Senior VFX Artist

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior VFX Artist to lead the creation of visually stunning and immersive game VFX. As a core member of the VFX team, you will apply technical and creative expertise to bring gameplay to life, maintaining a high standard of visual quality across prototypes and final implementations.

What You'll Do

• Work with and guide the VFX team to block out, create, implement and optimise complex and dynamic visual effects, including gameplay-driven, ambient and cinematic content – ensuring seamless integration from prototype to final implementation.
• Communicate and collaborate with Art, Design and Creative Leads to establish and uphold the quality bar of the game’s effects, ensuring a consistent and cohesive visual identity.
• Help manage the day-to-day progress of VFX development, supporting your team with project-specific processes and problem-solving.
• Build upon and champion best pipeline practices for VFX creation, optimization, and performance, ensuring content meets visual quality standards and works smoothly across target platforms.
• Work with the Production team to support the planning and delivery of VFX content.
• Lead by example, keeping an enthusiastic attitude for the project whilst motivating and supporting a diverse team.
• Participate in staff interviews, onboarding, mentorship programs and performance reviews, fostering skill development and artistic growth.
• Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and VFX pipeline to continually push the boundaries of game effects and contribute fresh ideas to the team.
• Actively participate in team meetings and contribute to discussions and feedback on game design and artistic requirements.
• What We're Looking For
• Professional experience in a Senior VFX role for games, with a strong portfolio demonstrating excellent understanding of VFX pipeline and quality that demonstrates your ability to create a variety of modern, high quality real-time content for games within an established style.
• High level of understanding of game VFX creation for Unreal Engine, including Niagara, and the ability to create advanced materials, post process effects and lighting if required.
• High proficiency in creating original content for game effects, such as textures, 3D assets and simulations using external toolsets such as Blender, Substance, Photoshop as required.
• A creative eye and care for art direction in your own work and the work of your team.
• Excellent understanding of VFX fundamentals such as timing, shape language, weight and motion.
• Strong support-focused interpersonal skills, able to communicate, collaborate and mentor effectively.
• Able to manage your time effectively, delegating and prioritising based on project need.
• A passion for gaming and a commitment to delivering visually stunning and captivating gaming experiences.
• Nice to Have
• Familiarity with tools such as Embergen, Illugen and Houdini.
• Shipped at least one title in a Senior position, within a relevant game art production pipeline.
• Skills in any adjacent areas such as Lighting, Animation, Concept Art, Blueprint etc.
• Portfolio
• Please send through your portfolio and cover letter. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable, otherwise we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms.