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Senior VFX Artist

Location: Austin, TX, USA

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Requisition Number: 161547

Position Title: Senior Visual Effects Artist

External Description:

VFX Artist

At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story. We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling. If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape one of BioWare’s most successful games.

BioWare Austin is looking for a VFX Artist to join the Star Wars: The Old Republic team to provide stylized visuals that enhance gameplay and exploration crafted by world designers.

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of industry experience in VFX on games or related interactive work.
  • Familiarity with real-time VFX using particle systems, sprites, and 3D meshes.
  • Good command of animation principles and timing.
  • Knowledge of 2D and 3D art packages for VFX creation (including experience creating optimized 3D models and textures), game engine workflows for VFX, and revision control systems. Photoshop and 3ds Max preferred. Maya, Houdini, FumeFX, or other dynamic simulation experience a plus.
  • Proficiency with open-world gameplay constraints and using visual language to support rewarding player experiences.
  • Commitment to learning and familiarizing oneself with technologies, technical concepts, ideas, and problems.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Craft VFX for the game, including environments, abilities, combat, and cinematic VFX.
  • Research and provide creative input to inform and develop VFX solutions.
  • Work with the design, environment, and writing teams to support gameplay and story while upholding established art style.
  • Work with art leadership and peers to support the game vision, provide/receive feedback, and improve by participating in regular team events such as reviews and scrums, with the goal of creating high-quality VFX.

Portfolio Requirements:

It is required that you submit a portfolio of your work with your application. You may do so by providing a link or attaching documents to your resume. All portfolios must contain a detailed breakdown of the work. It must be very clear what you, the applicant, oversee.

Please provide as many examples of the following as you can:

  • MMO experience
  • Ability FX (i.e. cast, projectile, impact)
  • Cinematic FX
  • Environmental FX (i.e. smoke columns, fire, lightning, and explosions)
  • Sci-fi or fantasy style preferred

Benefits & Perks:

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match, and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes remarkable people to make world-class games, we offer great compensation packages and a culture that values creativity and individuality.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 68

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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