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Technical Artist

Location: poland (krakow)

Job Area: Gaming & Development

About the role

Join our team as a passionate Technical Artist to lead and innovate within our Games Portfolio!

A Technical Artist at Yggdrasil serves as a bridge between two worlds—artists and developers. This role requires a strong understanding of both areas of game production, including concepts such as pixel perfection, optimization, localization, and directory structure.

The ideal candidate is communicative, proactive, and not afraid of technical challenges or innovation. You’re someone who actively seeks new solutions to improve workflows and empower the team.

What You'll Do

  • Collaborate with artists and programmers to ensure efficient asset integration in Unity
  • Prepare assets for games and other Yggdrasil Gaming products (e.g., marketing materials)
  • Handle game layout preparation and updates during production
  • Work with source files from internal and external artists and designers
  • Optimize images and animations, and export final graphics and assets
  • Re-export (or recreate when needed) graphics for porting projects
  • Partner with the development team to maintain optimal asset pipelines
  • Collaborate with external art studios, providing guidance and technical validation
  • Maintain and organize project folder structures
  • Contribute to internal knowledge bases and best practices
  • Manage and maintain historical game assets

Who You Are

  • Experience working with Unity
  • Familiarity with Git
  • Strong technical 2D art skills
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop
  • Experience working with Spine (Esoteric Software)
  • Experience collaborating with animators
  • Experience working with external art studios
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in art production
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills
  • Fluency in English
  • Passion for games

Nice to Have

  • Experience in game design, art, or development
  • Previous iGaming industry experience
  • Programming skills
  • Experience with Unity shaders

 

Additional Information

Compensation

  • UoP (Employment Contract): 4,806 – 6,200 PLN gross per month
  • B2B Contract: 6,000 – 8,900 PLN per month

Compensation depends on experience, skill level, and demonstrated impact.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Encouragement to Apply

We understand that confidence gaps and imposter syndrome can deter great candidates from applying. Please apply anyway—we’d love to hear from you.

Perks working at Yggdrasil

  • Career
    Progression

  • Gym
    Allowance

  • Fun & Excitement
    In Everything We Do

  • Relocation
    Package

  • Health
    Insurance

  • Work Life
    Balance

  • Who we are

    Yggdrasil is built on passion, creativity and great teamwork. The mix of +15 nationalities from different cultures makes our company dynamic, progressive and unique. The company mindset is fuelled by three fundamental values:

    • Fun and Excitement which represent our passion for gaming which is the foundation of Yggdrasil
    • Responsibility to deliver online entertainment in a safe, reliable and established manner
    • Commitment to offer the best quality product which includes going the extra mile to have the most satisfied clients, partners and players.
  • YGG founded in 2013
    Yggdrasil was founded in 2013 and have since set out on a steady road to industry leadership, innovation and success.
    Yggdrasilians
    We are +160 Yggdrasilians who work across 4 offices in Malta, Poland, Gibraltar and Sweden and deliver incredible things every day!
    Hybrid Working
    We are a modern company and offer our employees a hybrid working mode. It means Yggdrasilians are able to work both in our offices but also remotely.
  • Who we are

    Being part of Yggdrasil means being part of an evolving business and performance driven culture that travels fast. Our employees are our greatest asset and the backbone of the company.

    Their everyday commitment and hard work are what pays off in the long run. The Yggdrasil inclusive mindset and team spirit are what makes our company unique and it transcends into our awesome games, new innovations and market leadership.