Studio Wildcard Benefits Overview

Lead the artistic vision, quality standards, workflows, and production of real-time VFX across Studio Wildcard’s games and cinematic experiences. Direct and mentor VFX artists, oversee gameplay and cinematic effects, collaborate with art, engineering, design, animation, and production teams, and balance visual quality with performance and gameplay readability. The role also guides tools, pipelines, staffing, scheduling, reviews, and emerging VFX technologies.

Create high-quality hard-surface, soft-surface, organic, architectural, and handheld game assets for ARK II. Model and texture assets using high/low baking and weighted normals workflows, collaborate with artists, designers, programmers, and leads, iterate through critiques, and balance visual quality with performance requirements.

Own the technical health and live state of ARK’s PlayStation and Xbox platforms. Debug and implement mid-complexity C/C++ fixes in Unreal Engine, manage the console issue backlog, assess player impact and technical risk, escalate critical problems, and coordinate with QA and external teams on verification, deployment, and non-programming fixes. The role includes supporting live firefighting, core PST hours, and critical launch periods.