Forge alternate worlds that deepen players’ lives! We’re a game development studio based in Los Angeles, dedicated to the idea that online games can deliver deeper, more meaningful experiences.
We’re looking for a talented Senior VFX Artist with a passion for eye-popping, stylized effects that effectively balance aesthetics and performance.
Expectations and Responsibilities:
- Create stylized, real-time VFX using UE4, and other digital content creation tools
- Integrate visual effects and balance aesthetics and performance
- Help define and improve technical pipelines and toolsets
- Assist in the hiring of additional artists to the team
- Communicate and meet visual quality and performance standards.
- Collaborate with technical artists and tool programmers to drive workflow innovation and efficiency.
Requirements:
- Games industry experience shipping AAA titles as a Senior VFX Artist
- Strong knowledge of UE4 Cascade particle editor pipeline
- Ability to balance 3D aesthetic with in game performance and optimisation
- Effective at working in cross discipline teams to achieve a shared mission
- Motivated by creating great games
- Experience with Maya and Houdini
- Experience of UE4 Niagara VFX system
- Experience with UE4 Blueprint creation and editing
Preferred:
- Professional experience working in Unreal 4
- Strong knowledge of Unreal Material Editor
- Experience with UE4 post process materials
- Experience with GPU particles and vector fields authoring
- Experience working with art outsourcing
- Portfolio showcasing a breadth of stylized VFX
- Experience with Substance Designer and Painter
- Experience with character animation
- A passionate gamer on your own time
Location:
- Choice of Remote (in approved states) or Hybrid office options in Los Angeles, CA, or Orange County, CA (office location pending) unless noted above
- Aligned to core Pacific Coast hours (10:00am - 4:00pm PT)
- Remote eligible locations: Quebec, Canada, or in one of the following US states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington
About S6:
We’re a game development team based in Los Angeles, dedicated to the idea that online games can deliver deeper, more meaningful experiences.
With our first project Palia, we’re exploring new styles of game design and tackling difficult technical problems to create a game that’s beautiful and intricate, delivering far more than superficial entertainment or basic wish fulfillment, an experience that becomes a meaningful part of your life. Our vision is to create a compelling virtual universe filled with rich and diverse gameplay experiences and social interactions that will keep you playing for years, evolving along with you and the rest of the community… We want our players to feel valued as well as a true sense of belonging.
Sounds ambitious? We think so, too. If you’re interested in the challenge of building a new genre, in making rewarding interactive & community experiences filled with amazing art and world class technology to support this living world, join us on the journey.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. We’re excited to hear from you!
Check out our announcement trailer!
Apply here!