Junior Realtime VFX Artist

Lakshya, a Keywords Studios company, in India is headquartered in Gurgaon and has a team of over 700 employees spread across studio facilities in Gurgaon, Pune and Seattle, and sales offices in San Diego and Tokyo. Setup in 2004, Lakshya has, over the last 20 years, created a reputation in the game development industry for being a highly talented and dependable game art studio. During this time, Lakshya has created art for over a hundred game titles, including hugely successful global hits such as Bloodborne, Dark Souls II, Just Cause 3, WWE 2K16, Uncharted 2, Farmville and Cityville. Lakshya’s senior team, which comprises of top-notch International and Indian talent, has a huge amount of experience of creating art for different game platforms and genres. Lakshya blends artistic creativity with strong process orientation in order to deliver best in class services. Lakshya works closely with NASSCOM to help in the growth of the game development eco-system in India.

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About the Role:

We are looking for a Junior Real-time VFX Artist with a strong foundation in materials, 3D modeling, and texture creation, along with a good sense of timing and familiarity with particle editors.

The ideal candidate should have a keen interest in analyzing and recreating natural phenomena, along with a willingness to learn and explore various VFX creation techniques. Strong visual understanding and effective communication skills (both verbal and written) are essential for this role.

Requirements:
• Experience working in modelling, animation and texturing.
• Knowledge of 2D tools (e.g. Photoshop, After Effects) and 3D software (e.g. Maya, Houdini, Blender).
• Knowledge working with a game engine, in our case, Unreal Engine 4.
• Practical experience working on other VFX projects, ideally in video games or Films.

Responsibilities

1. Collaborate with our various departments to understand the overall creative vision and establish visual effect priorities

2. Reporting to the Lead VFX Artist, the candidate will be working on upcoming projects as part of a highly-skilled multi-disciplinary team.

3. Follow the established vision of the game’s story and gameplay in the process of VFX creation.

4. Craft, modify, and implement ambient environment effects under the lead’s supervision to enhance the mood, tell a story, and make the world feel alive.

5. Translate concept art, visual references, and available game design documents into real-time VFX prototypes and implement them under the lead’s supervision.

6. Build optimized effects within the technical constraints of the project.

7. Work with level designers and environment artists to create effects for scripted events and story moments.

8. Deliver tasks consistently on quality and on time.

Benefits:
• We offer the opportunity to work on some of the best-known game titles in the world.

• We offer competitive salaries and annual performance-based bonuses.
• We offer generous paid time off. You get 26 Annual leaves and additional paid time off at the year-end (from 25th December to 1st January).
• We cover Term Insurance and Personal accidental insurance for you.
• Benefit from our free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental and emotional wellbeing.
• You can also avail our Special Education Assistance Scheme to further develop your career.
• … And a lot more!

Role Information: EN
Studio: Lakshya
Location: Asia Pacific, India,
Area of Work: Art Services
Service: Create
Employment Type: Full Time
Working Pattern: Onsite