Senior FX Artist

1 Year ago • All levels • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Senior FX Artist needed for Fortnite & Rocket League. Must have experience with Niagara, Materials, and Blueprints, and a passion for creating dramatic, real-time VFX.
Must have:
  • Niagara Expertise
  • Materials Mastery
  • Blueprints Proficiency
  • VFX Artistry
Good to have:
  • Graphics Math
  • Simulation Systems
  • Modular Components
  • Optimization
Perks:
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid Sabbatical

Job Details

About Us

Psyonix is a video game developer best known for Rocket League, the award-winning game that combines soccer, driving, and highly competitive gameplay. As part of the Epic Games family, we are an industry-leading game studio rooted in a crunch-free philosophy that emphasizes an amazing employee experience, located in the heart of San Diego. For nearly 20 years, we have been a driving force behind some of the most successful games in the industry, including Gears of War, Mass Effect 3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Bulletstorm, Unreal Tournament III and Unreal Tournament 2004.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic is looking for a Senior Technical FX Artist to join our team working on Fortnite and Rocket League to create dramatic real-time particle VFX while providing technical solutions across the group. A successful candidate will be equipped to create real-time VFX content using Niagara, Materials, and Blueprints and support the FX team’s tooling and infrastructure as a self-motivated and autonomous team player. The key to this role is understanding Fortnites' artistic needs and goals and how to support them with real-time VFX.

In this role, you will

  • Execute outstanding effects for our games by bringing dramatic effects to life
  • Create all art needed for the visual effects; including FX concept, proto and final FX
  • Supply creative solutions given a set of technical constraints
  • Provide technical solutions that have a wider impact across the group
  • Support the core FX infrastructure of Fortnite and Rocket League

What we're looking for

  • An artist with technical capabilities that can make a broader impact across the group
  • A critical eye for timing and shape that can bring dramatic FX to life to support gameplay and the overall player experience
  • Understanding of artistic stylization, and how/when to apply those principles
  • Fluency in the pillars of Fortnite VFX - Niagara, Materials, and Blueprints (or similar frameworks)
  • A working understanding of graphics math and how to use it (and the ability/desire to learn more)
  • A working understanding of simulation systems (particles, grid methods)
  • Experience constructing modular components reused across a larger graphics framework
  • Ability to quickly understand existing systems in order to make improvements/upgrades/repairs on a live, shipped product
  • Experience with optimization for multiple platform targets, and experience in secondary disciplines such as modeling, skinning, animation, or lighting
  • Scripting/UI construction experience in Python, QT, Blueprints, etc and experience with procedural systems (e.g. Houdini)

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical. 

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

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