Associate Visual Effects Artist / Associate VFX Artist

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

Magic: The Gathering Arena is seeking an experienced, proactive Associate VFX Artist to build industry-leading visual effects for our games. You will combine technical proficiency and superb aesthetic sensibilities to bring the world of Magic: The Gathering to life! You will use a variety of tools to build performant and beautiful effects. This role collaborates with other artists, animators, and UX designers to deftly balance visual direction with the information needs of the game.

What You'll Do:

• Work with designers and engineers to define, clarify, and visualize asset requirements for individual features.
• Build original particle systems, game piece animations, models and ambient scene assets that combined form outstanding VFX. Invent unforgettable experiences for players that dazzle even after hundreds of viewings!
• Paint VFX textures and flipbooks from scratch and match an established style.
• Meet established visual benchmarks to ensure you are making a unique and remarkable user experience.
• Optimize game assets and implementation as needed for both performance and platform specialization.

What You'll Bring:

• 1 years as a VFX Artist for real-time games, or equivalent experience.
• Love for games and game development.
• A dazzling portfolio of VFX creations.
• Strong drive for artistic growth and maintaining currency with evolving technology.
• Experience in balancing conflicting priorities of visual quality, CPU and memory performance, and development time, to produce the best results for the project.
• Proficiency in animation and art fundamentals.
• Familiar with 3D modeling in Maya and texture painting in Photoshop or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of asset integration and management with Unity.
• Self-motivated and excellent time management.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills in devising imaginative and efficient visual solutions for design challenges.
• Great communication and collaboration skills.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

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