VFX Artist
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Art – Art /
Temporary Full-Time /
Remote
Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.
In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.
Blackbird Interactive is looking for a passionate VFX Artist to join our team on an exciting VR project for an established and well loved IP! Do you have a broad range of creative and technical experience in creating VFX for Unreal Engine 5? Are you experienced in creating art under a strong technical brief?We would love to hear from you! Please include a link to showreel with your CV.
Responsibilities:
- Creative development real time VFX using Unreal 5 and Niagara
- Work with the Creative Leads to create optimised VFX for an established IP
- Problem solve and drive tools and tech development that will enable us to achieve our signature look in engine
- Monitor deliverable progress, manage assigned scope and requested changes, meet commitments, follow up and be on time
- Ensure FX assets meet technical requirements for Unreal 5 and VR
- Able to work with minimum supervision, work well in a small team and take ownership for problems
- Document tools and production pipelines that are clear and understandable
Requirements:
- 2+ years of proven gameplay development
- Background in creating stylized and optimised VFX
- Proven capability to work on multidisciplinary project teams, able to handle changing priorities throughout a product life cycle
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience with Ue5 and Niagara
- Experience with dynamic FX scaling and variable integration at runtime.
Pluses
- Experience with VR
- Blueprint Experience
$75,000 - $85,000 a year
