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Visual Effects Lead, World of Tanks
4 years ago
Wargaming Prague is looking for a Visual Effects (VFX) Lead to join the WoT Art Team and work on amazing new maps and features for World of Tanks PC. We need a quality driven, enthusiastic expert with leadership skills to build VFX team and push the quality of visual effect in the game.
Reports To
The Visual Effects Lead will report to the Art Manager.
What you will do?
- Build and Lead a VFX department that produces visual effects for World of Tanks PC
- Provide guidance and control of vfx style and quality based on Concept Arts and references from Art Supervisor.
- Create, edit, and support next-gen VFX content
- Work with HDR content
- Create basic asset animations required for final VFX
- Optimize VFX to run within performance limitations
- Mentor VFX Artists by explaining them PBR and HDR content principles and content management basics; guiding them through the tool set and providing necessary documentation
What are we looking for?
- 2 years of experience on lead position
- 5 years of professional VFX experience in game or film industry
- Portfolio with at least one shipped AAA game title or movie
- Hands-on experience with game engines
- Understanding of PBR and its content requirements
- Familiarity with graphic content development pipeline
- Understanding of HDR lighting, the way effects like Bloom, Lens flare, etc. emerge and work, and FX’s role in it
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Upper-intermediate or higher level of English
What additional skills will help you stand out?
- Experience with visual effects for movie industry.
- Deep knowledge and experience in color grading for games or movies
- Hands-on experience with PBR and offline renderers (Maxwell/Corona/V-Ray)
About Us
Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Delivering legendary games since 1998, Wargaming has grown to become one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO gaming industry with 4500+ employees and more than 20 offices globally. Over 200 million players enjoy Wargaming’s titles across all major gaming platforms, including the massively popular World of Tanks and World of Warships.
Working in our company means always having interesting challenges and gaining valuable experience while working with top-class experts.
Take your place among our passionate and experienced team and bring out the best in yourself at Wargaming!
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