Senior VFX Artist

Requisition Number: 159216

Position Title: Senior Visual Effects Artist

External Description:

Industrial Toys is a AAA mobile developer founded by Halo veteran Alex Seropian. Our mission is to make games that are Mobile To The Core! We are currently working to bring cutting edge FPS gaming to your phone. If you’re interested in working with veteran mobile, console, and PC developers in creating new AAA experiences that will reach billions of mobile players around the world we would like to hear from you!

Our Senior VFX Artist will work across a range of real-time fx for our mobile FPS such as environmental fx, weapon fx, vehicle fx, as well as fx supporting gameplay visuals and UI. You have experience authoring textures manually or through simulations in 3D tools such as Houdini to achieve a specific visual target. The Sr. VFX artist works closely with designers, art directors, and engineers to ensure the game's fx look the best they can under the performance budgets for a range of mobile devices.

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, design, and create visual effects in UE4 for our mobile FPS.
• Create and apply dynamic animation and simulation techniques to a variety of effects to simulate physical & energetic phenomena.
• Work collaboratively with the Game Design discipline to understand the VFX requirements and support the communication of gameplay mechanics information back to the player through visual elements.
• Partner with the Art Director to match a specific visual style ranging from photo-real to more stylized fx.
• Interact and collaborate with the key client team members (Art, Programming, Production, etc.) 
• Work with and manage tasks in collaboration with external partners and vendors.

Required Skills:

• At least 5+ years of cinematic/games production experience. You have completed more than 2 AAA or mobile games.
• You have extensive experience with real-time visual effects editors as well as particle systems.
• You know how to create high quality, optimized VFX for mobile titles and have keen eye for timing, animation, and weight.
• You have a working knowledge of Houdini, Maya, and/or other commercial 3D authoring and fluid sim packages to produce source textures and models.
• You have experience authoring in UE4 or similar real-time engine.
• You’ve worked on games before and have a deep understanding of the game development process.
• You have strong interest in VFX and evaluate competitive products to learn from their VFX implementation solutions.
• Experience with scripting languages and shader authoring (HLSL) is a plus
• Experience as a modeler or texture artist or animator is a plus
• Avid gamer is a plus

Enjoy EA Industrial Toys studio benefits of:

• Spacious 19,000 sqft 10th floor office with amazing views of the San Gabriel mountains, all of Pasadena, and Los Angeles (on a clear day)
• Weekly Happy Hours, donuts and bagels.
• Full kitchen with snacks, drinks, espresso machine and nitro cold brew
• A game room with classic multi-arcade machines, modern consoles, and PC gaming stations
• Foosball, Ping-pong table, and Cornhole game
• EV charging
• Motorized sit-stand desks
• Private wellness room

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

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Days Open: 99

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EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.