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Insomniac Games is seeking a Lead Visual Effects Artist to manage and develop a VFX team. This role involves hands-on VFX asset creation, partnering with the Principal VFX Artist on content pipelines, and overseeing external partners. The Lead VFX Artist will collaborate with Art Directors to maintain visual style, review team work for aesthetic and technical performance, and coordinate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure timely asset delivery. They will also work with the Tool and Engine team to enhance proprietary tools and champion new production methods.

<p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Insomniac Games is searching for a Lead Visual Effects Artist. The Lead VFX Artist is responsible for managing and developing a visual effects team. Has the knowledge and experience of creating art assets and sets an example for the team by demonstrating a mastery of industry standards and tools, proprietary technology, and departmental production workflows. Has a proven understanding of production schedules and project goals, along with game performance, and technical considerations.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed"><strong>Essential Duties and Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Balance hands-on VFX asset creation with day-to-day team leadership and management of the VFX team.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Partner closely with Principal VFX Artist to plan, create and test content creation and pipelines before deploying to the development team</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Oversee and support external VFX partners, ensuring they are properly onboarded to style and technical standards and that their deliveries meet quality expectations.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Collaborate with Production Management to scope and estimate work, build schedules, assign tasks and track progress for VFX deliverables.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Works closely with Art Directors to develop visual targets, maintain a cohesive visual style and consistent quality bar across all aspects in VFX.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Review VFX artists’ work to ensure VFX content is performant aesthetically and technically that is aligned with Art Direction.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Collaborate with multiple disciplines to support gameplay, characters, cinematics, environments with VFX requirements.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Coordinate with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure VFX assets are delivered on time and integrated smoothly into the game.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Works closely with the Tool and Engine team to aid in the ongoing evolution and enhancements of proprietary tools and engine to improve and enhance VFX fidelity.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Champion and implement new production methods, best practices, and optimizations to improve efficiency and in-game performance.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Ensures that all complaints and concerns related to inappropriate or unprofessional conduct in the workplace are addressed immediately to foster a safe work environment.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Lead, mentor, and develop a team of VFX artists, including consistent quality bar, goal‑setting and performance reviews.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Other duties may apply</li></ul><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed"><strong>Supervisory Duties:</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">This job has supervisory responsibilities</li></ul><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed"><strong>Supervisory Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems</li></ul><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed"><strong>Computer Skills</strong>:</p><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Advanced level in Houdini and Maya: expert understanding of these DCC visual effects packages, competent working with joints and locators, animation/keyframing, rigid-body and fluid simulations, materials, shaders, lighting and rendering.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">3d modeling and procedural modeling/UV’ing skills are a must.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong knowledge and experience with modern game engines/editors such as Unreal, Unity, proprietary, etc.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Proficient with real-time particle-editors and VFX systems such as Unreal’s Niagara, PopcornFX, etc.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Advance understanding of complex node-based shader networks such as those used in Unreal, Unity, etc.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Familiarity with game scripting and/or node-based systems (e.g. Unreal Blueprint, etc).</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Have strong grasp of technical scripting, programming and expressions pertaining to DCC and graphics: e.g. MEL, Python, Houdini VEX, HLSL Shaders, etc.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Proficient in Photoshop for painting and editing textures.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strong knowledge of procedural texture generation software (e.g. Substance Designer, Filter-Forge, After-Effects, etc).</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Knowledge of other visual effects or CG software a plus (e.g. Blender, Nuke, etc).</li></ul><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please submit your application below.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed"><strong><em>Please refer to our <a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/careers-privacy-notice/" target="</em>blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 hover:underline transition-colors duration-200">Candidate Privacy Notice</a> for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights._</strong></p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">Base pay is one component of our total compensation package. Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location, as well as additional compensation components, such as annual bonus, profit sharing, and other incentive plans.</p><p class="my-4 text-gray-700 leading-relaxed">In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. 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class="leading-relaxed">Familiarity with data modeling, metadata management, and data governance principles</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience supporting Agile projects using tools like <strong>JIRA</strong> and <strong>Confluence</strong></li></ul><h3 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-bold mt-8 mb-3 text-gray-800">Preferred:</h3><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Experience supporting <strong>cloud-native data solutions</strong> or <strong>data lake architectures</strong></li><li class="leading-relaxed">Knowledge of <strong>NoSQL</strong> databases like <strong>MongoDB</strong>, <strong>Cassandra</strong></li><li class="leading-relaxed">Exposure to <strong>AI/ML</strong> integration in data pipelines (preferred)</li></ul><h2 class="text-2xl md:text-3xl font-bold mt-10 mb-4 border-b pb-2 text-gray-800">Overall Responsibilities</h2><ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li 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