Senior Unreal VFX Artist - Pleasant Grove, United States - Future House Studios

Future House Studios Pleasant Grove, United States

2 weeks ago

Job DescriptionUnreal VFX Artist - Remote Contract

Future House Studios is looking for an experienced, creative, team-oriented Unreal VFX Artist to join our team.

You will work with us to develop a high-profile, high-intensity VR experiences.

Please note that this is a contract position - and can be remote work.

Requirements

Responsibilities

Create the highest quality real-time visual and particle effects, both in appearance and performance, while adhering to the project's artistic vision.
Collaborate closely with the design, animation and art teams to create exciting, eye-catching and realistic effects that take the game experience to the next level.
Offer creative solutions to design challenges.
Responsible for a variety of aspects of real-time vfx production, from design, creation & simulation all the way to optimization and quality assurance.
Work in Engine and own both the technical and creative processes of your vfx.

Experience

10+ years of production experience using game engines to create real-time VFX with a supporting body of work.
10+ years of experience in Unreal Engine.
Experience in using Unreal's Niagara to create fx with a supporting reel
A general understanding of animation/modeling/texturing and instancing pipelines
Excellent sense of scale, timing, detail, form, texture and color
Ability to technically deconstruct visual effects from other game and film references
Deadline conscious. Able to manage and organize work to meet all deadlines. Able to adapt when changes are required.
Comprehensive understanding of technical considerations for VFX, including rendering efficiency considerations.
A willingness to challenge yourself and to find solutions to those challenges.
Solid understanding of shader and texture creation and application.

Plus Skills

Ability to skip the engines and go straight to the GPU when necessary.
Experience in Houdini, including digital assets for Houdini Engine in Unity/Unreal/Maya.
Experience in Maya.
The ability to read and write shader source code using HLSL or GLSL

Benefits

Why you should work with Future House Studios: