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Senior VFX Artist

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Overview

MachineGames is seeking a talented Visual Effects Artist to join our team. As an Effect Artist you will work closely with our Art Director to ensure aesthetics quality is kept at the highest-level throughout all the art assets produced and throughout the product.

Our studio is located in central Uppsala, Sweden which is a small and vibrant city 30 minutes north of Stockholm with a historical heritage reaching back to pre-medieval times. It also has the oldest and one of the largest universities in northern Europe.

This is a permanent position starting as soon as possible. We will support your relocation and/or application for work permit if you have a non-EU passport and/or not currently residing in Sweden.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Art Director on the visual style of all effects in the game, through verbal and written communication, concepts or reference images/videos.
• Identify need for effects in collaboration with environment artists and gameplay designers in the different production units.
• Create optimized visual effects for real time rendering within a PBR environment.
• Create weather, atmospheric and special environment effects such as under water effects in collaboration with Environment Artists.
• Create effects required for gameplay like impact decals, explosions, muzzle flashes and other related weapon effects in collaboration with Gameplay Designers and Programmers.
• Create certain light and camera/lens effects.
• Collaborate with programmers within the Advanced Gameplay & Effects team to further develop pipelines and tools

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional or related experience.
• At least one shipped title.
• Experience creating realistic simulations using Houdini, Maya or similar.
• Strong knowledge of Photoshop and AfterEffects.
• Keen artistic eye and exceptional attention to detail.
• Good understanding of and appreciation for milestones, schedules, deadlines and efficient game development processes.
• Very strong work ethic, able to take direction and collaborate.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Passion for making great games

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