Senior VFX Artist

Summary

Join nDreams Studio Elevation, a fully remote VR-first studio, as a Senior VFX Artist. Contribute to world-leading innovation in VR software and hardware, bringing game worlds to life with dramatic and immersive visual effects. Collaborate with the Art Director and art team to create effects that enhance gameplay and meet technical constraints. This is a 12-month fixed-term, full-time position (37.5 hours/week) based remotely within the UK. The salary is competitive and depends on experience. You will play a key role in shaping the visual experience of our upcoming VR games.

Requirements

• Expert working knowledge of Photoshop, Unreal, Maya, or relevant equivalents
• Demonstrable real-time engine experience in Unreal, creating VFX blueprints, shader networks, particles, dynamic systems, lighting, and post-processing
• Expert understanding of the importance of VFX on the users’ final experience within performance constraints of VR hardware
• Ability to deliver on a varied selection of art styles, from realistic to highly stylised
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to articulate and receive constructive feedback on own and peers’ work
• Previous experience in the gaming industry
• Self-starter who can work autonomously in role

Responsibilities

• Develop effects within a game project in collaboration with the Art Director/Lead VFX Artist
• Create and implement effects that fit both the style of the game and the technical constraints of the platforms
• Contribute work back to the Core Tech project for re-use throughout nDreams
• Identify player issues where VFX could enhance enjoyment or understanding of the game
• Collaborate with other art team members, design, and Graphics Programmers on the implementation approach for VFX
• Consistently deliver impressive and dramatic VFX to projects
• Ensure VFX does not block the game’s delivery against the vision for timing or quality reasons
• Elevate the enjoyment of the product by players through VFX
• Implement, troubleshoot, and debug VFX or cross-discipline VFX systems
• Shape and contribute to a VFX workflow for efficient design to delivery of effects within a game

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with VR development
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or HLSL
• Published products within the Console, PC, VR, or Mobile space in a VFX role
• Experience working with Pre-Viz tools for VFX

Benefits

• Flexible hours
• Duvet days
• Your birthday off
• Dedicated personal development time and support
• Regular socials
• Excellent holiday offering
• Pension scheme
• Health insurance
• Life cover