[Full-time job in Vietnam] Senior VFX Artist at Gear Inc

ABOUT US

Gear Inc is an American owned and operated Game Studios located in Vietnam, at the crossroads of Southeast Asia. A booming hub for innovation and a thrilling place to live and work!

We have an experienced, international team of developers working on top-grossing titles played by millions of casual and core gamers. We are growing our in-house projects and also collaborate with world-class partners like Scopely (WWE Champions, Looney Toons, Star Trek…) on some exciting titles.

We hire exceptionally creative and talented people from all over the globe that bring experience and international standards to the table, but that’s just the start!

For more information, please visit our:

❖ Website: https://www.gearinc.com/gaming/

Description

We’re looking for passionate Senior VFX Artists to join our team at one of our 3 offices in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. You will work closely with the Art Director and other Lead Artists in creating cutting edge visual effects for our mobile games in Unity. We are looking for someone with a strong technical Art background who has a passion for game effects.

  • You’ll have the opportunity to work on UI animation and particles effect for items and character skills.
  • You’ll work on top grossing games with people who are friendly, fun, and aim to be pioneers in high-quality animation in the mobile game industry.

You will work together with an international creative team to:

  • Ensure timely completion of UI, item, character effects at the desired quality bar
  • Handle the whole animation/effect pipeline, from prototyping to preparing final package in Unity
  • Work closely with artists, designers and programmers to ensure that effects are in line with game concept and the overall game experience
  • Research visual effect creation processes
  • Establish animation reference libraries

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of Animation theories and techniques.
  • Fundamental art skills and aesthetic sense
  • Very good technical skills and understanding of the content creation pipeline from design to implementation in Unity
  • Knowledge of optimization and best practices for mobile game art
  • Able to paint stylized FX textures from scratch, matching an established style

Preferable Requirement (not compulsory)

  • Experience in the mobile game industry
  • Experience creating new shaders, systems, pipelines, etc.
  • Good English oral/written communication skills
  • Skill in one or more related disciplines – illustration, modeling, animation, or technical art

Required Application Materials

  • Resume
  • Portfolio (website, blog, online album, Dropbox, etc.) demonstrating your technical skills and aesthetic sense

Benefits

  • Chance to work on big game development projects.
  • Chance to work closely with both experienced Vietnamese and foreign experts.
  • Attractive salary and benefits, international, fun and professional working environment.
  • Open and honest culture where people are valued, treated fairly and trusted and empowered.
  • Training and career development opportunities
  • Flexible working hours, we work 40 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
  • 13th-month salary and additional bonus every year
  • Lunch offered and free drinks (coffee, tea, etc)
  • Health Insurance package
  • Annual health check, annual flu vaccination.
  • Paid leave (12 days/year).
  • Standing desks if you like it, Modern hardware, No dress code, Company trip, Annual Family Day.
  • We support relocation, work permit and resident card for foreign staff members
  • Salary range: Negotiable (depending on experience and portfolio)

Working Location

  • 52 Nguyen Van Linh, Hai Chau District, Danang
  • 125D Minh Khai, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi
  • Our new office in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City

We find ourselves in unusual times due to Covid-19, and as such, we offer remotely working until international flights are available. But don’t worry, our concierge service will help you to relocate to Vietnam at ease.