VFX Artist

As a VFX Artist you will be conceptualising and creating a wide range of visual effects for AAA games. You will be collaborating with designers, artists, programmers, and technical teams daily and working within the parameters of a games design and vision to produce excellent VFX.,

• Creation of high-quality in-game and cutscene specific VFX


• Working with Level Designers/Directors to identify VFX requirements within your area of the game and collate notes to feed back into the VFX team.


• Liaise with Technical Designers, Code and Animation with regards to placing and triggering gameplay specific VFX.


• Attend regular reviews of your work, presenting all concept and ref if used.


• Collaborate with multiple departments on VFX heavy levels to balance framerate, ensuring they are within guides/restrictions for all platforms required.


• Undertake relevant on-the-job training to keep up to date with industry advancements and technologies.
  
  An enthusiastic person looking to advance your visual effects career, you will be a good communicator, and take pride in seeing your concepts come to fruition., Portfolio demonstrating VFX work in the games industry.


• Proficiency of a 3D application, preferably Maya.


• Good Photoshop skills for creating texture effects for use within particle systems.


• Experience in using UE4 or UE5


• Understanding of shaders and rendering pipelines as they relate to games VFX.


• Understanding of VFX principals with a sense of timing and staging.


• Flexible approach with the ability to adapt with change.


• Ability to deliver quality work to scheduled deadlines.


Beneficial:

• Experience with fluid simulation tools (e.g. FumeFX).


• Experience with source control programmes such as Perforce & SVN.


• Use of production tracking tools such as JIRA & Confluence.


Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

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