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Senior Cinematic FX Artist

Epic Games

Porto Alegre, Brazil 6 days ago
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Job Description
ART
What We Do
Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.
What You'll Do
Epic Games is looking for a Senior Cinematic FX Artist who is highly motivated to join our cinematic team and play a vital role in transforming in-game FX into a cinematic quality in Unreal Engine. A successful candidate will be equipped to create real-time VFX content using Niagara Materials and explore various techniques and solutions in our cinematics. Use your artistic eye and creativity to push boundaries while collaborating with our internal in-game team and outsourcing partners with FX tasks.
In this role, you will
• Execute outstanding effects for our games by bringing dramatic effects to life
• Create all art needed for the visual effects, including FX concept, proto, and final FX
• Supply creative solutions given a set of technical constraints
• Provide technical solutions that have a broader impact across the group
• Working on Epic's cinematic team to design various real-time FX in Unreal Engine for use in cinematic shots
What we're looking for
• Good understanding of Unreal Engine or at least a passion for learning Unreal and Niagara
• An understanding of how to adapt/upgrade/translate game FX into their cinematic or movie version by identifying and retaining key shapes and concepts while plussing the fidelity
• Strong Houdini knowledge (running fluid simulations, proceduralism, mesh generation)
• An interest in and understanding of scripting/programming
• A good understanding/experience in proceduralism, including shaders
• A critical eye for the timing, animation, and motion of real-world objects and visual FX with an ability to bring dramatic FX to life with flair

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-z39301-3-145-97-221-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Epic Games

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation.