VFX ARTIST (relocate to Malta, Malta)

What are you working on?

• Genres: Action, Shooter
• Platforms: PC

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

We need a VFX Artist to join our team. The job will require working with our in-house and external tools for mass content production, be involved in research, and pushing own ideas in development. We expect two different levels of experience and involvement for this role.

• Create VFX content using our engine’s particle editor.

• Using external tools to create pre-rendered VFX for optimum performance and improved looks.

• Work closely with different Design teams to create structured sets of effects for weapons, vehicles, monsters, characters, physical interactions, etc.

• Work with the Environment team to create global weather and local level effects.

• Be a friend to the QA team and Programmers to carefully optimize what needs optimizing.

• Work with lights, flares, and postprocessing.

• Create HLSL shaders for both particle and material effects.

• Create quick additional content through modelling and texturing.

• Deliver complete, tested, and tuned features.

• Combine and utilize all engine features to achieve new heights and compete with the best.

• Assist in improving our tools.

• Quickly locate and fix what’s broken.

• Be aware of global trends, learn relevant research papers, develop new ideas.

• Provide help and tutoring to less experienced Artists and Designers.

• Know the limitations of each target platform and optimize scenes accordingly.

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• Experience with real-time engines. Shipped AAA games and a strong portfolio are a must.

• Understanding memory and performance limitations of real-time rendering.

• Good understanding of real-life physics and matter interactions.

• Feeling of timing and dynamics.

• Self-motivated and proactive. Doing R&D means digging your own path ignoring doubts.

• Several years of experience as a 2D and 3D Artist.

• Fluency in English.

PREFERENCES

• Unreal Engine (Phat, Mat, Cascade, Kismet/Blueprint, Flares, Matinee) experience.

• Knowledge of all 2D/3D packages and relevant tools for dealing with any possible unknowns.

• HLSL experience.

• Unity scripting and effect creation experience.

• Ability to code.

• Technical mind, developed logic, thinking ‘beyond the box’.

• Ability to pass physics or math tests from primary school course.

COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE AVAILABLE