Job Description

Job Title - Senior VFX Artist 
Salary - £35000
Location - Remote
Reporting to - Lead VFX Artist
Perm/Contract (If Needed) - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - Into a Full time position
 
Role Summary:

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to play a central role in crafting visually stunning and immersive game VFX that will captivate player imaginations and enhance their gaming experience.
You will be a core team member responsible for bridging the art-engineering gap, researching and implementing efficient workflows; developing new systems and pipelines and assisting your team in producing artistically beautiful and performance minded games.
You will divide your time between producing a high level of technically focused work, and guiding more junior members of the team to help you and the studio produce the best games we can deliver. 
 
Responsibilities:

• Consistently deliver impressive visual effects that are dynamic and vibrant, and communicate essential gameplay information. You will also identify opportunities to reuse existing VFX, or improve on the library of assets already created.
• Consult closely with our Designers, Concept, and the Art Leads to ensure all gameplay features are supported and amplified by informative and exciting VFX. You will also work closely with our Animators to ensure any VFX syncs up with our animations and is correctly implemented in the engine. You will also collaborate with the Environment Art team to enhance the mood, appeal and sense of life and movement across environments in the game.
• Produce models, textures and sprite sheets for a wide range of requirements within VFX delivery. You will assist with advanced material creation and optimisation, post process effects, and lighting as required by the project.
• Conduct performance and memory profiling to pinpoint bottlenecks and opportunities for optimisation. Propose solutions and guidance to address performance concerns. You will mentor junior members in optimisation techniques.
• Develop, pitch and communicate ideas and concepts in a visual manner.
• You will stay at the forefront of industry trends, tools, and techniques in VFX and you will experiment with new technologies and advocate for innovative solutions to improve visual quality and pipeline efficiency.
• Delegate responsibility in a thoughtful way to develop junior team members knowledge and understanding of new technologies.

 Requirements:

• Demonstrable professional knowledge of the art and animation fundamentals that form the foundations of great VFX, including creation of original textures and assets for VFX use.
• Significant VFX experience in the games industry, with a portfolio of work demonstrating your ability to create a variety of modern, high quality real-time VFX for games.
• Experience working to and within an established VFX style.
• Familiarity with in-game lighting, material creation, and post effects. Familiarity with 3D workflows and texture creation would be desirable.
• Proven experience creating high quality VFX that run in real-time in Unreal Engine
• Familiarity and experience with Niagara and Cascade. Familiarity with tools such as Houdini is desirable.
• Proven skills in basic management tasks including cross-functional communication and scheduling of personal tasks,  reliable task estimation, and any delegated support structure.
• Full understanding and experience of the entire game production cycle and associated issues

 
Key Studio Benefits:
 

• Private healthcare
• Remote Working
• Additional time off over the Christmas period on top of standard holidays
• Bonus scheme
• Team outings and events
• Summer BBQ + Festive Party
• Award Winning Learning & Development Pathways
• Opportunity to work on a variation of projects

Please get in touch with me, Ben McKenna-Smith if this position sounds of interest. I am a consultant at mustard with a specialist approach to creative recruitment.

For more info on this role or to chat about other options call me on 07537144045 or the office on 0117 929 6060. You can also email me at ben.smith@mustardjobs.co.uk

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