Senior VFX Artist

With a passion to deliver high-end cinematic games, Supermassive Games is carving a unique and exciting path in the games industry. Want to join us on the journey?

We are looking for a highly talented and experienced Senior VFX Artist to join our team.

We are seeking candidates who are determined, self-motivated and keen to both inspire and collaborate with creative team-mates to create wondrous and exciting effects that propel our stories and characters to new heights - from simple and subtle elements to breath-taking wow moments!

You will be pushing forward the boundaries of what is possible on next gen platforms and high-end PC GPUs!

Role responsibilities:

• Engaging with the creative process to design and create innovative and high quality VFX
• Implementing VFX within Unreal
• Collaborating with other disciplines such as lighting and environment artists, graphics programmers and level designers to create a great game experience

Requirements

Skills and experience required:

• You have VFX experience in commercial games development or in an allied field such as TV or Film production
• A strong portfolio of work which demonstrates the ability to create visually impressive VFX which are sympathetic to the needs of the product
• A good understanding of physical behaviour and motion in the creation of VFX - including a strong sense of timing
• Experience using the Unreal Engine for the creation and deployment of effects is essential
• Unreal
• Maya
• An industry standard real-time particle editor (UNITY, CryENGINE, Houdini)
• Photoshop
• Experience with After Effects and previsualisation tools is an advantage.

Candidate should have:

• A high level of creativity and problem-solving skills
• A positive and proactive work ethic
• A strong sense of visual communication

Benefits

Why join us?

• We make big games with small teams - you will play a full and active role
• Challenging and rewarding projects as standard
• 25 days annual leave
• Private health insurance
• Pension
• Life assurance x6 time annual salary
• Quarterly profit related bonus scheme
• Social events - including large summer party
• Constantly improving tools and workflow so you can focus on creativity
• Fast decision-making allows good ideas to flourish
• We celebrate and nurture talent
• Our supportive, inclusive and friendly team culture is something we are proud of
• Work-life balance is something we respect and protect
• Ultimately, you’ll work on the cutting edge - making innovative and immersive games