VFX Artist

2 Months ago • 2 Years + • VFX • $75,000 PA - $85,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Blackbird Interactive is seeking a passionate VFX Artist to join their team for an exciting VR project. The role involves creating real-time VFX using Unreal Engine 5 and Niagara, working with Creative Leads to optimize VFX, problem-solving, driving tools and tech development, monitoring deliverable progress, ensuring assets meet technical requirements, and documenting production pipelines. The ideal candidate should be able to work with minimum supervision, work well in a small team and take ownership for problems.
Must have:
  • 2+ years of proven gameplay development
  • Background in creating stylized and optimized VFX
  • Proven capability to work on multidisciplinary project teams
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Experience with UE5 and Niagara
Good to have:
  • Experience with VR
Perks:
  • Four-day work week

Job Details

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.


In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.


Blackbird Interactive is looking for a passionate VFX Artist to join our team on an exciting VR project for an established and well loved IP! Do you have a broad range of creative and technical experience in creating VFX for Unreal Engine 5? Are you experienced in creating art under a strong technical brief?

We would love to hear from you! Please include a link to showreel with your CV.


Responsibilities:
  • Creative development real time VFX using Unreal 5 and Niagara
  • Work with the Creative Leads to create optimised VFX for an established IP
  • Problem solve and drive tools and tech development that will enable us to achieve our signature look in engine 
  • Monitor deliverable progress, manage assigned scope and requested changes, meet commitments, follow up and be on time
  • Ensure FX assets meet technical requirements for Unreal 5 and VR 
  • Able to work with minimum supervision, work well in a small team and take ownership for problems
  • Document tools and production pipelines that are clear and understandable


Requirements:
  • 2+ years of proven gameplay development
  • Background in creating stylized and optimised VFX 
  • Proven capability to work on multidisciplinary project teams, able to handle changing priorities throughout a product life cycle
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Experience with UE5 and Niagara


Pluses
  • Experience with VR


$75,000 - $85,000 a year

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