Senior VFX Artist

Rebellion; Oxford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days holidays + Christmas closure +

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Enhanced Pension Scheme

EAP & mental health support

Discounts & social events

Job summary

Rebellion in the UK is hiring an experienced Senior VFX Artist to join a growing team working on a large-scale shooter project. You will craft real-time VFX across the game's systems, tackle both artistic and technical challenges, and mentor junior artists to raise craft standards.

Based at one of our Oxford, Warwick, or Runcorn studios, we offer a relocation package, moving assistance, temporary accommodation and full support to ease your transition to the UK studio environment.

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience in real-time VFX with portfolio demonstrating timing, clarity, artistry, and technical execution.
• Advanced proficiency with Blender, Photoshop, Substance, and After Effects; strong understanding of particle systems and textures.

Responsibilities

• Drive the creation of high-quality real-time visual effects, setting artistic and technical benchmarks for the team.
• Own complex effects work from concept to final implementation, ensuring clarity, performance, and visual impact.
• Collaborate with design, art, and code leadership to shape gameplay experiences and maintain a cohesive project vision.
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level artists, sharing best practices and growing the team’s craft.
• Anticipate technical challenges, propose creative solutions, and help establish efficient pipelines and workflows.
• Contribute to documentation and effect libraries to aid the wider team.

Skills

Real-time VFX

Particle system design

Performance optimization

Mentoring

Tools

Houdini

Embergen

Blender

Photoshop

Substance

After Effects

Job description

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

For 30 years we've been creating incredible video games at our multiple studios, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We're looking for an experienced Senior VFX Artist who is looking for their next exciting challenge to join a passionate and growing VFX team and work on an exciting new large-scale project, crafted by a seasoned team renowned for developing exceptional shooters.

The VFX team is responsible for all visual effects developed in Rebellion's games. Not only particle effects, but screen post effects, material effects, mesh destruction effects and UI effects, developed in Rebellion's proprietary engine "Asura".

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone eager to embark on their path toward becoming a Lead VFX Artist!

This position can be based out of any of our studios in Oxford, Warwick or Runcorn, offering flexibility, collaboration, and the chance to work with a world-class team! We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive the creation of high-quality real-time visual effects, setting both artistic and technical benchmarks for the team.
• Take ownership of complex effects work- from concept to final implementation- ensuring clarity, performance, and visual impact.
• Collaborate with design, art, and code leadership to shape gameplay experiences and maintain a cohesive project vision.
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level artists, sharing best practices and fostering growth across the team.
• Anticipate technical challenges, propose creative solutions, and help establish efficient workflows and pipelines.
• Contribute to documentation, reference gathering, and effect libraries, ensuring resources remain clear and accessible for the wider team.

• Proven professional experience in real-time VFX, with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional timing, clarity, artistry, and technical execution.

• Advanced proficiency with industry-standard tools such as Blender, Photoshop, Substance, and After Effects (or equivalent software).
• Deep understanding of particle system design, texture workflows, and real-time performance optimisation.
• Strong experience with simulation tools like Houdini and Embergen (or similar) for creating complex flipbook assets and simulations.
• Ability to take abstract concepts, design goals, or high-level direction and translate them into polished, performant effects that enhance gameplay and storytelling.
• A track record of collaborating effectively across design, art, and code to influence and deliver on a cohesive project vision.
• Experience mentoring or supporting junior and mid-level artists, sharing knowledge, and setting high standards for craft.
• Familiarity with pipelines, profiling, source control, and performance budgets, with the ability to identify and solve technical challenges proactively.

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years - one day each year until you reach 31 days)
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
• Plus loads more ... including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

Right to Work Statement

This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship.

Life at Our Oxford HQ

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.

Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!

Inside Rebellion

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

Find out more about us

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we're recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we're always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers

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