Lead VFX Artist

Experteer Overview As Lead VFX Artist, you will guide a team of VFX artists to set the technical benchmark for visual effects in BioShock 4. You’ll shape the artistic style, develop and optimize VFX pipelines, and collaborate across disciplines to integrate effects into gameplay. You will mentor the team, manage creative mandates, and drive high-fidelity, performance-conscious visuals. This role offers a chance to influence the game’s atmosphere and push real-time VFX to new heights, within a collaborative, ownership-driven studio culture. Compensation / Benefits • Design, prototype, and implement real-time VFX (environmental, gameplay, cinematic, character, destruction) using Unreal Engine 5 and Niagara • Refine artistic style and quality bar to align with the game’s creative vision • Develop, document, and maintain efficient VFX pipelines, asset workflows, and integration standards • Collaborate with Tech Art and Engineering to troubleshoot, profile, and optimize effects across platforms • Establish best practices for asset creation, shaders, performance budgets, and memory footprint • Lead, mentor, and provide feedback to a team of VFX artists • Collaborate with Environment, Animation, Lighting, Audio, and Design to integrate VFX into gameplay • Act as primary point of contact for all VFX topics and guide cross-disciplinary discussions Tasks • 8+ years in game development with 3+ years in senior/lead capacity on AAA titles • Bachelor’s Degree in Art, or equivalent • 5+ years of professional VFX experience in games, with at least 1 shipped AAA title • Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 (Niagara, Material Editor, Sequencer, Blueprint) • Strong understanding of real-time pipelines, asset workflows, performance budgets, optimization • Solid grasp of timing, motion, and visual storytelling for immersion • Experience with particle simulation and dynamic materials Key requirements • medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance • 14 paid holidays per year • paid vacation (15–25 days) or discretionary time off • up to 10 paid sick days per year • paid parental and compassionate leave • wellbeing programs and mental health support