VFX Artist II - Unpublished R&D Product

Responsibilities

• Design and implement sleek, dynamic, and dramatic special effects spanning the entire game from the game scene to the UI that is aligned with the art direction of the team.
• Balance gameplay needs and thematic direction while hitting craft quality benchmarks for VFX consistently.
• Create aesthetically astounding visual effects that communicate essential game information.
• Implement and integrate art assets directly in the engine including, VFX, particles, and UI-related visual elements.
• Surface visual/technical risks early, proposing pragmatic solutions that enable the team to avoid rework and maintain rapid velocity.
• Provide artistic feedback to outsourced VFX vendors to ensure creative alignment.
• Rapidly creating temporary FX to prototype new gameplay mechanics.
• Proactively engage with discipline and team rituals including regular feedback and iteration cycles.
• Collaborate on creative and complex assignments with multiple disciplines to achieve a shared vision.
• Use your craft skills to draw, paint, animate and or model with equal proficiency as-needed.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years as a VFX Artist creating stylized real-time VFX in the game industry
• Professional experience implementing assets directly into game engines like Unreal, Unity, etc.
• Experience working within software such as Photoshop, Maya, AfterEffects
• Proficiency in VFX fundamentals like timing, shape language, and color theory
• Experience optimizing content, solving cross-discipline integration issues, and improving real-time performance
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with engineers, designers, and artists in a fast-moving environment
• Strong foundational art skills, including expertise in shape design, color theory, anatomy, and visual hierarchy

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working in small, high-velocity strike teams or pre-production prototyping environments
• Experience creating in-game motion graphics assets
• Experience shipping cross-platform games
• Experience with modeling, rigging and animating
• Experience making complex materials for use on characters
• Knowledge of shader authoring, texture optimization, or procedural workflows
• Strong understanding of performance constraints for cross-platform real-time content
• Able to reason about the intersection of art, gameplay intention, and engine constraints balancing clarity, performance, and production speed