VFX Artist – Brighton, UK – AAA Games

This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it’s safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

Project: AAA Games

OPM’s client’s is regarded as one of the most creative and exciting studios in the UK. They are currently seeking a talented and passionate VFX Artist to join their team.

RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Make use of your skills in aesthetics and physics to create real world VFX
• Co-ordinate with designers, artists, and coders to design and implement those VFX
• Optimize your VFX to budget, test, measure and strive to improve performance
• Contribute to new techniques and workflows
• Design prototypes and pre-visualisation concepts to help establish visual effects direction and workflows
• Work alongside level design and gameplay teams to create visual effects that support gameplay requirements
• Produce clear and accurate technical documentation regarding VFX production and implementation procedures
• Work with the Graphical Rendering team/Technical Art team in the development and improvement of workflows and technologies to improve visual effect quality and performance.
• Work through all aspects of the VFX pipeline, which includes creating content from concept to final polished result

REQUIREMENTS:

• Solid VFX experience in a relevant field
• Expert knowledge of real-time VFX authoring tools
• Proficiency with 3D packages for creating 3D assets
• Great knowledge of Photoshop and After Effects
• Strong and demonstrable understanding of the Principles of Real Time VFX
• Understanding of VFX impact on console performance
• Demo reel required
• Familiarity with UE4 (Cascade and Niagara)

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Excellent problem-solving skills for technically challenging tasks
• Experience in Unity (Shuriken), PopcornFX and other game engines for creating real time VFX
• Background with fluid dynamics simulation software, such as Houdini and FumeFX, for fire, smoke, fluid and soft/rigid body dynamics

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 412!