205 Vfx Artist jobs in the United Kingdom
VFX Artist
Posted 12 days ago
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We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!
For over 30 years, we’ve been creating incredible video games at our multiple studios, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.
We're looking for an experienced VFX Artist who is looking for their next exciting challenge to join a passionate and growing VFX team and work on an exciting new large-scale project, crafted by a seasoned team renowned for developing exceptional shooters.
The VFX team is responsible for all visual effects developed in Rebellion's games. Not only particle effects, but screen post effects, material effects, mesh destruction effects and UI effects, developed in Rebellion's proprietary engine “Asura”.
Responsibilities
- Craft and design high-quality real-time particle effects that elevate the look and feel of the game.
- Maintain strong artistic and technical standards, making refinements to ensure effects are both polished and performant.
- Use available assets to immerse players in rich, atmospheric worlds that enhance the game’s narrative and experience.
- Draw on game design documents to understand environments, objectives, storylines, and overall style, ensuring your effects support the project vision.
This exciting opportunity can be based out of any of our studios in Oxford or Warwick, offering flexibility, collaboration, and the chance to work with a world-class team! We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.
We believe in the power of face-to-face collaboration and encourage working from our Oxford headquarters. However, we understand that flexibility matters, so we’re open to discussing hybrid options based on individual needs.
Requirements
- An accomplished real-time VFX portfolio that demonstrates timing, clarity, and a strong artistic eye.
- Professional experience, whether through studio roles, internships, or substantial personal projects such as game jams or mods, as well as familiarity with source control systems, will help you stand out.
- Proficiency with industry tools such as Blender, Photoshop, Substance, and After Effects (or equivalent software).
- A solid understanding of particle system fundamentals and texture creation workflows for games.
- Familiarity with simulation tools such as Houdini and Embergen (or similar) for creating flipbook assets.
- Knowledge of 2D particle texture techniques and how to apply them effectively in real-time effects.
- The ability to take concept art, design goals, and references and transform them into polished, performant effects that enhance gameplay and storytelling.
Benefits
We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:
- 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
- Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
- Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
- Enhanced Family Leave
- Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
- Enhanced Pension Scheme
- EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
- Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!
Right to Work Statement
This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship.
Life at Our Oxford HQ
Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.
Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.
Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!
Inside Rebellion
Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.
Find out more about us here
Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.
We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.
If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers
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VFX Artist
Posted 16 days ago
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Mid - Senior level. Fully remote in the UK available.
12-month Fixed Term Contract
As a VFX Artist at Wushu Studios, you will be responsible for creating stunning visual effects that enhance gameplay and immerse players in our worlds. You will work closely with designers, artists, and developers to integrate effects that contribute to the overall aesthetic and user experience of our games.
Responsibilities
- Design and produce a variety of visual effects, such as particle systems and environmental effects (water, dust, fire).
- Create and test any new tools before they go live, and make sure we're always sharing knowledge with the team.
- Work proactively to identify and solve problems before they impact the development team.
- Helping to implement new techniques that can make our art creation faster and better.
- Ensure our content looks amazing across all platforms via optimisation.
- Liaising with other team members, acting as the bridge between art and programming teams, to keep things running smoothly.
- Ensure any technical constraints and the reasons behind them are communicated effectively to the art team, in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience working with Unreal Engine.
- Experience with VFX Niagara systems
- Solid understanding of visual aesthetics, lighting, composition, and artistic principles.
- Good knowledge of CG fundamentals (modelling, texturing, shading, lighting etc) within Maya, Max, Blender or similar.
- Ability to debug and optimise complex assets and implement efficient rendering and VFX techniques.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skillset.
Desirable
- Good knowledge of embergen, houdini or another rendering software to develop sprite sheets and meshes for VFX
- Good knowledge of photoshop in terms of developing VFX
Benefits
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
- Christmas shutdown
- Flexible working hours
- x 4 Half-day Fridays (during the summer months)
- A day off on your birthday
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Weekly Yoga Class
- Anti-Crunch ethos
- Referral Bonus Scheme
- Bike2Work Scheme
- Social Events
Senior VFX Artist
Posted 1 day ago
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Responsibilities:
- Create high-quality visual effects assets and sequences according to project requirements and artistic direction.
- Collaborate closely with Directors, Art Directors, and other VFX supervisors to achieve the desired aesthetic.
- Develop and implement complex simulations for elements such as fire, smoke, water, and destruction.
- Create and composite 2D and 3D elements to build realistic and visually compelling scenes.
- Work with lighting and rendering techniques to achieve photorealistic results.
- Troubleshoot and problem-solve technical challenges within the VFX pipeline.
- Mentor junior artists and provide constructive feedback to enhance team performance.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in VFX software and techniques.
- Manage time effectively and deliver high-quality work within project deadlines.
- Maintain clear and concise communication with team members and supervisors.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our studio's VFX workflows and pipelines.
- Ensure consistency and quality across all visual effects shots.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in visual effects artistry, with a strong portfolio showcasing high-end work.
- Expertise in industry-standard VFX software such as Houdini, Maya, Nuke, After Effects, and/or Substance Painter.
- Strong understanding of 3D animation, modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering, and compositing.
- Proven experience with particle systems, fluid dynamics, and other simulation techniques.
