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Job Description
Contract type
Long term position
Job description
As part of its development and growth, and for its ambitious upcoming productions, QUANTIC DREAM is expending its teams and is hiring a Lead VFX Artist to be responsible for leading the VFX art team, taking responsibility for visual quality benchmarks and create amazing in-game visuals effects.
As Lead VFX Artist you will work closely with the Art Director and Production staff to ensure that visuals effects are delivered in a timely manner and to a high level of quality. Strong communication and managment skills will be essential to balance these requirements. You must be flexible, highly motivated and detail conscious.
Required skills
- +5 years of VFX team lead experience. Must have shipped at least one AAA title ;
- Strong technical proficiency in understanding proprietary tools and technology ;
- Proven excellent leadership skills. Able to communicate effectively verbally and visually ;
- Strong understanding of real-time VFX technics and pipeline ;
- Able to hit established technical & quality visuals effects benchmarks without supervision ;
- Must be able to work closely with engineers, designer and animators to create stunning VFX ;
- Alongside the VFX Lead and engine programmers, build future tools and improve pipelines and graphic potential ;
- Able to maintain a balance between visual quality and performance requirements for AAA real-time games ;
- Work with Art Direction to create and keep artistic style & mood consistent with defined visual style for the games ;
- Ability to source & highlight examples of inspirational work that pushes technical and aesthetic quality ;
- Able to mentor team members and provide concise art feedback ;
- Positive attitude and a desire to bring new ideas to the team.
Portfolio/website demonstrating your art skills, design sensibilities, and attention to detail desirable.
FRENCH IS (NOT) A MUST for this position, you will be working in an international environment.
Technical Requirements :
- Excellent knowledge of any real time 3D engine & PBR shaders ;
- Excellent knowledge of Maya, Photoshop ;
- Knowledge of CG Software (FumeFX, Realflow, Houdini…) ;
- Expert with particle and fluid systems as well as geometry based VFX and real-time physics system ;
- Strong knowledge in scripting (Python/Mel).
Permanent position, full-time position.