Senior VFX Artist (Fixed-Term Contract)

Fool’s Theory is a game development company from Bielsko-Biała, Poland, creators of the games Seven: The Days Long Gone and The Thaumaturge. The team is working on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past expansion in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.

• Professional experience creating real-time VFX for games, including shipped or completed projects
• Strong portfolio demonstrating VFX creation for games
• Expertise in both real-time and baked simulations
• Ability to create high quality visual effects consistent with the artistic vision and project quality
• Experience with a wide variety of realistic game-ready visual effects
• Experience with in-engine particle systems
• Solid understanding of real-time rendering techniques, shaders, and lighting
• Very good knowledge of 3D packages (3ds Max, Blender), texture authoring software (Photoshop, Substance Designer), and simulation software (Houdini)
• Good understanding of performance limitations and optimization procedures
• Outstanding creativity and attention to detail
• Ability to independently plan work, research references, and present ideas to stakeholders
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Fluent in English

• Deliver high-quality visual effects matching artistic vision within technical constraints
• Create and implement particle effects for characters, environments, gameplay, and cutscenes
• Maintain high-quality and optimized VFX with collaboration from Lighting, Material, and Tech Art teams
• Collaborate with multiple disciplines for gameplay, cinematics, and environments
• Research new workflows, tools, and techniques to enhance real-time VFX quality
• Create visually engaging and immersive VFX for environments
• Deliver assets that fit within technical budgets
• Document workflow and communicate relevant information to other teams

Only remote work allowed within a time zone difference of -/+ 2 hours from GMT+1.