Senior VFX Artist

Senior VFX Artist

Location: Tokyo, Japan

About us:

Deep expertise. Personal and Industry evolution. Impeccable craft. These are Limit Break’s founding principles.

Limit Break founded by global industry leaders in mobile gaming, We are unlocking its potential beyond games to transform digital markets into real-world economies and digital worlds into vibrant communities who will take gaming economies for both players and traders to new limits. We combine the power of technology, crypto currency, and creative vision to create experiences that connect people from all corners of the globe.

Limit Break is backed by leading investors that include Buckley Ventures & Paradigm Ventures. The total crypto market capitalization increased by 25 times in a single year. The adoption rate and a number of public and private partnerships is proving it to be the next wave of technology of future and Gaming is leading the way.

About the Role:

Limit Break is looking for a Senior VFX Artist to establish and maintain our VFX style and creation process on our upcoming game. This role will involve working heavily with a variety of other departments to achieve visual fidelity while adhering to technical and design constraints required for the desired platform. This position is an opportunity to build a team, and execute your vision for building a new VFX style and authoring pipeline.

Responsibilities:

● Work closely with the Art Director and Concept Art to drive the creation of high quality VFX simulations, textures, and materials

● Establish process, standards, documentation, and training

● Ensure that VFX art assets are built to high technical and efficiency standards

● Task and manage a team, both internal and with external

● Collaborate with Production to organize, schedule, and manage the VFX team's daily activities

● Partner with Engineering and Technical Art to build and improve the VFX art pipeline

● Troubleshoot a wide variety of issues in DCC tools and in game

Qualifications:

● Passion for iterative design and peer-to-peer culture.

● 5-7 years of professional experience VFX and leading teams

● Excellent understanding of timing, motion, and volume preservation

● Mastery of modern asset generation techniques in industry standard DCC tools (Maya/Houdini, Photoshop, etc)

● A solid understanding of performance budgets, and other technical requirements for building optimized content

● Strong organizational and communication skills, both written and verbal

● Experience managing and collaborating with a team working remotely

● Extensive experience collaborating with other departments, artists, designers, and programmers

● Experience working with modern game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary technologies

A plus:

● Experience profiling and optimizing art assets for memory and performance considerations.

● Broad interest in real-time rendering technologies and art asset creation tools

● Experience with procedurally created or generated content

 Apply now:

If you are confident, driven, and are looking for an exciting role, this job could be a great opportunity for you. Apply to [email protected] to explore this new opportunity. This is an international blockchain gaming company that operates regionally and is opening offices in multiple locations around the globe. We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.