Requisition Number: 161849

Position Title: Senior Visual Effects Artist

External Description:

Senior VFX Artist

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.

Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication are what make Maxis tick as we prepare ourselves for massive amounts of growth and an incredible amount of fun. We want to engage our players and create the most entertaining titles in the world. Come and see for yourself, the future is here.

At Maxis we’re pushing the boundaries on every front, so you’ll get a chance to stretch beyond your comfort zone and learn while you contribute. Our team culture is collaborative and creativity oriented. We expect everyone to think like game makers and approach development with a Player First perspective.

Maxis in Austin, Texas is looking for a Senior VFX Artist to join our successful development team working on a new IP.

The Role

As the Senior VFX Artist, you report to the Development Director and work with the Art Director and technical Leads to determine visual standards and technical specifications of VFX for the project. You enhance the visual quality of the game by creating high quality real-time visual effects that are performant across multiple platforms. You may also work with external partners to provide work that meets the project standards. 

You will excel in a collaborative environment, embrace constructive feedback and enjoy the creative process of bringing the visuals to life. 

Responsibilities

• Work with art director and technical partners to develop the look and feel of VFX for the project.
• Work with Technical Art, Engineering and artists to develop project VFX pipelines.
• Create and implement visually stunning real-time visual effects.
• Improve visual effects to be performant on all supported platforms.
• Work with production and operations partners to map out VFX development for the project and advise on factors such as resources, tools, and technology ramp up.
• Create and maintain VFX documentation for the team.
• Participate in milestone planning and reviews.
• Review work from external partners and provide feedback.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of production experience using game engines to create real-time VFX
• Have served as a Senior or Lead VFX Artist on a published title and have shipping experience on multiple game titles.
• Experience developing consistent visual language across an eco-system of effects.
• Experience producing various types of visual effects as environmental/elemental, projectiles, beams, impacts, destruction, and cloth.
• Experience creating optimized and performant advanced real-time visual effects out of a variety of building blocks including particles, static textures, animated textures, lights, post processing, materials, meshes and shaders.
• Excellent composition/framing skills and sense of scale, timing, detail, form, texture and color.
• Can author stylized interpretations of real-world visual effects and stylized 2D visual effect animations.
• Experience creating 3D assets and materials in other packages to support effects [Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Substance Designer, Photoshop, After Effects]. 
• Unreal Engine Proficiency with Cascade or Niagara, and visual scripting thru node-based systems.
• Can technically deconstruct visual effects from other game and film references. 
• Experience with animation/modeling/texturing pipelines.

Materials required for Application

• Portfolio or Reel (by website, blog, or online gallery)
• Resume/CV

Benefits include relocation, extended health and dental, group RRSP & bonus program

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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.

EEOText: 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, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 58

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

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.