Senior VFX Artist

Welcome to PUBG

PUBG Madison continues to grow. We are looking for a talented VFX artist with experience working on large-scale, live service games to join us in our Madison studio.

What we need:

PUBG Madison is seeking a talented VFX Artist who will be responsible for art development for entire game levels and epic visual content for in-game events. 

Responsibilities: 

• Create, design and implement real-time particle effects using both static and animating 2D/3D elements 
• Place effects throughout levels and cinematics 
• Paint particle and decal textures 
• Create simulations for gameplay elements 
• Create FX shaders with node-based shader networks 
• Create FX textures (color, normal, specular, ambient occlusion, height, and incandescent maps.) 
• Create simple geometry and assign UV's 
• Optimize FX for framerate and memory 
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure that FX are implemented appropriately in the game engine 
• Work with Art Director to maintain FX art direction for game. 
• Ability to work independently and with minimal oversight: Understands and adds to the overall art style of game 
• Orchestrates FX events involving layering and timing of different FX to create a believable scene.

Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of production experience using game engines to create real-time VFX with a supporting demo reel
• Served as a Senior artist on a published AAA title and shipped multiple game titles
• Good people skills, collaborative attitude, and good observation skills and ability to use reference materials 
• Experience in VFX particle and volume effects such as smoke, fire, clouds, water, steam, and explosions
• Experience in shader and material development
• Ability to work independently
• Proficient Animation and timing skills 
• Excellent composition/framing skills and sense of scale, timing, detail, form, texture and color
• Experience with in engine lighting, post effects, and Physically Based shading models
• Experience working in visual scripting environments such as Unreal Engine’s Niagara & Blueprints, Unity’s VFX Graph, and supporting DCC apps like Houdini, Maya, FumeFX, Nuke, and Substance Designer
• Experience with current consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X) preferred. 
• Solid traditional arts background a plus