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Senior Houdini VFX Artist

Overview

id Software, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is seeking a talented Senior Houdini VFX Artist to join our team making AAA games.

Candidates should have extensive experience with Houdini and procedural workflows, as well as a self-motivated drive to improve upon the systems and processes used in VFX creation. Ideal applicants will have experience with real-time VFX asset creation in multiple shipped AAA titles, including console platforms. Candidate’s portfolio should demonstrate high quality VFX with a wide variety of styles.

Position is based in Richardson, TX. Will consider remote.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain complex procedural tools, HDAs and workflows in Houdini and Houdini Engine with an eye toward ease of use
• Ability to take art direction with or without concept art, maintain a given style across a variety of assets, and to expand that style to fit the requirements of new assets
• Recognizing what VFX are needed, early in prototyping stage and supporting pre-production with VFX previsualization and prototype VFX
• Designing, creating and integrating VFX from start to finish
• Rendering animated loopable and/or tileable textures
• Working closely with animators and designers to develop and integrate gameplay VFX
• Set dressing of environments and cinematics with VFX
• Testing, debugging, solving problems and fixing bugs
• Performance testing and optimizing VFX for different platforms
• Provide schedule estimates for asset production
• Finding and addressing bottlenecks in the VFX production pipeline, assessing tools needs and finding better workflows.

Qualifications

• 8 + years minimum vfx industry experience using Houdini
• Deep knowledge of all aspects of Houdini including Vellum, DOPs, rigid and soft body dynamics, fluids, pyro, FEM, UV unwrapping, HDA asset creation, setting up constraints and procedural modeling.
• Portfolio demonstrating wide variety of VFX
• Excellent sense of motion, composition, and visual interest
• Preferably have shipped at least 2 AAA titles as VFX artist
• Ability to adhere to a cohesive aesthetic as set forth by the Art Director
• Ability to create high quality animated, tileable and loopable textures
• Proficiency using Modo, 3ds Max, and/or Maya
• Understanding of performance optimization and technical limitations
• Ability to learn quickly in-house tools
• Training, and mentoring other VFX artists
• Works in an organized and timely fashion
• Good time management skills and efficient development processes
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with the id Software products, family of engines, tools and material creation
• Passion for gaming
• Interest in new VFX technologies – real-time and offline rendering
• Console development experience
• Traditional art skills including sketching, illustration, painting, photography
• University or equivalent art-related degree
• Experience with Perforce

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