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Visual Effects Artist | Amazon Game Studios

Visual Effects Artist - Seattle, WA


Job Description

Amazon Game Studios is looking for a Visual Effects artist to join our development team. The perfect candidate will be comfortable creating a wide variety of visual effects using particles, shaders, and physics simulations. You will need to be proficient in hard surface and organic modeling, as well as a skilled texture painter. You will need to be able to take direction from peers and be comfortable with artistic critique. Our games span from real-time next gen graphics to pre-rendered assets. The ideal candidate will feel comfortable doing both.


Qualifications

  • Portfolio demonstrates experience creating visual effects for a film or game project.
  • Portfolio demonstrates understanding of primary movement and timing of particles and effect models.
  • Portfolio demonstrates understanding of lighting and color when creating visual effects.
  • Portfolio contains examples of model and texture creation for visual effects.
Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience creating effects in game engines such as Unity3d or Unreal
  • Experience creating pre-rendered effects using Maya, 3DS Max, or Houdini
  • Experience with physics simulations such as PhysX or RealFlow
  • Experience hand painting sprite sequences

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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer. We are located in Lake Forest, CA. Learn more about Amazon Game Studio please go to http://games.amazon.com/

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