Senior VFX Artist

SPERTON Sweden - Where Great People Meet; Lunds kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sperton Sweden - Where Great People Meet is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to craft real-time visual effects for immersive experiences. You will lead from concept to production using Unreal Engine 5 and Unity, building Niagara-based effects, materials, and lighting while optimizing for performance.

With 5+ years in real-time VFX, you will prototype ideas, develop shaders, and collaborate across teams to ensure a consistent visual style across environments like projection rooms and LED displays.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience developing visual effects for real-time environments.
• Strong proficiency in Unreal Engine 5.
• Hands-on experience with Niagara, Materials, Post Process and Blueprints.
• Practical experience producing real-time visual effects in Unity.
• Strong understanding of real-time performance, pipelines, workflows and optimization.
• Expertise in particle effects and node-based shaders.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks and deliver in a fast-paced production environment.
• Willingness to work on-site in Lund and participate in physical hardware testing.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging visual effects from concept to final production using Unreal Engine and Unity.
• Develop prototypes and evaluate new ideas for interactive experiences.
• Work with Niagara, Materials, Blueprints, Post Process and lighting in Unreal Engine 5.
• Develop particle systems, shaders and advanced visual effects.
• Optimize effects for real-time performance without compromising visual quality.
• Explore and implement new tools, shaders and workflows to improve visual fidelity.
• Collaborate with producers, designers, developers and other stakeholders to achieve a consistent visual style.
• Solve technical challenges and manage priorities in a fast-paced production environment.

Skills

Unreal Engine 5

Niagara

Blueprints

Materials

Post Process

Lighting

Real-time rendering

Performance optimization

Particle effects

Node-based shaders

Unity

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Unity

Niagara

Job description

Assignment Period: 26 October 2026 - 31 March 2027

Seniority: Senior

The Role

Sperton is looking for an experienced and creative Senior VFX Artist to develop engaging visual effects for interactive and immersive experiences. In this role, you will create real-time visual effects using Unreal Engine 5 and Unity, taking projects from concept development and prototyping through to production-ready experiences. You should have strong technical expertise in Niagara, Blueprints, Materials, Post Process and lighting, alongside a solid understanding of real-time rendering and performance optimization.

These experiences are designed for a variety of environments, including 360-degree projection rooms, large-scale LED displays, projection walls, trade shows, light installations and concerts.

As the assignment involves physical testing, you must be comfortable working with hardware and be available to work on-site in Lund.

What You'll Do

• Create engaging visual effects from concept to final production using Unreal Engine and Unity.
• Develop prototypes and evaluate new ideas for interactive experiences.
• Work with Niagara, Materials, Blueprints, Post Process and lighting in Unreal Engine 5.
• Develop particle systems, shaders and advanced visual effects.
• Optimize effects for real-time performance without compromising visual quality.
• Explore and implement new tools, shaders and workflows to improve visual fidelity.
• Collaborate with producers, designers, developers and other stakeholders to achieve a consistent visual style.
• Solve technical challenges and manage priorities in a fast-paced production environment.

What We're Looking For

• At least 5 years of professional experience developing visual effects for real-time environments.
• Strong proficiency in Unreal Engine 5.
• Hands-on experience with Niagara, Materials, Post Process and Blueprints.
• Practical experience producing real-time visual effects in Unity.
• Strong understanding of real-time performance, pipelines, workflows and optimization.
• Expertise in particle effects and node-based shaders.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks and deliver in a fast-paced production environment.
• Willingness to work on-site in Lund and participate in physical hardware testing.

About Sperton

Sperton is an international recruitment and workforce solutions company with more than 20 years of experience and a presence across global markets.

We help organizations find the right expertise through recruitment, staffing and consultancy, People Management, Global Mobility and business support services.