RESPONSIBILITIES

• Produce visual effects for our games, including particle systems and animated sequences.
• Follow concept art, storyboards, and written descriptions in order to prototype and implement FX in our games.
• Collaborate with the Art Director to help create and maintain FX art direction for our games.
• Work closely with the internal art and programming teams.
• Create FX textures, using simple geometry and UVs.
• Optimise FX for frame rate and memory usage.
• Produce optimised materials/shaders.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Maintain a high level of quality while working within design constraints and balancing performance issues.
• Assist in solving technical problems to ensure smooth, consistent gameplay.
• Communicate well with producers and artists in order to adhere to scheduled deadlines.
• Work effectively and efficiently as part of the team in a multilingual environment.
• Fluency in the English language, both written and spoken.
• Positive, make-it-happen, lead-by-example attitude.
• Good timing and animation sense.
• Self-directed and independent working style.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of experience in game development.
• Strong artistic and technical background (e.g. animation, game development, graphics, etc.).
• Experience using Unity Editor or similar game engine.
• Basic understanding of and familiarity with Photoshop and Maya.
• Basic shader and C# coding knowledge.
• Experience with Houdini and writing shaders in CG or other shading language is a plus.