Studio: Moonshot Games
Job Opening: Senior VFX Artist
Location: Irvine, California, US
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create and implement stylized real-time VFX for characters, environments, UI, etc., as well as supplementary assets such as textures, models, and animations.
- Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure VFX are communicative and performant as well as really, really good-looking.
- Help us continue to improve our VFX and pipeline by adding your own skills and knowledge to the mix.
- Help to further define and establish a visual style for an all-new IP/world.
- Puzzle-solving, but with sparkles.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Ability to take a loosely defined concept and own the creation and implementation of awe-inspiring visual effects.
- Experience creating stylized real-time VFX, textures, and meshes to match an existing style.
- Strong design awareness with a focus on gameplay clarity and feel.
- Solid animation and artistic principles such as visual hierarchy, shape language, and color theory.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to work with and embrace the diverse perspectives of other content developers and future players.
- Joy in game development and the role of VFX as both a design and art element.
Pluses:
- Experience in one or more related skills – real-time simulation software such as Houdini, hand-painted texturing, animation, or basic rigging.
- Previously shipped PC or console titles as a VFX artist.
- Desire to help the game industry to be more equitable and representative in both games and development.
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