Technical VFX Artist (Unity) – Real-Time Effects Pro

The Artistocrats; Limburg; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fair remuneration

Creative ownership of VFX pipeline

On-site studio in Hasselt

Job summary

The Artistocrats, based in Hasselt, Belgium, seeks a Technical VFX Artist (Unity / C#) to own our real-time VFX pipeline. You will create performant in-engine effects, from assets to final logic, with potential contributions to modeling and texturing as needed.

Join a small, ambitious team delivering ambitious titles, including DLC for Starship Troopers: Terran Command. Expect ownership, creative latitude, and on-site collaboration in a growing studio.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience creating real-time VFX within the Unity engine (URP/HDRP).
• Strong understanding of node-based shader tools, HLSL/Cg, geometry meshes, texture generation, and UV manipulation for VFX.
• Professional proficiency in English or Dutch (spoken and written).
• Ability to work full-time on-site at Hasselt studio.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with game designers and programmers to hook up VFX to gameplay events efficiently.
• Design and implement real-time VFX (environmental elements, combat feedback, UI effects) directly in Unity.
• Generate visual components for effects, including textures, flipbooks, sprite sheets, and custom meshes.
• Build custom shaders using Unity Shader Graph and HLSL to realize visual concepts.
• Work with Visual Effect Graph and Shuriken to create scalable, modular effects.
• Profile and optimize VFX using Unity Profiler and Frame Debugger for best performance.

Skills

English or Dutch

Artistic eye

Unity real-time VFX

Node-based shaders

HLSL/Cg

URP/HDRP

Shader Graph

Shuriken/Particle System

Optimization techniques

Tools

Unity

Shader Graph

HLSL

Cg

URP/HDRP

Visual Effect Graph

Shuriken

Job description

The Artistocrats, based in Hasselt, Belgium, seeks a Technical VFX Artist (Unity / C#) to own our real-time VFX pipeline. You will create performant in-engine effects, from assets to final logic, with potential contributions to modeling and texturing as needed.

Join a small, ambitious team delivering ambitious titles, including DLC for Starship Troopers: Terran Command. Expect ownership, creative latitude, and on-site collaboration in a growing studio.