Senior VFX Artist
Magic Media, Russia
Job Description
Magic Media is a pioneering media, entertainment, and tech group powered by creativity and innovation. We have a physical presence in 13 countries and expertise in the areas of art, animation, cybersecurity, game development, software development, VFX, and video production amongst others. We work with leading developers and publishers within the games and tech industry, providing support and solutions designed around individual needs and carried out by global experts.
We produce our industry-leading results by constantly staying at the forefront of modern technology and cutting-edge processes and practices. The best of Magic Media’s teams are known for their strong initiative, not just in taking care of their day-to-day responsibilities but in helping identify ways to build, grow, and improve.
We are looking for a talented Senior VFX Artist to join our team and work on a very ambitious project. The ideal candidate should have extensive full-time experience with asset integration, advanced shaders and material development, VFXs, and graphics optimizations in Unreal EThe ideal candidate will have extensive full-time experience in the creation of VFX for real time. This includes: work closely with designers, artists and programers, create optimized, game ready and amazing VFX assets. Aiming to push the boundaries of what can be done in real-time VFX.
Skills
- Takes on responsibility amp; ownership in pushing the quality of their craft and in self-development, fluent in the principles of animation amp; VFX creation
- Deep Awareness and aptitude of art fundamentals, colour, shape timing etc
- Strong Knowledge of visual composition and solid animation fundamentals.
- Fluent work on particles and other visual effects for 3D and 2D games inside Unity or Unreal
- Able to independently and creatively solve VFX technical challenges
- Adopt and enforce cutting edge techologies
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in the video game industry in a similar role
- Have a solid portfolio/reel
- Great communication skills
- Extensive experience in Unreal or Unity
- Fluent in English
- A passion for video games
Tools
- Unity and / or Unreal
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, After effects, Animate)
- Substance designer
- 3Ds max, Maya or Blender
Desirable pluses
- Basic programming skills in c# and or blueprints
- Shader creation via code or authoring tool (Shadergraph, Amplify)
- Fluid, Pyro and RBD simulations skills (Houdini, Embergen, Blender)
- 2D drawing skills
Benefits
- Permanently remote position
- An opportunity to hone and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects.
- Be part of an international Group with offices worldwide
- Career growth and development
- Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
- Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- An inclusive culture and open communication