Senior Advanced VFX Artist
About the Company
Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia's premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.
About WB Games Montréal
WB Games Montréal is a division of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment (WBIE). Founded in 2010, we are 300+ creative team members strong who join forces every day to create unforgettable AAA experiences across all platforms.
Job Description
WB Game Montreal is seeking a talented Senior Advanced VFX Artist to create stunning visual effects to surprise and delight our players.
Your New Role…
In this role you will work closely with feature teams, to design and create effects that will elevate the game experience to next level.
As such you will actively drive one or more major segments of the VFX department’s work and participate in determining the direction, the quality bar and best practices. You will be involved in the development and creation of reliable VFX production pipelines for both gameplay and cinematic effects.
Your Role Accountabilities...
- Work with Art Director and feature teams to elevate the game experience by designing and creating real-time particle effects across the scope of the game.
- Develop creative direction regarding VFX techniques and style to maintain consistency throughout the user experience.
- Work with multiple feature teams to assess and prioritize their requirements.
- Collaborate with tools and tech team to enhance VFX pipeline.
- Research and prototype new techniques as required and share knowledge within the team.
- Act as a mentor to other team members, participate actively in creating an open constructive feedback environment and support the adherence to best practices amongst your peers.
Qualifications & Experience…
- 10+ years of experience in creating VFX for video games and having worked on published AAA titles.
- Having a portfolio/website demonstrating your artistic skills.
- Proven understanding of hardware constraints and mastery of techniques to overcome them.
- Proven mastery of game engines and their VFX features, as well as related software such as Maya, Houdini, 3Ds Max, Photoshop, etc.
- Excellent knowledge of the Unreal Engine 4 or 5 game engine and Niagara is a highly desirable asset.
- Active interest in the advancement of VFX trends and techniques.
- Strong understanding of shader technology.
- Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies.
- Motivation and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
- Ability to solve problems creatively, with focus and results-oriented thinking.
- Strong artistic sense.
- Knowledge of video games and passion for the industry.
- Having experience in co-development and/or with teams established in more than one location is an asset.
