Lead VFX Artist required at Warner Bros. Discovery

Studio: Warner Bros. Discovery

Job Opening: Lead VFX Artist

Location: Knutsford, United Kingdom

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

Responsible for overseeing the concept and creation of VFX across the whole game.
Work with Art Director to ensure consistency between vision and implementation of effects.
Identify where game designs may inadvertently impact VFX schedules and identify how best to mitigate them, utilising the expertise within your team.
Work with Production to provide accurate time estimates for the team’s task completion, demonstrating an understanding of cross-discipline dependencies and how their work impacts upon your teams.
Regularly review the team’s work and provide feedback.
Ensure the VFX teams work hits all memory and frame rate guides/restrictions on all platforms required.
Work closely with the engine programmers to build future tools to improve pipelines and graphic potential.
Resolve an assortment of complex development issues to support the VFX artists.
Ensure documentation of technical guidelines for VFX creation and real-time implementation is taking place within the team and contribute regularly to the creation of them.
Support the VFX team on project, helping them to define and achieve their career goals. Review training and development requirements for the team.

Qualifications & Skills:

Comprehensive portfolio demonstrating VFX work in the games industry.
Demonstrable people management experience
Proficiency of a 3D application, preferably Maya.
Strong Photoshop skills for creating texture effects for use within particle systems.
Aptitude in using UE4 or UE5
A comprehension of shaders and rendering pipelines as they relate to games VFX.
Robust understanding of VFX principals with a skilled sense of timing and staging.
Flexible approach with the ability to adapt with change.
Ability to deliver quality work to scheduled deadlines.

Beneficial:

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