Sega/Sports Interactive: Unity VFX Artist (Freelanc/FTC)

Motion Graphic Designer is needed in United Kingdom.

Sega is looking for a VFX Artist (Freelance). This job was crawled from the web:

Job Title: VFX Artist (Unity) – Freelance/FTC
Team: Jet
Location: SI HQ, Here East, London
Reporting to: Producer

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with technical artist and design team to produce high quality, mobile-friendly VFX assets.
• Deliver assets within the confines of real-time engine constraints and programming/gameplay requirements.
• Visual effects inside Unity (using particle systems and shader effects) as well as hand-drawn and frame-by-frame animated effects.
• Working to briefs.
• Working with developers to hash out best practices and approaches.
• Providing developers with required shaders, scripts and systems to enhance visual effects within the Unity-based project.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Comfortable driving the design and style of a game’s motion graphics.
• Good understanding of aesthetic fundamentals, including timing, easing, motion, anticipation, palette creation, values, contrast.
• Experience working in combination spaces (3D and 2D) .
• Experience using techniques unique to Unity’s bespoke toolkit (Particle system, Timeline, Cinemachine, Unity UI System) as well as more generalised realtime techniques (spritesheets, shaders).
• Understanding of the performance constraints inherent to mobile games and the ability to adapt your workflow to account for this.

Desirable

• Experience designing motion graphics for commercial purposes.
• Familiarity with audio integration in Unity for creating compelling motion graphics.
• Experience working autonomously in a source-controlled environment.

Studio Overview:

Sports Interactive (SI) is an ambitious development studio creating immersive sports management simulations. Since 1994, we’ve captivated a global pool of players with our iconic, BAFTA award-winning game, Football Manager. We’re a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA having caught their attention in 2006 with our continuous critical and commercial success.

In what capacity are you hiring?
On behalf of another company

Where are you in the hiring process?
I’m ready to make a paid hire

Would you like to state a preference for hiring from underrepresented group(s)?
No preference

Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me

Is this an independent one off job, or part of a larger project?
Part of a larger ongoing project

For what period of time will the freelancer be needed?
Long term

What freelancer experience level is needed? (per hour)
Mid-level (Industry Average): $35-75