Senior Visual Effects (VFX) Artist

Senior Visual Effects (VFX) Artist Responsibilities:

• Develop high quality visual assets, materials and particle systems for a variety of gameplay and cinematic scenarios.
• Create Visual Effects, both with or without concept art while maintaining a given style across a variety of assets.
• Create memory efficient texture assets using programs like Adobe Photoshop, Substance Designer, Houdini or other industry standard authoring programs.
• Assist with advanced material creation and post process effects as needed.
• Work closely with the Art and Design teams to ensure the highest quality assets are delivered to required specifications.
• Participate in meetings to discuss the implementation of visual effects for the purpose of messaging gameplay concepts and meeting our visual goals.
• Model inclusive behaviors to help build and support a diverse organization that values, respects, and taps into different backgrounds and perspectives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of game industry experience creating effects.
• Proficiency in Unreal Engine 4, Unity, PopcornFX or similar.
• Experience authoring original textures and assets for use in visual effects design.
• Demonstrated time management skills (for assigned tasks) and the experience to handle large workloads efficiently.
• Proactive about making things happen, and a drive to continue to learn and grow as an artist.
• Proven communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Maya, Substance Designer, Houdini, and Photoshop.
• Have shipped at least 1 console / PC / VR title as VFX artist.
• Experience creating 3D assets and materials in Maya, Houdini or another 3D package as needed to support effects.
• Familiarity with lighting in game, material creation, and post effects.
• Experience authoring effects for VR.

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.