Onsite VFX Artist: Real-Time Effects for Immersion

Impleo; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc. is seeking a skilled VFX Artist to create real-time effects for next-generation projects. You will work with a team of designers, engineers, and artists to deliver visually compelling and performant VFX that support gameplay.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s in a related field, at least two years of VFX production experience, and a portfolio demonstrating real-time VFX for shipped titles. This onsite, full-time role is based in Manizales, Colombia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in art, animation, or related field or equivalent experience.
• At least two years of professional VFX production experience.
• Contributed to at least one shipped AAA title as a VFX/FX artist.
• Portfolio or demo reel showing real-time VFX, artistic judgment, and technical understanding.
• Knowledge of VFX pipelines and performance constraints in real-time games.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement high-quality real-time VFX, including particles, shaders, textures, geometry, and animated elements.
• Develop effects that support gameplay readability, storytelling, and the project's visual style.
• Simulate believable dynamics and tailor effects to the project's artistic direction.
• Collaborate with designers to craft VFX for combat, abilities, environment interactions, and gameplay systems.
• Balance visual quality with performance requirements and platform limitations.
• Troubleshoot VFX issues and optimize implementation with engineers and artists.
• Contribute to tools, workflows, and processes that improve the VFX production pipeline.
• Adapt assets to established or proprietary game pipelines and maintain organization in source control.
• Communicate progress and potential obstacles to leads and production.

Skills

VFX production

AAA title experience

Portfolio/Demo reel

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Art, Animation, or related field

Tools

Maya

3ds Max

Houdini

Maya nCloth

FumeFX

EmberGen

Houdini Pyro

Substance Designer

Photoshop

After Effects

Nuke

Perforce

Job description

Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc. is seeking a skilled VFX Artist to create real-time effects for next-generation projects. You will work with a team of designers, engineers, and artists to deliver visually compelling and performant VFX that support gameplay.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s in a related field, at least two years of VFX production experience, and a portfolio demonstrating real-time VFX for shipped titles. This onsite, full-time role is based in Manizales, Colombia.