Artillery Games is Hiring a VFX Artist

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Artillery Games is looking for a Visual Effects Artist to help bring life to Artillery's first title, Project Atlas. We're turning the idea of a real-time strategy game on its head and looking to build a lasting, iconic universe with an engaging story, compelling units, and ultra-fun multiplayer battles!

We are looking for an artist skilled at creating great-looking, stylized effects which drive the look and feel of the game, and is also knowledgable about the technical aspects of setting up a VFX pipeline with proprietary tools.

Responsibilities:

• Embrace our high bar for art and create work that supports the unique style of our game and -fulfills gameplay vision.
• Create a wide range of high quality particle effects, using our proprietary tools
• Aid us in tuning our VFX pipeline and pushing the boundaries of our engine
• Collaborate with other team disciplines including art, game design and engineering
• Develop assets optimized for current systems
• Troubleshoot and problem solve visual effects issues while balancing art and gameplay needs.

We're Looking to Hire Individuals With:

• Industry experience on game titles as a VFX artist
• Deep experience and understanding of Photoshop, After Effects and other effects-related tools for creating textures and effects sequences
• Experience working in Maya and other 3D packages
• Knack for creating stylized graphics and flipbooks, hand-painted and animated effects are a big plus.
• Working knowledge of game engines and the willingness to drive the development of our own engine and pipeline
• Excitement toward designing awesome effects for many units in a genre-pushing RTS game with fresh art style

We Also Highly Value:

• Having multiple shipped titles is a plus but not a requirement
• Creative personal projects
• A rabid passion for gaming and strong knowledge of games -- love for RTSes and MOBAs is a plus!
• A strong intrinsic drive to build something you'll be proud of decades from now

Apply Here!