Senior VFX Artist | Visual Effects | Video Games

Impleo; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Senior VFX Artist in a leading global games services company. This role demands creativity and technical expertise to create stunning visual effects that enhance gaming experiences. Collaborate with talented artists and engineers to bring game worlds to life, while staying at the forefront of industry trends. Enjoy a competitive salary, health benefits, and a vibrant, multicultural work environment. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the gaming industry!

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Health insurance

Life insurance

Private pension

Transportation allowance

Meal ticket

Dynamic, multicultural environment

Employee wellbeing program

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in creating visual effects for video games.
• Strong understanding of industry-standard content creation software.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality visual effects including explosions and magical effects.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate VFX into the game.
• Optimize VFX for performance on target platforms.

Skills

Unity

Unreal Engine

Maya

3ds Max

Photoshop

Substance

Real-time VFX techniques

Shader creation

VFX optimization

Bilingual Portuguese/English

Tools

Houdini

Job description

Description

THIS POSITION DEMANDS FLUENT ENGLISH

PTW is seeking a highly skilled and creative Senior VFX Artist to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in creating stunning visual effects for video games, with a strong understanding of the latest industry tools and techniques. This role requires a collaborative individual who can work closely with other artists, designers, and engineers to bring our game worlds to life.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Design and Implementation: Create high-quality visual effects (VFX) including explosions, fire, smoke, water, and magical effects that enhance the gaming experience.
2. Collaboration: Work closely with the art, design, and engineering teams to ensure VFX are seamlessly integrated into the game.
3. Optimization: Optimize VFX for performance without compromising quality, ensuring they run smoothly on target platforms.
4. Innovation: Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to continually improve the quality and efficiency of VFX production.
5. Documentation: Maintain clear and organized documentation of VFX processes and workflows.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Unity and Unreal Particle System.
• Experience with the CASCADE interface in Unreal.
• Examples of Flipbooks VFX in your portfolio and stylised effects.
• Experience using industry-standard content creation software (e.g., Maya, 3ds Max, Photoshop, Substance) to create assets for in-engine use.
• Strong understanding of Real-time VFX techniques and pipeline.
• Experience with various supplemental 3D and VFX authoring packages (Maya, Houdini, Substance, etc.).
• Portfolio demonstrating both technical and artistic execution of real-time VFX.
• Strong understanding of optimizing VFX for console and mobile game development.
• Experience with shader creation inside Unity and Unreal.
• Knowledge of game production pipeline and lifecycle.
• A keen eye for timing, animation, and motion of real-world objects and visual VFX.
• Bilingual Portuguese/English.

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration.
• Health insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Private pension.
• Transportation allowance.
• Meal ticket.
• Dynamic, multicultural, and fun environment.
• Work at the world's leading provider of game services.
• Supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability.
• Dedicated employee wellbeing program.
• Career growth opportunities.

Who we are

PTW is a global games services company, providing technical and creative services to many of the largest developers and studios worldwide. Founded in Japan in 1994, PTW has grown into a global force in the gaming industry, with over 40 studios in 16 countries and offices across America, Europe, South America, and Asia.

Our industry-leading services include art production, game development, quality assurance, player support, community management, localization, localization QA, audio production, and data collection. The PTW family includes SIDE, 1518 Studios, and Ghostpunch Games. For more information, visit www.ptw.com.