Studio: Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF)
Job Opening: Technical VFX Artist
Location: London, England, UK
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Use of Houdini to work across both our baked assets and real time system pipelines
- Work with the technical, production and creative teams to design best strategies for content flow and other rendering/creation pipelines
- Work directly with senior programmers and design team to develop the correct formats and workflows for game engine consumption
- Use creative brief and direction to develop and design the core visual experiences delivered by MLF on a global scale
- Desire to develop a deep understanding of artistic direction and how to create tools and methods to support
- Occasional requirement to model, convert and develop assets in external 3D software
Qualifications & Skills:
- Professional experience or an extraordinary demo reel in a similar role
- Technical proficiency of Houdini
- Point cloud, spline and volume based development and rendering
- Fluid simulation experience
- Script writing/automation (Python) understanding and experience
- Experience of using other content creation tools (Maya, 3Ds Max etc)
- Modelling, scene layout , UV mapping and rendering best practices knowledge
- Desire to learn and understand the requirements of data in modern game engines
- Familiarity with Deadline render management and multiple machine rendering
Would Be Nice:
- Scene compositing and final deliverables preparation in software such as Nuke
- Experience with Game Engine content production pipelines
- Experience of porting work into real-time and other environments
- Speedtree, Quixel & other content library production experience
- Experience with Version Control software (e.g. git, Perforce, Subversion)
- Comfortable working in small group environments to accomplish larger tasks
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, send your CV and a unique cover letter, explaining how you fit the role and what you would bring to Marshmallow Laser Feast, to: jobs@marshmallowlaserfeast.com with the subject line Technical VFX Artist – January 2023