2K
Senior VFX Artist
Frisco, Texas, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago
PhotoshopMaya3ds MaxUnreal Engine
About the role
- Our games are entrenched with rich universes that are expanded upon via transmedia storytelling, live experiences, and consumer products.
- For more information, visit www.GearboxSoftware.com.
- This role is open to VFX artists of all levels.
Responsibilities
- Work with the visual effects team to create impressive real-time particle systems.
- Build elegant materials in Unreal Engine 5 for particle systems and world geometry.
- Create memory-efficient texture assets using programs like Adobe Photoshop, Substance Designer, Houdini, or Embergen.
- Work closely with the Technical Art Director and Lead Artist to understand and, if necessary, establish production processes that consider the technical constraints of the game.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience as a VFX Artist in the video game industry.
- Experience with Unreal and Houdini.
- Experience with 3DS Max (or Maya), Substance Designer, and Photoshop.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems.
- Knowledge of the limitations of console games with fixed technical specifications.
- Shipped at least 2 multiplatform titles.
- Ability to collaborate within a multidisciplinary team.
- Curiosity and a desire to improve our methods.
- Demonstrable mastery of artistic concepts and common practices.
- Good understanding of the general art pipeline in a game studio.
- Understanding of individual impact on performance in relation to the project's frame rate objectives.
- Enthusiastic, positive, and team-oriented attitude.
- Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity
- Gearbox Entertainment is committed to ensuring that all team members work in an environment free from discrimination and harassment, and one that reflects the diversity of the world it strives to entertain. As an equal opportunity employer, Gearbox Entertainment does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Company info
- The Gearbox Entertainment Company is home to a world-class team that entertains the world with award-winning and genre-defining video games. Our games are entrenched with rich universes that are expanded upon via transmedia storytelling, live experiences, and consumer products. Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for developing successful game franchises such as Borderlands, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and Brothers in Arms, as well for continued development of acquired including Duke Nukem, Risk of Rain, and Homeworld.
- The company was founded as Gearbox Software in 1999 by a team of industry veterans and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The Gearbox Entertainment Company is proud to be part of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
- What We Are Looking For
- The Gearbox Entertainment Company is home to a world-class team that entertains the world with award-winning and genre-defining video games.
- Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for developing successful game franchises such as Borderlands, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and Brothers in Arms, as well for continued development of acquired including Duke Nukem, Risk of Rain, and Homeworld.
- The company was founded as Gearbox Software in 1999 by a team of industry veterans and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas.
- The Gearbox Entertainment Company is proud to be part of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
- The Senior VFX Artist works across all our titles and interacts directly with the VFX Director, Art Directors, and Designers to create world-class special effects that push the technical boundaries of Unreal Engine 5, Xbox, and PlayStation.
This listing is sourced directly from 2K's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.