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VFX Artist

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Infinity Ward is currently seeking a Visual Effects Artist for an exciting unannounced project.

Responsibilities:

• Design and simulate high quality, photo-real effects (fire, smoke, explosions, debris, clouds, etc.) that meet all technical and aesthetic standards for the project.
• Render realistic textures and assemble into texture atlases to be used by our proprietary Particle Editor.
• Prepare assets for simulation by fracturing and modeling.
• Perform rigid body and soft body simulations.
• Composite live action shoot elements.
• Work closely with VFX Artists and Game Designers to ensure all effects will work smoothly within the pipeline.
• Produce look tests based on provided reference materials.
• Take direction from Supervisors as well as provide guidance and mentorship to other FX Artists.
• Use our in-house particle editor to author particle effects and implement them into our game engine.
• Raise the bar for what's possible in a game engine.
• Work within production deadlines to complete all tasks.
• Ensure industry leading quality and artistic fidelity.

Requirements:

• A strong eye for timing, weight, realism, color, volume, energy and other particle aesthetics.
• Ability to create realistic explosions, demolition, destruction.
• Strong knowledge of 3DSMax (and simulation plugins: FumeFX, Krakatoa, Frost, thinking particles).
• Experience with other VFX software a plus – Houdini, RealFlow, Maya, Bifrost, etc..
• Strong modeling and animation experience.
• Basic compositing knowledge (After Effects, Nuke, Fusion).
• 2+ years production experience in video games, TV Shows, commercials or films.
• Ability to script a plus (Max Script, Python).
• Strong technical and communication skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly to proprietary tools.
• Self-motivated.
• A passion for video games.