Stunlock Studios - Skövde/Sweden - Now hiring Senior Visual Effects Artist!
Senior Visual Effects Artist
Fixed-Term - full time
Location: Skövde, Sweden
What it’s about
Are you an experienced visual effects artist with a background in the gaming industry and a real passion for visual effects? Are you passionate about gaming?
We have an exciting and challenging opportunity for you to become part of our growing team of artists at Stunlock Studios. Here at Stunlock Studios, we are developing competitive and community driven games, always with the players in focus. We are looking for a passionate visual effects artist to work with the development and production of in game visual effects.
What you will do
- Create visually stunning and impactful effects for wider range of characters and abilities.
- Collaborate with Art Direction, Animation, SFX and Design teams in shaping ability kits for new characters.
- Work closely with Unity and the game engine.
- Help and spread knowledge to other VFX artists in the studio.
What we’re looking for
Essential
- Documented experience working in the gaming industry for several years as a Visual Effects Artist
- Passionate for visual effects
- Excellent understand of stylized effects
- Excellent understanding of how game characters interact with visual effects tied to character abilities
- Able to create stylized FX textures from scratch, matching established style, to be used in real-time game assets
- Solid game design awareness
- Exceptional game design oriented collaborator
- Exceptional with tools such as Maya and photoshop
- Experience with 3d graphics, particle systems, physics ribbons etc, preferably in Unity
Desirable
- Basic understanding of animation, modelling and illustration
- Good understanding of the Battlerite visual style
Behaviors
- Open, collaborative and proactive team-player
- Self motivated attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Positive attitude to constant change
- Aspire to delivering high standards
Benefits
- Generous contributory pension
- Pre-emptive Healthcare initiative
- Flexible work-hours
- Insurance package
Submission / Portfolio requirements
- Resume
- Cover letter
- Portfolio and / or reel demonstrating relevant artistic skills.
- Preferably some kind of character interacting with visual effects
This is an opportunity to join Sweden’s top game studio on our journey to create state of the art multiplayer games. We’re looking forward to hear from you!
Apply here!
