Technical Artist

Company Description

We’re the world’s leading sports technology company, at the intersection between sports, media, and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators, and consumer platforms across 120 countries rely on our know-how and technology to boost their business.

**Job Description**:
Sportradar is the leading global provider of sports betting and sports entertainment products and services. Since 2001, we have occupied a unique position at the intersection of the sports, media, and betting industries; providing sports federations, news media, consumer platforms and sports betting operators with a range of solutions to help grow their business.

Sportradar‘s newly founded Sports Virtualisation unit develops innovative and disruptive technology to enable the transition from traditional sports media consumption to new ways to engage with sports. The latest computer vision technology is key to allow real-time rendering of statistics and virtual ads on top of broadcasts. It also enables the use of skeletal tracking data to render virtual recreations of sports events and transform the way they are experienced. Together with the top leagues and federations around the globe, we are working on our vision for a range of products to increase fan engagement for the world of tomorrow.

We are looking for you to act as the linchpin between the artistic vision and the technical infrastructure of a project. Leveraging a robust understanding of Unity's capabilities, collaborate with both artists and developers to create tools, shaders, and workflows that enhance the visual output and efficiency of our products.

**THE CHALLENGE**:

- Handle and optimize scene composition from lighting to crowd simulation.
- Develop and refine shader programs to achieve artist-driven visual effects.
- Optimize assets to ensure smooth performance within Unity.
- Design and maintain art production workflows, potentially scripting custom tools to improve productivity.
- Work alongside artists to pinpoint and rectify technical challenges with assets.
- Guide the integration of art assets into Unity, ensuring both aesthetic and performance criteria are met.

**Qualifications**:

- Proficiency in Unity, especially in its Shader Graph, material and lighting systems.
- Comprehensive knowledge of real-time rendering and art asset optimization techniques.
- Familiarity with 3D modeling and animation software like Blender
- Experience with scripting or programming, especially in C# or Python.
- Exceptional communication skills to bridge the gap between artistic and technical teams.
- You are interested in sports, game development and modern web technologies
- You have a good command of written and spoken English
- Continuous personal development is a matter of course for you

Additional Information
- Be part of a highly motivated, innovative, and dynamic organization with people from more than 30 nationalities in our offices.
- A paid vacation of at least 26 days plus the 24th & 31st of Dec., as additional days off.
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Opportunity for hybrid working
- Company pension plan, flexible voucher card, bike leasing and other health care benefits.
- Summer events and Christmas party
- Coffee, tea, fresh fruits and water in the office
- Internal management programs according to management level: Grow / Lead Like a Pro / Sportradar e-Academy including team workshops with external trainers

**SPORTRADAR**

We are a truly international business employing over 2,000 people in more than 30 locations around the world. Our rapid growth has been driven by technological innovation alongside an understanding of our client's business needs. Our commitment to excellent service, quality and reliability makes us the trusted partner of over 1,000 companies in over 100 countries.

We occupy a unique position at the intersection of the sports, media and betting industries. This creates an exciting and fast-moving working environment that rewards creative thinking and hard work. We are passionate about what we do and care passionately about our people.

If you think you're up to the challenge, come and help us to grow, innovate and develop

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- Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences_