We are currently looking for a VFX Artist to work on our upcoming projects with Unreal Engine. He will breathe life into our games through rich, vibrant effects: weather effects, blasting explosions, magic spells, and a whole bunch of other fun stuff. The work will be done using Unreal4, also our in-house toolset and a collection of licensed tools (Max, Photoshop, effects plugins like fumefx, Afterburn and similar). The ideal candidate has a unique ability to create awesome looking effects with just a handful of assets, animated textures and some simple yet inventive methods. Experience with shaders is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Visual effects creation using Unreal 4 and also in-house tools and technology (particle- and mesh-based effects)
• Work on the textures for these effects using 3d party licensed tools: 3DS Max, Photoshop, Afterburn, FumeFX, Aftereffects.
• Modeling and texturing of meshes for the VFX assets
• Work together with Technical Art Director to ensure the highest quality and the best performance for effects
• R&D for the effect pipeline – new tricks and techniques
• Work on further improvements and customization of our existing effects toolset

Reporting Lines: 

Reporting directly to the technical art director.

Requirements: 

• 2+ years experience as VFX artist in a studio
• Experience with in-game effects creation (particles and screen effects)
• Inquisitive mindset and creative approach to work: capable to create effects in a constrained environment (project specific performance requirements, amount of emitters and particles, etc.)
• Being capable of 3D asset creation using Max, Photoshop, Mudbox/zBrush
• Strong understanding of in-game lighting techniques and the impact they have on the VFX
• Experience with Unreal 4.
• Excellent communication skills & proven ability to work within a team.
  

Pluses: 

• Experience with video visual effects software particles e.g.  Adobe After Effects
• Keen interest in in CGI effects production
• Basic programming skills (to be able to work on shaders or implement engine side effect calls)
• Passion for new effect types e.g. meatball, fluid simulation, morphing effects, etc.
• Willingness to invest into tools design and further development (sending your requests to Tools code team)
• General CG artistic skills, such as animation, camera work, hand drawing skills.

We would like to see your portfolio and reel