Studio: Gameloft Studios
Job Opening: VFX Artist
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Develop effects from R&D to final implementation in game
- Maintain a consistent art style, working closely with your lead artist and art director
- Collaborate with the design team to prototype and implement visual feedback for gameplay mechanics
- Coordinate with art and animation teams, highlighting and expanding key visual elements in game levels or character animations
- Ensure that the effect is optimised for mobile development
- Scripting of game engine events, VFX, and post-processing
Qualifications & Skills:
- At least 2 years of experience in a similar position
- Knowledge of visual effects techniques for creating real-time VFX in a 3D game engine
- Knowledge of industry standard game engines (Unreal, Unity, UDK, CryEngine)
- Knowledge of game development
- Taking initiative and making creative inputs
- Ability to positively accept and apply feedback
- Willingness to work with in-house tools and advance the development of our proprietary game engine
- Adaptability and willingness to apply yourself to different styles of VFX
- Experience creating particle systems and VFX in 3D packages (Maya, Blender, Houdini, or 3DSMax)
- Experience with VFX techniques and plugins for 3D software packages (Rayfire, Krakatoa, FumeFX, Afterburn, Maya Fluids)
- Expertise in GLSL or HLSL would be beneficial
- Previous experience in mobile game development would be a plus
- Some experience with animation will also be a plus
