Senior VFX Artist

Location: Lund Sweden
Employment Type: Contract
Work Arrangement: On-site
Assignment Period: 26 October 2026 31 March 2027
Seniority: Senior

Sperton is looking for an experienced and creative Senior VFX Artist to develop engaging visual effects for interactive and immersive experiences.

In this role you will create real-time visual effects using Unreal Engine 5 and Unity taking projects from concept development and prototyping through to production-ready experiences. You should have strong technical expertise in Niagara Blueprints Materials Post Process and lighting alongside a solid understanding of real-time rendering and performance optimization.

These experiences are designed for a variety of environments including 360-degree projection rooms large-scale LED displays projection walls trade shows light installations and concerts.

As the assignment involves physical testing you must be comfortable working with hardware and be available to work on-site in Lund.

• Create engaging visual effects from concept to final production using Unreal Engine and Unity.

• Develop prototypes and evaluate new ideas for interactive experiences.

• Work with Niagara Materials Blueprints Post Process and lighting in Unreal Engine 5.

• Develop particle systems shaders and advanced visual effects.

• Optimize effects for real-time performance without compromising visual quality.

• Explore and implement new tools shaders and workflows to improve visual fidelity.

• Collaborate with producers designers developers and other stakeholders to achieve a consistent visual style.

• Solve technical challenges and manage priorities in a fast-paced production environment.

• At least 5 years of professional experience developing visual effects for real-time environments.

• Strong proficiency in Unreal Engine 5.

• Hands-on experience with Niagara Materials Post Process and Blueprints.

• Experience recreating visual references in real-time game engines.

• Practical experience producing real-time visual effects in Unity.

• Strong understanding of real-time performance pipelines workflows and optimization.

• Expertise in particle effects and node-based shaders.

• Ability to work independently prioritize tasks and deliver in a fast-paced production environment.

• Willingness to work on-site in Lund and participate in physical hardware testing.

Sperton is an international recruitment and workforce solutions company with more than 20 years of experience and a presence across global markets.

We help organizations find the right expertise through recruitment staffing and consultancy People Management Global Mobility and business support services.