Sr. VFX Artist

The role

The Visual Effects Artist will visualize, create, and implement real-time visual effects. They will collaborate with other effects artists and the development team to create effects that work optimally on the target platform.

What you will do

• Visualize, create and implement real-time visual effects
• Create effects that work optimally on the target platform
• Be proactive and self-motivated, seeking out tasks remaining to be done
• Collaborate with other effects artists, and the rest of the development team
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed

Required qualifications

• Technical knowledge and artistic abilities working with sprite type particles and materials within a game engine or equivalent VFX experience on movies/tv/commercials that have aired
• Ability to optimize effects such that they run/render efficiently AND look great
• Strong sense of form, color, timing, and composition
• Advanced problem solving techniques and patience to resolve the numerous hurdles that present themselves while working to achieve the highest quality effects
• Natural tendency to take on a problem and to work with others until the problem is resolved
• Ability to work with minimal input
• Comfortable working in a team environment

Nice to have

• Python scripting
• Houdini knowledge/experience

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision

Before you apply

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States
• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage

About the company

Naughty Dog has been crafting best-selling, critically acclaimed games for nearly 40 years. They are currently working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.