Studio: Certain Affinity
Job Opening: Senior VFX Artist
Location: Remote/ Austin, Texas
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Work with Art Director, Technical Artists, and Map Art Leads to plan and create visual effects for in-game environments
- Collaborate with Senior FX artists to iterate and polish and tune effects to meet visual, design, and performance targets
- Create pre-rendered sprite sequences through Maya, Houdini, Combustion, Fume, etc.
- Create runtime effects simulations in propriety and third-party engines
- Create geometry, material, and post-process effects
- Develop, learn, and share new techniques and creative approaches to effects creation
Qualifications & Skills:
- 2+ years experience as a VFX Artist in the game industry
- Experience using proprietary effects tools and editors
- Experience establishing and driving new workflows for effects creation
- Shipped at least one title as a VFX Artist
- Excellent technical understanding of real-time particle and mesh emitter systems
- Able to optimize effects while maintaining a very high level of quality
- Strong understanding of motion, forces, and fluid behaviors
- Strong foundation knowledge in traditional arts, including but not limited to graphic design or illustration, life drawing, environmental and/or architectural illustration, or similar
- Proficient knowledge of Maya, Max, and/or another 3D software package
- Proficient knowledge of Photoshop, After Effects, or similar image editing and motion graphic software
- Solid understanding of color theory and be able to create balanced and appealing color palettes
- Must be punctual, diligent, articulate, and organized
- Easily manages time constraints and multiple priorities
- Can initiate visual direction without a specific concept or design
- Can effectively collaborate with all disciplines – game design, production, and engineers as well as artists
- A desire to work in a diverse and inclusive environment
- A deep passion for games
