Senior VFX Artist

The role

A Senior VFX Artist will craft high-quality real-time visual effects for environments, characters, and assets. You will collaborate with various departments to bring levels and features to life for a AAA game.

What you will do

• Improve the visual quality of the game by crafting high-quality real-time visual effects.
• Collaborate with Art, Lighting, Design, Sound, Animation, and Production to bring levels and features to life.
• Help to improve technical pipelines and VFX creation techniques/tools.
• Assist in research and development.
• Mentor junior visual effect artists.

Required qualifications

• Experience working within Unreal Engine.
• Proven track record at building beautiful and integrated VFX for Games
• Knowledge of Niagara Systems, Material Building, Texturing, Blueprints, Chaos Destruction, and other real-time VFX systems.
• Both technical and creative with an artistic vision.
• Strong understanding of particle systems and dynamics.
• Familiarity with supportive software such as EmberGen, LiquiGen, Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, Photoshop, and After Effects.
• Experience with giving and receiving feedback.
• Experience multi-tasking and adapting easily to change.
• Passion for making and playing games.
• Enthusiastic, positive, team-oriented; must have the ability to interact and collaborate with all departments and teams.
• Self-sufficient and self-motivated, can perform duties with little oversight.

Benefits

• Health & Wellness
• Time Off to Recharge
• Financial Well-being
• Life & Family Support
• Volunteer and Community Initiatives
• Learning & Development
• Exclusive Perks

About the company

Skeleton Key is a game development studio and division of Wizards of the Coast. Wizards of the Coast creates entertainment that inspires creativity and fosters communities around the globe.