FX Artist - Temporary

Sledgehammer Games, co-developers of Call of Duty MW3, is hiring!

Sledgehammer Games was founded with a singular goal:  Achieve Excellence.  We have a state of the art facility, an industry leading development team, and a studio culture built to promote and support world class game developers.  We are actively recruiting top talent for our Call of Duty development team.  If you are passionate and driven to do your best work, and have a desire to work on the most successful FPS franchise in the history of video games, please apply online.

Come take a closer look at our studio, our culture, and some of the worldwide press for our latest game, Modern Warfare 3, at http://www.sledgehammergames.com.

Description:

The VFX team at Sledgehammer Games is looking for experienced and passionate VFX artists to join our AAA team.  In this position, the artists will work closely with the Lead VFX Artist, Art Director, Technical Art Director, Lighting and Design team to create the most exceptional real-time effects with hyper realism for our next Call of Duty game.  The candidates will have the opportunity to contribute in various areas of in-game effects including but not excluding weaponry effects, vehicle destruction, large-scaled rigid body simulations and environmental effects such as fire, smoke, water, and weather system. 

The ideal candidates should demonstrate a high level of artistic sense and strong technical skills.    They should drive hard and challenge themselves with the goal of being masters of the craft. 

Responsibilities:

·         Working closely with Level Designers and Team Leads to create in-game fx for stunning environments and exciting game moments.

·         Creation of real time particle systems via proprietary software.

·         Texture creation using available graphic applications.

·         Population of effects in game using a propriety scripting language.

·         Solving technical issues that arise with new tools or game performance.