Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Senior VFX Artist

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Unreal Engine

About the role

  • Create, implement, and iterate on a range of real-time visual effects that meet the aesthetic, gameplay, and technical goals of the project
  • Take ownership of VFX for key features or gameplay systems, ensuring clarity, responsiveness, and emotional impact
  • Collaborate with Design, Engineering and Art disciplines to reinforce player experience
  • Profile and optimize effects within performance budgets across target platforms making improvements where needed
  • Contribute to improving workflows, pipelines, and documentation for the VFX team
  • Provide constructive feedback, and share knowledge with other VFX artists to maintain a high craft bar
  • Iterate effectively based on playtests, cross-discipline and player feedback

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience as a VFX artist in the games industry, with at least one shipped title
  • Experience developing in Unreal Engine 5 using Niagara and Blueprints
  • Strong diverse portfolio demonstrating real-time VFX ranging from environments, characters, screen FX, gameplay driven effects and more
  • Proficiency in shader/material authoring and real-time particle systems
  • Solid understanding of real-time rendering principles, technical art and performance optimization
  • Skilled in relevant 2D and 3D content creation tools such as Blender, Photoshop, Substance Designer, After Effects and Houdini
  • Ability to adapt to and help evolve a project’s visual style
  • Strong understanding of art fundamentals, animation timings, color theory, along with a high level of aesthetic judgment
  • Self-starting, organized, collaborative, highly motivated and comfortable working in a remote environment
  • Strong written, visual and verbal communication skills
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development budget
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Global team events
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
real-time visual effectsVFXUnreal Engine 5NiagaraBlueprintsshader authoringmaterial authoringreal-time particle systemsperformance optimizationreal-time rendering principles
Soft Skills
collaborativeself-startingorganizedhighly motivatedstrong written communicationstrong visual communicationstrong verbal communicationadaptabilityconstructive feedbackhigh aesthetic judgment