Senior Cinematic FX Artist
Senior Cinematic FX Artist
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Job Description
WHAT MAKES US EPIC
At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building awardwinning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
ART
What We Do
Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of worldclass environment character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.
What Youll Do
Epic Games is looking for a Senior Cinematic FX Artist who is highly motivated to join our cinematic team and play a vital role in transforming ingame FX into a cinematic quality in Unreal Engine. A successful candidate will be equipped to create realtime VFX content using Niagara Materials and explore various techniques and solutions in our cinematics. Use your artistic eye and creativity to push boundaries while collaborating with our internal ingame team and outsourcing partners with FX tasks.
In this role you will
- Execute outstanding effects for our games by bringing dramatic effects to life
- Create all art needed for the visual effects including FX concept proto and final FX
- Supply creative solutions given a set of technical constraints
- Provide technical solutions that have a broader impact across the group
- Working on Epics cinematic team to design various realtime FX in Unreal Engine for use in cinematic shots
What were looking for
- Good understanding of Unreal Engine or at least a passion for learning Unreal and Niagara
- An understanding of how to adapt/upgrade/translate game FX into their cinematic or movie version by identifying and retaining key shapes and concepts while plussing the fidelity
- Strong Houdini knowledge (running fluid simulations proceduralism mesh generation)
- An interest in and understanding of scripting/programming
- A good understanding/experience in proceduralism including shaders
- A critical eye for the timing animation and motion of realworld objects and visual FX with an ability to bring dramatic FX to life with flair
EPIC JOB EPIC BENEFITS EPIC LIFE
We pay 100 for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for medical dental and life insurance. We also offer supplemental benefits including daily meal vouchers and commuter benefits for onsite employees.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve been making awardwinning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics awardwinning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build highfidelity interactive experiences for PC console mobile and VR it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment automotive and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games we strive to build teams of worldclass talent.
Like what you hear Come be a part of something Epic!
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e. a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
