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Are you looking for an opportunity to work with a growing team of Artists, Animators and Designers for an exciting new project? Do you have a passion for bringing characters and worlds to life with stunning visual FX? Are you a champion of gameplay performance and design readability?

Our team at Stoic, 4-time BAFTA nominated independent video game company, is seeking a VFX Artist for the development of our next project.

In this position, you will work directly with our Lead VFX Artist and extended team of highly creative Designers, Artists and Engineers across Stoic. You will ensure that our project is delivered on-time and on-budget while maintaining a high-level of quality.

What You Will Do:

  • Creation of stylized handcrafted visual effects to be used in real-time game assets.
  • Technical setup, integration, and troubleshooting of VFX in Unreal.
  • Work with the Lead VFX Artist and production to ensure timely completion of VFX assets.
  • Serve as an active participant in team art discussions, critiques, and reviews.

Need to Have:

  • A minimum of 5+ years creating real-time special FX for video games.
  • Experience with crafting consistently brilliant, eye-catching, real-time FX using Photoshop, Maya, and in-game FX systems.
  • Able to create stylized FX textures from scratch, matching an established style.
  • Proficient with flip book-style animated FX.
  • Proficient with 3D graphics, particle systems, physics, ribbons, etc.
  • Working knowledge of rendering engines.
  • Solid game design awareness and an exceptional game design-oriented collaborator.
  • Self-driven, and an excellent communicator.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience producing VFX for combat in fast paced action games.
  • Knowledge of Houdini.
  • Previously shipped AAA PC or console using the Unreal engine.
  • Previously shipped AAA mobile, PC, or console titles as a VFX artist.
  • Experience authoring custom materials and graphics shaders.
  • Scripting experience in Mel, Python, etc.
  • Skill in one or more related disciplines, like illustration, animation, or technical art.
  • Experience with 3D modeling, texturing or rigging.

Stoic has transitioned to a fully remote workforce.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.