VFX Artist

Posted 6 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Los Angeles, CA
Remote
55K-85K Annually
Junior
Gaming • News + Entertainment
The Role
The VFX Artist will create and implement stunning visual effects for gaming projects, manage VFX assets, collaborate with team members, and work within technical constraints. They will ensure artistic direction aligns with production deadlines and document workflows. The role requires a solid understanding of VFX creation and optimization within game engines.
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Job Description

VFX Artist - Anime Combat

Company overview

Gamefam, a leading metaverse game developer and publisher that creates connected experiences with gaming communities and well-known brands, is building the next generation of pop culture franchises born from the metaverse. Our mission is to create dynamic experiences for an amazing community while we grow the next generation of super-hit gaming and entertainment franchises from within the metaverse.

Amazing experiences for an amazing community

We aim to deliver the most authentic games with the highest quality. We combine experienced mobile F2P producers, designers, and live ops managers with top native dev talent to create a one-of-a-kind, creative production and live operations hybrid powerhouse!


Position Summary:

We are looking for a VFX Artist to join our team of artists, designers, and programmers to expand our VFX team. The VFX Artist will be responsible for the creating and implementing of stunning visual effects that are consistent with our project's artistic direction and production deadlines. Our ideal candidate will have strong artistic and technical skills with a solid understanding of how to deliver within the time and technical constraints of industry schedules. The VFX Artist must exhibit the ability to transform concrete and ambiguous concepts into compatible, rich visuals.

Responsibilities: 

  • Design and implement high-quality real-time visual effects (VFX) using a combination of particle systems, textures, flipbooks and scripting.
  • Collaborate with artists, designers, programmers and animators to iterate, polish and deliver projects
  • Optimize render pipelines, settings, and particle effects for maximum performance on a variety of hardware configurations 
  • Create VFX that are optimized in accordance with the approved game style and technical requirements constraints.
  • Debug and resolve issues with particle systems 
  • Works with the leads to create a plan and timeline for VFX creation
  • Works within the technical limitations of the Roblox  game engine.

Skills/Requirements:

  • Two or more years of professional experience creating VFX.
  • Solid understanding of VFX creation for game engines (Unreal, Unity, Roblox, etc.)
  • Solid understanding of what makes anime combat great.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to learn concepts.
  • Experience with VFX for Roblox OR UEFN is a plus.
  • Understanding of game pipeline and VFX systems is a plus


Notes:

  • This is a remote position with working hours generally based around EST (Eastern Standard Time).


Highlights of Perks and Benefits:

  • Remote Flexibility
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Company wide shutdown between Christmas and New Years
  • Comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, disability & life insurance
  • 401K
  • WFH Stipend
  • Electronics Allotment
  • More surprises when you join!


The base salary for this role is between $55,000 USD and $85,000 USD with an additional on-target variable compensation package. 

Top Skills

Roblox
Unity
Unreal
The Company
HQ: Los Angeles, California
141 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Gamefam is the leading metaverse game developer that creates connected experiences with gaming communities and well-known brands.

Across 30+ live games on Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft, Gamefam records over 29 million daily game sessions and 215 million hours of engagement each month. Gamefam’s top franchises include Sonic Speed Simulator, Twilight Daycare, Tower of Misery, Funky Friday, Ultra Power Tycoon, Starving Artists, Super League Soccer, Hot Wheels Open World, Easy Obby, Deadpines: Zombie Survival and Weapon Fighting Simulator

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