Effects Artist

Valve corporation; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment and technology company is seeking an Entry Level Effects Artist to join their innovative team. The role involves collaborating with a diverse group of engineers, artists, and designers to create compelling visual effects across various platforms. Ideal candidates should possess strong design sensibilities and the ability to work in a technical environment. If you're passionate about contributing to genre-defining games, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Entry level position.
• Strong sense of design, timing, and creativity required.
• Ability to work in a highly technical capacity.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to create visual effects.
• Rapidly iterate and deliver content weekly across multiple platforms.
• Contribute to tool development and solve visual problems efficiently.
• Manage time and coordinate with project requirements.

Job description

Overview

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Valve is an entertainment and technology company driven to design and deliver extraordinary experiences to customers around the globe. We hire people with broad skill sets who also exhibit deep expertise.

Effects Artists at Valve work with a world-class group of software engineers, artists, writers, animators, and designers who are continually creating and releasing entertainment experiences to players around the globe. We're hoping to add your expertise in visual effects to our team!

We at Valve collaborate in small teams of artists and programmers to quickly iterate and execute content that ships on a weekly basis on multiple platforms: game engine, UI, linear media, web, and more while also contributing to longer-term tool development. Our multi-disciplinary teams solve complex visual problems in a self-directed and efficient way. We manage our own time while being keenly aware of other needs and requirements across different company projects. Join a team with a strong sense of design, timing, and creativity with the ability to also work in a highly technical capacity. If you're seeking an opportunity to work on genre-defining games with other world-class artists, consider joining Valve. We can't wait to see where you'll take us!

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Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software engineers, artists, writers, animators, and designers to create compelling visual effects.
• Work in small, cross-disciplinary teams to rapidly iterate and deliver content on a weekly cycle across multiple platforms (game engine, UI, linear media, web, and more).
• Contribute to longer-term tool development while solving complex visual problems in a self-directed, efficient environment.
• Manage your time effectively and coordinate with other project needs and requirements.
• Apply a strong sense of design, timing, and creativity while also contributing in a highly technical capacity.

Qualifications

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industries: Computer Games