Lead VFX – Unannounced Project – W/M/NB

As Lead VFX Artist, you’ll lead the creation of high-quality visual effects in collaboration with the game’s creative direction. 

Your tasks:

• Create environment and gameplay effects (VFX textures, animations, shaders, material creation), compatible with real time constraints,
• Supervise the quality of the team’s work and set standards of excellence, 
• Take charge of team management and ensure team cohesion,
• Identify and implement workflow and pipeline best practices for VFX team members,
• Create, communicate and keep documentation up to date,
• In collaboration with the technical teams, develop optimized VFX solutions to achieve the highest level of quality within the limits of the platform and the project.

• You have experience in dynamics, modeling, lighting and image processing, ideally on AAA or AA productions,
• You’re comfortable with the idea of managing a VFX team in a realistic DA environment,
• You have in-depth knowledge of game engine particle editors and tools, texture and material creation, and 3D DCC (Houdini, 3DS Max, Maya, Blender, etc.),
• Autonomous and organized, you have the experience to provide time estimates for VFX deliverables, participating in the project’s visual effects planning,
• You are interested in discovering and learning new software,
• You’re comfortable working as part of a team, and also with the idea of working independently,
• Your English will enable you to work in an international environment.

Joining us means having access from day one to : 

• Flexibility in your working hours and the possibility to work remotely under the conditions of the Ubisoft policy. 

• 20 days of remote working per year from a European Union country (reserved for European citizens);  

• Our internal e-learning platform to finally train you on the tools you need so much;  

• Our game library where you can borrow the latest Ubisoft games, those of the competition, consoles and board games;  

• Our preferential rates on a wide range of shows, cinemas, concerts, sports halls, amusement parks, and many other good deals. 

And after 1 year?  

• You have a career and development plan established with your manager as well as clear objectives that will allow you to progress and increase your salary each year;  

• You have joined one of our clubs : choir, yoga, tennis, lightsaber… Or you have created your own!   

• You take advantage of your 1.5 hour lunch break to take part in a class in our gym or borrow one of our bicycles to ride in the Bois de Vincennes ;  

• You look forward to the next surf/yoga or ski weekend organized by the work council;  

• You’ve gotten really good at foosball, rock climbing, Mario Kart or Just Dance ;   

• You’ve raided the clearance sale to complete your collection of Ubi goodies and games (because we  never have enough);