Senior VFX Artist

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Role: We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to play a central role in helping lead the creation of visually stunning and immersive game VFX that will captivate imaginations and enhance gaming experiences. As a core component of our VFX team, you will utilise your technical and creative abilities to breathe life into gameplay, helping achieve the high level of quality needed for visual effects in our games. You’ll be an enthusiastic and self-motivated team member who has a passion for making excellent game content and supporting teams. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, solid work ethic and a positive, supportive attitude.

Responsibilities: 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.

Essential: 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 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.

Desirable: 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.

What We Offer: Based just outside Birmingham, Flix is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development. We offer you to: Join a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio.

Work on market-leading AAA titles and IP with globally reputable studio and publisher partners.

Be part of a sustainably growing game developer studio as we consciously expand our team and projects on a case-by-case basis.

Learn within an independent studio across a wide range of projects and opportunities both internal and external.

Application: 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.

Send your application to – careers@flixinteractive.com If you love making games and you would like to contribute to a team and project where your drive and skills will be welcomed and encouraged, then we would love to hear from you.

GDPR COMPLIANCE – When applying for this job you re authorising Flix Interactive to store your application information and distribute it to the appropriate email inboxes of senior team members in order to review your role eligibility.

Your application will be stored on a private cloud based online system for processing. If you would like us to update, delete or refine your application please email info@flixinteractive.com. Your request will be appended within 30 days of receiving your email.

Please note – In compliance with GDPR law your data will be used for recruitment purposes only. We are unable to accept candidates requiring visa sponsorship for this opportunity at this time.

Flix Interactive Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnership status. We also encourage applications from underrepresented groups in the gaming industry.

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