VFX Artist
Location
Massachusetts
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
$143K - $218.5K / year
Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Create high-quality, real-time visual effects, including explosions, fire, smoke, clouds, weapon FX, debris, and weather systems.
• Mentor and support VFX artists, fostering a culture of creativity, trust, and technical excellence.
• Collaborate across disciplines to support gameplay, cinematics, and environments with best-in-class VFX.
• Drive innovation by researching and developing new workflows, tools, and techniques.
• Ensure VFX content meets performance goals and technical constraints.
• Populate environments with immersive and visually compelling VFX.
• Prepare briefs for outsourced work, provide thoughtful feedback, and uphold quality standards.
• Partner with Directors and Production to plan and estimate work, aligning with project goals and timelines.
Job Requirements
- Extensive professional experience in real-time VFX creation, ideally within game development.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring or guiding other artists.
- Expertise in both real-time and baked simulations.
- Strong knowledge of VFX tools and pipelines (Houdini, 3ds Max, Maya, etc.).
- Solid understanding of PBR workflows, real-time rendering techniques, shaders, and lighting.
- Deep knowledge of performance optimization for real-time VFX.
- Ability to work autonomously, identify opportunities, and deliver high-impact results.
- Strong knowledge of SideFX Houdini.
- Clear communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
- A portfolio demonstrating advanced VFX craft for games. Candidates should include a portfolio in their application.
Benefits
- Company-paid medical healthcare (dental, vision, and mental).
- Free mental health support, including access to counseling, psychiatric care, and a variety of well-being webinars.
- Paid leave — 26 days of vacation, 10 sick days, & 12 calendar holidays per year.
- 401K with employer matching.
- Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) – $100 per month to use towards fitness, wellness, internet, home office equipment, learning, streaming services, and more.
- Menstrual leave — employees who menstruate can take one extra day off when experiencing period pain.
- RED Parents Network — support for working parents.
- Flexible working hours.
- Trainings, lectures, and courses — internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available.
- A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
- Dog-friendly office — bring your pooch with you and look after them while working!
