Lead VFX Artist

24 hours ago

Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom DiverseJobsMatter Full time
Job Title: Lead VFX Artist

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead VFX Artist to join our team at DiverseJobsMatter. As a key member of our VFX team, you will be responsible for leading the creation of high-quality visual effects for our games.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Art Directors to define the art style for VFX across various projects.
  • Develop and implement world-class VFX content for pre-visualization, benchmarks, and visual development.
  • Lead and mentor the VFX team, providing guidance and feedback to ensure the delivery of high-quality effects.
  • Work closely with the production team to plan and deliver VFX content on schedule and to the highest standards.
  • Research emerging VFX technology and plan the roadmap for technical improvements to stay competitive with industry trends.
  • Collaborate with design, animation, and other teams to ensure seamless integration of VFX into the game experience.
  • Develop and maintain an efficient VFX and lighting pipeline in collaboration with graphics, tools, and other teams.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience in game development with 3+ shipped titles.
  • Extensive experience with real-time VFX authoring tools.
  • Expert knowledge of one or more 3D packages.
  • Strong knowledge of Photoshop, Substance, and other 2D editing or texturing software.
  • Ability to create animated textures, simulations, and associated 2D content.
  • Ability to create meshes, shaders, and materials, and associated content for mesh-based VFX.
  • Basic animation understanding and skills to implement timing in VFX.
  • Experience in lighting and image processing.
  • Understanding of colour theory, visual design, and composition.
  • Proactive, results-oriented, and practical approach with excellent time management skills.
  • Understanding of VFX performance and experience planning and optimizing for various platforms.
  • Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Excellent proactive problem-solving skills.
  • Strong awareness of industry technology trends.

Desirable:

  • Experience leading a team.
  • Experience on AAA titles.
  • Unreal/Unity or other commercial engine experience.
  • Experience working with contractors or outsourcers.
  • Experience developing FX for strategy games.
  • Technical understanding of rendering, lighting, and physics.
  • Experience profiling and optimizing games.
  • Art or games degree.
  • Knowledge of Houdini, Embergen, Pflow, thinking particles, tyflow, fumefx, phoenixfd, or any offline rendering FX-related tools or workflows.
  • Knowledge of destruction simulations.
  • Skills in HLSL or other shader languages.

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