Senior VFX Artist

1 Day ago • 6 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior VFX Artist will be responsible for creating high-quality real-time visual effects for characters, environments, and gameplay. This involves prototyping, researching, and integrating particle effects in Unreal Engine 5, collaborating with multiple disciplines, and ensuring VFX content meets performance and budget requirements. The role also includes mentoring other VFX artists and refining the VFX pipeline. The candidate will be expected to identify and own their work, deliver results, and help build a creative and excellent environment.
Must have:
  • 6+ years of gaming industry experience.
  • Working knowledge of Unreal Engine pipelines.
  • Experience with real-time and baked simulation.
  • Knowledge of standard 3D software.
  • Solid portfolio demonstrating expertise.
  • Understanding of PBR concepts.
  • Understanding of rendering techniques and lighting.
  • Understanding of performance and optimization.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Good to have:
  • Experience in procedural content creation in Houdini.
Perks:
  • Relocation package including flight ticket, company apartment, and pet relocation.
  • Relocation assistance for legalization and finding residence.
  • Polish lessons for employees and partners.
  • Paid leave: 20-26 days of holiday, sick leave, maternity and paternity leave.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Welcome pack with goodies.
  • Trainings, lectures, and courses.
  • Merch gifts.
  • Private medical healthcare.
  • Psychological care.
  • Multisport card.
  • Dog-friendly office.
  • Social events.
  • Healthy selections of food and drinks.
  • International working environment.
  • Sustainable campus features: gym with climbing wall, bike parking, and no dress code.

Job Details

Company Description

To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our YouTube channel where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members!

    Job Description

    We’re looking for a Senior VFX Artist to join the CD PROJEKT RED team dedicated to crafting the studio’s first-ever original IP and video game, codenamed Project Hadar. We believe the universe we are creating is one bursting with limitless potential, and we want you to help us broaden and utilize it, making sure it not only matches gamers’ high expectations set by past CD PROJEKT RED titles but exceeds them.

    In this role you will be responsible for creating high-quality real-time visual FX for characters, environments and gameplay. You will also help refine the VFX pipeline, optimize visual effects for performance and maintain high-quality standards.

    Daily Responsibilities

    • Creating high quality real-time visual effects.
    • Prototyping, researching, and integrating particle effects in Unreal Engine 5.
    • Collaborating with multiple disciplines to support gameplay, characters, cinematics, environments, with VFX requirements.
    • Working with directors and Production to estimate and plan work.
    • Researching new and innovative workflows, push what is possible in VFX.
    • Ensuring VFX content is performant and within budgets.
    • Mentoring other VFX artists, and helping build an environment of creativity, trust, and excellence.

    Qualifications

    • Ability to work independently to identify and own work, deliver results.
    • At least 6 years of experience in the gaming industry.
    • Working knowledge of Unreal Engine pipelines.
    • Experience with both real time and baked simulation.
    • Knowledge with standard 3D software: Max, Maya or Blender.
    • Solid portfolio demonstrating expertise.
    • Understanding of PBR concepts.
    • Understanding of rendering techniques, real-time shaders and lighting.
    • Understanding of performance and optimization.
    • Excellent communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.

    Nice to Haves

    • Experience in procedural content creation in Houdini.

    Additional Information

    Working mode

    • Relocation to Warsaw is required.
    • Office-First: working primarily in the Warsaw studio in a full time or hybrid mode. 

    Relocation support

    • Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings: it’s all covered. Who said moving countries needs to be complicated?
    • Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements, helping out with translations if needed, and much more — we have dedicated teams to help make sure that all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
    • Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.
    • Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday for every team member per year, paid sick leave, and paid maternity & paternity leave.

    Perks & Professional Growth

    • Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
    • A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
    • Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
    • Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!

    Health & Well-being

    • Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
    • Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars. 
    • Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.

    Social Activities & Life in the Office

    • Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
    • Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
    • Healthy selections — ​​organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio. Enjoy!
    • Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.

    Head office in Warsaw

    • Sustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works.
    • An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes.
    • Car and bike parking spaces.
    • A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.
    • No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.

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    CD PROJEKT RED is home to over 1000 game-making professionals from all over the globe. We speak many different languages, but share one love — video games.


    We are creators of The Witcher series of games, including the acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Most recently, we have created Cyberpunk 2077 and its spy-thriller expansion Phantom Liberty.


    We are headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, with studios in Cracow and Wroclaw. In North America, we operate in Vancouver and will be opening a new studio in Boston to drive development on the followup to Cyberpunk 2077. 


    We’re proud to have a gamer-first approach, a diverse & supportive culture, and a focus on mature, meaningful storytelling that will inspire gamers for years to come.


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