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Pokémon GO follows Scopely Explore’s mission of encouraging outdoor exploration, exercise, and significant social interactions, and has grossed over $6B in revenue since its debut in 2016. In order to delight our millions of players across the globe, the Pokémon GO team requires motivated and skilled individuals to develop new features and look for creative ways to optimize a continually growing game.\nWe are seeking a Technical Artist with creative and technical expertise to help across a variety of live-game challenges and features. This is a hybrid role, with three days per week on-site at our Tokyo studio. You will work with cross-functional partners and bridge technical and creative aspects of game development. You will leverage your curiosity and passion for mobile games to develop best in class game features.\nResponsibilities\nCollaborate with art, design, engineering, and product teams to build features and solve creative problems.\nBuild rapid prototypes of experimental features using Unity 3D or other mobile platform tools.\nIterate on Unity 3D scene implementation to finalize product and creative requirements.\nCreate performant graphics shaders for beautiful visuals.\nFacilitate communication and collaboration between art and engineering.\nLeverage AI to accelerate prototyping, content creation, and problem-solving while maintaining quality and sound judgment.\nQualifications\n3+ years as a Technical Artist or similar role.\nExcellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.\nExperience in Python, C#, or similar scripting languages.\nExperience in modern 3D game engines such as Unity 3D.\nKnowledge of optimization and performance profiling of real-time 3D content and pipelines for mobile platforms.\nKnowledge of generative AI tools and utilization in Tech Art workflows such as prototyping and tooling.\nFamiliarity across multiple areas of Tech Art such as animation, graphics, pipelines and tooling, scripting gameplay, etc.\nExperience in agentic AI workflows that amplify your Technical Art skills, with the ability to read, debug, and explain AI-generated work.\nProfessional-level English for daily verbal and written communication.\nPlus If...\nBS or MS degree in design, games-related or technical field.\nSolid artistic skills (color, shape, light, motion).\nExperience collaborating within a multi-person game studio.\nExperience writing shaders (HLSL or GLSL).\nExperience developing tools for artists or designers.\nFluency in Japanese.\nAbout Scopely\nScopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry - bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.\nFounded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team - including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Scopely Explore games businesses - Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.\nRecognized multiple times as one of the \"100 Most Influential Companies in the World\" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's \"World's Most Innovative Companies\" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good - creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.\nScopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/. \nNotice to Candidates: Scopely will never request payment or financial information during the application or hiring process. Please apply only through our official website and verify that all Talent Partner communications come from an email address ending in @scopely.com.\nShould you have any questions or encounter any fraudulent requests/emails/websites, please immediately contact . Our job applicant privacy policies are available here: California Privacy Notice and EEA/UK Privacy Notice.\nEmployment at Scopely is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. Scopely does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. 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