Senior Houdini Artist

The opportunity

Join Accelerate Solutions, an innovative, international team building custom software for a wide range of clients! Our professional services team works across multiple channels incorporating groundbreaking technologies like XR, robotics, machine learning and IoT. We work on a diverse range of business verticals including games, automotive, retail, manufacturing, and entertainment.

As a Senior Lighting Artist, you will collaborate with our Design and Engineering teams to support the creation of compelling 3D experiences. You will be participating in crafting the solutions of tomorrow, today.

What you’ll be doing

• Work with Creative Directors, Supervisors, Leads, and Compositing team to ensure all elements reach the desired look and delivery
• Creating photorealistic “FX,” and simulations ( fire, water, explosions, smoke, fire, rigid-body destruction, liquid, particles, cloth, softbody, etc), using Houdini and any company proprietary technology or third-party technology
• Work closely with Engineering, Technical Artists and fellow artists to craft rich experiences for our Users and Clients
• Ability to identify problematic shots and sequences that may affect delivery schedules and communicate concerns to Production, Leads and Supervisors
• Oversee projects through from concept to completion with a high level of detail while maintaining shot quotas set by production and leads

What we’re looking for

• High proficiency of a major FX software such as Houdini, Maya and Blender
• Ability to demonstrate a broad range of FX abilities in a collaborative environment to conceptualize and create the overall look, attitude and style of the FX
• Ability to create interesting worlds full of life and personality and a strong technical understanding of memory budgets and game pipelines
• Understanding of real time 2d & 3d FX pipelines
• 5+ years of experience in VFX and Gaming and strong knowledge of Houdini and Nuke

You might also have

• Professional experience prepping & delivering assets in Unity or other 3D engines
• Experience with Maya or 3ds Max pipeline using Vray, FumeFX, Thinking Particles, Pflow, Phoenix Houdini, and the Thinkbox suite of tools
• Advanced level Scripting skills with VEX, Python, HScript

Life at Unity

Unity (NYSE: U) is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and others, use Unity to make their imaginations come to life. Unity is the foundation upon which the world’s most powerful digital content is created. Specifically, Unity’s platform provides a comprehensive set of software solutions to create, run and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Unity had, on average, 3.9 billion monthly active end users who consumed content created or operated with its solutions. The applications developed by these creators were downloaded, on average, five billion times per month in 2021. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

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