Senior/Lead VFX Artist - AAA Studio- London

"To apply: Ref - 5128800. We are excited to be working with one of London's biggest AAA Studios, currently working on their next biggest project.

They are looking for a Senior/Lead VFX Artist to joint hem on a permanent basis in their London studio.

Essential Skills and Experience:

-Has worked on at least three commercially released AAA titles as a VFX artist, two as a Senior or Lead.

-Mastery of VFX fundamentals such as timing, composition, colour and how VFX provide gameplay feedback

-Experience authoring real-time VFX and have a strong understanding of the technical constraints of Console and PC performance budgets

-Masterful knowledge in rigid body, pyro, and fluid simulation

-Strong experience with node-based shader pipelines

-Must be familiar with Unreal Engine 4’s VFX and Physics tools. Niagara preferred.

-Understanding of production constraints and collaboration needs in a fast paced environment

-Current with latest digital art techniques, practices, tools, software, and trends

Role responsibilities:

You will have a high degree of accountability for the planning and progress for your team’s deliveries.

Oversee the project VFX crew on the creation and polish of gameplay and environmental effects

Effectively guide and motivate the team by managing their assignments and workload.

Collaborate with Art crew to enhance immersion and visual fidelity, with Designers to tune player experience, and with Technical Art to maintain performance requirements

Ensure the VFX goals are being met for all essential game features.

Able to set and maintain effective VFX pipelines, and to advocate best practices for cross-discipline collaboration

This is an incredible opportunity to join a huge name in the gaming, in one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Please get in touch with your CV and contact details.

If this role doesn’t look like its exactly for you, please still get in touch with what you would be looking for and we would be happy to have a discussion and help you find your next role

To apply please send CV to Ayesha@ or phone 020 7580 6018 for a confidential chat (ideally over your cv / resume). We value close, personal relationships with our candidates and applications by this method tend to be more successful.

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