Senior VFX Artist

Hello! We are Education Studios!
We are creating projects that erase the line between education and gaming.
Collaboration is highly encouraged here, so you’ll have a direct impact on game design and shaping the overall project direction. You’re not a mindless worker drone here—we want your thumbprints on these collective creations!
Current Project: Ad Astra (https://educationstudios.online/)

Nad czym pracować?

• Nazwa projektu (ów): https://educationstudios.online/
• Na jakim etapie projekt(y)? Alfa
• Gatunek: Gry logiczni, Gry przygodowe, Gry codzienni
• Platformy : Mobile, iOS

Wielkość i struktura zespołu?

Unity developers, Level Designer, Concept Artists, 3D Artist, Narrative creator

Na jakie zadania (obowiązki)?

• Collaborate with Art Director and CTO to produce high quality, mobile-friendly VFX assets for characters, UI and environments.

• Deliver assets within the confines of real-time engine constraints and programming/gameplay requirements.

• Visual effects inside Unity (using particle systems and shader effects) as well as hand-drawn and frame-by-frame animated effects.

• Working with developers to hash out best practices and approaches.

• Providing developers with required shaders, scripts and systems to enhance visual effects within the Unity-based project.

Jakiego specjalisty szukamy?

• Work in a realistic style (example - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/particles/spells/realistic-effects-pack-4-85675 or something similar)

• At least 3 years of experience creating VFX for commercially successful games, including at least 1 commercially distributed title

• Expert understanding and experience with Unity 2D and 3D workflows and pipelines

• Comfortable driving the design and style of a game’s motion graphics.

• Good understanding of aesthetic fundamentals, including timing, easing, motion, anticipation, palette creation, values, contrast.

• Experience using techniques unique to Unity’s bespoke toolkit (Particle system, Unity VFX Graph, Unity UI System) as well as more generalised realtime techniques (spritesheets, shaders).

• Love for the challenge of optimizing 3D and 2D VFX assets, balancing memory and performance constraints against a great gameplay experience

  BONUS POINTS:

• Experience working in combination spaces (3D and 2D).

• Technical knowledge of Unity game development and artistic workflows

• Experience with Unity Shader Graph.

Jakie warunki i bonusy?

• Competitive salary;

• Working with inspiring Ukrainian IT products that make the world a better place;

• A positive team from different parts of Ukraine;
  You will be entitled to 4 weeks (21 working days) of paid vacation in a year;

• Paid sick leaves (10days/year with full coverage);

• Fully remote working environment.