Principal VFX Artist

6 Months ago • 4 Years + • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Playrix, a leading mobile game developer, seeks a Principal VFX Artist to elevate visual quality in their flagship games. Candidates must have 4+ years of experience in VFX/animation, expertise in Unity, Unreal, and proprietary game engines, strong graphic editing skills, and a deep understanding of visual dynamics and composition.

Must have:

VFX Artist
Unity/Unreal
Graphic Editor
Visual Dynamics

Good to have:

Shader Experience
Game Engine
Animation Experience
Industry Trends

Perks:

Flexible Schedule
Health Insurance

4 skills required

4 skills required for this role

Add these skills to join the top 1% applicants for this job

unity

unreal

composition

real-time-vfx

Job Details

Principal VFX Artist

About the company

Playrix is one of the most successful mobile game development companies  in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe  and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

Our flagship products are currently in a new phase of visual quality development. We're looking for a talented, experienced, and skilled Principal VFX Artist to help us achieve this as efficiently as possible while maintaining our leadership position in casual gaming.

Collaborating directly with the Producer and Art Director, you'll tackle complex tasks related to improving the overall quality of effects in our products. You'll be working alongside leading gaming industry professionals and implementing artistic, creative, and technical innovations in games with an audience in the multi-millions.

Tasks

Bringing more life and excitement to the game through design and use of visual effects and animation
Redesigning and improving match-3 effects, UI, isometry, and in-game events
Mentoring other VFX Artists and Animators and leading by example
Coordinating with Art, Design, and Animation teams to ensure the VFX match quality targets the vision for the game
Staying up to date with industry trends and techniques to continuously improve our VFX pipeline and tools
Collaborating with other departments to reach levels of visual quality that are simply explosive

Requirements

Portfolio and 4+ years of professional experience as an effects artist or animator, preferably in mobile projects
Skills in creating effects in Unity, Unreal, and our proprietary game engines, as well as their implementation in our products
Expert skills in working with graphic editors
Good sense for dynamics, shape, color, and composition
Ability to work with attention management and flow in games
Experience with shaders
Fluency in Russian

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being

We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.

Professional development and education

We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.

Events and merch

We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.