Sr VFX Artist required at Ascendant Studios

Sr VFX Artist required at Ascendant Studios

Studio: Ascendant Studios

Job Opening: Senior VFX Artist

Location: San Rafael, CA, United States

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Create visual effects that communicate the visual pillars of the game.
  • A critical eye and strong understanding of the FX systems and real-time engine performance
  • Find effective solutions to solve difficult problems in production.
  • Implement creative optimization solutions without sacrificing visual quality.
  • Using cutting-edge effects techniques, create all types of photorealistic, high quality effects for environments and dynamic systems. Create new effect textures from scratch and, where possible, improve on existing ones.
  • Concept, prototype, present new effects, dynamic environments, objects; partner with internal teams (artists, animators, designers, and engineers) to ensure visual quality bar is met.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • 4+ years of professional experience as a VFX artist in the video game industry
  • Advanced skills in 3D/2D Software – Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop
  • Experience creating high-quality “AAA” real-time VFX and understanding of modern-day real-time FX systems, engines and technology
  • High proficiency in VFX development, including fundamentals like timing, shape language, color theory

Good to Have:

  • Shipped at least one recent AAA title as a VFX Artist.
  • Experience with Houdini in a production environment.
  • Experience in Unreal Engine VFX tools and Materials
  • Experience working in several game development tools, pipelines, and game engines

Apply for the Job Online: To Apply, visit https://ascendantstudios.applytojob.com/apply/fTiLo7NBRT/Senior-VFX-Artist