Location
City of London, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
Skillsearch is looking for a Mid-Level VFX Artist to join a collaborative and inclusive AAA studio in London. The role comes with a generous salary and benefits package.
As a VFX Artist, you will play a crucial role in creating visually stunning and immersive experiences for players. Your primary responsibility will be to design and implement high-quality visual effects that enhance gameplay, add realism, and bring the game world to life.
In your first few weeks in this VFX Artist role, you can expect to:
- Create original and visually appealing VFX concepts based on the artistic direction and technical specifications of the game
- Collaborate with the art team to ensure consistency in style and quality
- Produce high-quality VFX assets, including particle systems, shaders, textures, materials, and animations, using Unreal Engine 5 and related software tools
- Integrate VFX assets into the game engine, ensuring optimal performance and compatibility across various platforms and hardware configurations
- Optimise assets and particle systems to achieve the desired visual impact while maintaining optimal performance.
To apply for this VFX role, you will need a minimum of 3 years of professional experience as a VFX Artist in the video game industry, with a focus on real-time VFX creation using Unreal Engine. You will also require the following:
- Proficiency in VFX software packages such as Adobe After Effects, Autodesk Maya, Houdini, or equivalent for asset creation and animation
- Solid understanding of visual effects principles, including composition, colour theory, motion, timing and particle simulation
- Ability to create stunning and visually appealing VFX assets
- A passion for gaming.
If you're looking to make a positive impact and create change, possessing an inclusive and committed approach, you'll be rewarded with an excellent salary and benefits package.
To apply for this full-time VFX Artist job in London, please contact Jay from Skillsearch at
[email protected] today. Please refer any friends or colleagues for this role or direct them to our Careers page on our website.
This studio is on an epic adventure and now is the perfect time to join them as they explore new territory in the realm of AAA online gaming. Here you can have fun whilst doing what you love and hold a sense of ownership over your work.
Why London?
London is the largest UK hub for the games industry, with around
588 studios , employing more than 5000 people, the economic impact of games in the capital is huge. From micro studios and indies to enormous global publishers, for a city that is leading in financial services, heritage and diversity, the creative industry certainly isn't falling behind! Find our guide to working in games in London
here. Here at Skillsearch, we're a recruitment company. In the simplest form, this means we place people at new companies - but it's so much more than that. For the past 30 years, we've been busy helping people (like you) with sought after skills find jobs in the Games, Interactive and Enterprise Systems industries all around the globe. Our company comprises a team of dedicated consultants that work across various niche technologies, including Games, Virtual Reality, AR and XR, Workday, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and eCommerce. We are always exploring other cutting-edge markets. Follow us to see a few of the jobs we're working on, find out which events you can see us at, and keep up with news in the technology, gaming and interactive world. Welcome to Skillsearch!
Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.
Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.
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Salary
£34k - £49k per annum