Has a strong eye for lighting, composition, and visual feedback
• Works comfortably across art and engineering teams
• Has a strong eye for visuals while maintaining technical efficiency

Deliverables

• Optimized Unity scenes and environments
• Gameplay and UI VFX
• Lighting setups for gameplay and environments
• Shader implementations and improvements
• Integrated animation and asset pipelines
• Mobile-ready technical art solutions
• Performance-optimized visual content

Experience

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in game development
• Shipped at least one mobile game project
• Strong portfolio demonstrating:
• Unity technical art work
• VFX implementation
• Lighting setups
• Environment setup
• Shader work
• Mobile optimization

Work Type

• Full-Time / Contract
• Remote / Hybrid Flexible

Portfolio Requirement

Applicants must submit:

• Unity technical art portfolio
• Examples of VFX work
• Lighting setup examples
• Shader examples
• Environment setup examples
• Mobile game projects worked on
• Gameplay or UI implementation samples