- Excellent artistic eye, with a keen sense of composition, colour, and detail.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a remote team, managing multiple tasks efficiently.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to technical challenges.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Computer Graphics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Passion for film, animation, and visual storytelling.
Senior VFX Artist
Posted 1 day ago
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Key Responsibilities:
- Design, create, and implement complex visual effects sequences for film and television.
- Develop and refine simulation, particle, and volumetric effects.
- Create high-quality textures, shaders, and lighting for VFX elements.
- Integrate CGI elements seamlessly with live-action footage.
- Collaborate with directors and art departments to achieve creative vision.
- Mentor and guide junior VFX artists in a remote setting.
- Optimize VFX workflows for maximum efficiency and quality.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging VFX technologies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to VFX production.
- Contribute to the overall aesthetic and storytelling of projects.
- Extensive experience as a VFX Artist in the film or television industry.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating mastery in various VFX disciplines.
- Proficiency in industry-standard software such as Houdini, Maya, Nuke, After Effects, and RenderMan.
- Expertise in particle systems, simulations (fluids, fire, smoke), and procedural generation.
- Solid understanding of compositing, color theory, and lighting.
- Experience with real-time engines (e.g., Unreal Engine) is a plus.
- Excellent artistic skills and a keen eye for detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, adapted for remote work.
- Ability to manage time effectively and meet project deadlines.
Senior VFX Artist
Posted 2 days ago
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Key responsibilities include creating realistic and imaginative visual effects such as explosions, fire, water, destruction, and magical elements. You will work closely with the VFX supervisor and art director to ensure the visual effects align with the project's creative direction. This involves modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering, and compositing of complex 3D elements. Developing and refining procedural systems and tools to achieve specific visual effects will be a significant part of your work. You will troubleshoot technical issues and optimize workflows for efficiency and quality. Collaboration with other departments, including animation and editorial, to ensure seamless integration of visual effects into the final sequence is crucial. Mentoring junior artists and providing constructive feedback on their work will be expected. Staying current with industry trends, software advancements, and new techniques in visual effects creation is essential. You will also be responsible for managing your workload, meeting deadlines, and delivering exceptional results.
The successful candidate will possess a strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional artistic skills and a wide range of visual effects capabilities. A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in VFX for film, television, or game cinematics is required. Proficiency in industry-standard software such as Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, Nuke, After Effects, and relevant rendering engines (e.g., Redshift, Arnold, V-Ray) is mandatory. A strong understanding of physics, natural phenomena, and organic and hard-surface modeling is essential. Excellent artistic eye, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills are critical. Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Mel) for tool development is highly desirable. Strong communication and collaboration skills are necessary to work effectively within a distributed team environment. This is a fully remote role, offering a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to contribute to visually stunning and groundbreaking projects.
Senior VFX Artist
Posted 2 days ago
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Responsibilities:
- Conceptualize and create high-quality visual effects for film, TV, and games.
- Develop and implement complex particle systems, simulations, and procedural effects.
- Integrate CGI elements seamlessly with live-action footage.
- Collaborate with directors, supervisors, and other artists to achieve artistic goals.
- Troubleshoot technical issues and optimize workflows for efficiency.
- Mentor and guide junior VFX artists.
- Maintain a high standard of artistic quality and attention to detail.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.
- Manage time effectively to meet project deadlines.
- Proven experience as a Senior VFX Artist in film, TV, or gaming.
- Strong portfolio showcasing a range of high-quality VFX work.
- Expertise in industry-standard software such as Houdini, Maya, Nuke, After Effects, or similar.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, MEL) is a plus.
- Excellent understanding of physics, dynamics, and natural phenomena simulation.
- Strong artistic foundation in composition, colour, and lighting.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a remote team.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Senior VFX Artist
Posted 2 days ago
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The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in visual effects production, with a strong portfolio showcasing a wide range of creative and technical skills. Proficiency in industry-standard software such as Maya, Houdini, Nuke, After Effects, and a strong understanding of render engines like V-Ray or Arnold is essential. You should possess exceptional artistic talent, a keen eye for detail, and a deep understanding of cinematography, composition, and color theory. The ability to work effectively in a remote, collaborative environment, communicate ideas clearly, and provide constructive feedback to peers is paramount. You must be a self-starter, highly organized, and able to manage your time effectively to meet project deadlines.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge projects and work alongside some of the most talented individuals in the industry. As a remote-first organization, our client provides a robust infrastructure to support its distributed team, including regular virtual team-building events and clear communication channels. If you are passionate about visual storytelling and possess the technical expertise and artistic flair to bring imaginative worlds to life, we want to hear from you. This is a chance to push creative boundaries and shape the future of visual effects.
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Senior VFX Artist
Posted 2 days ago
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Key Responsibilities:
- Create high-quality visual effects for film, television, or games, including explosions, fire, water, smoke, and magical effects.
- Develop and maintain complex particle systems and simulations.
- Integrate 3D elements with live-action footage or 2D assets.
- Collaborate with directors and supervisors to achieve desired visual outcomes.
- Mentor and guide junior VFX artists, providing constructive feedback.
- Contribute to the development and optimization of VFX pipelines and tools.
- Ensure assets and effects meet technical requirements for rendering and compositing.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges within the VFX pipeline.
- Maintain artistic consistency and quality across all visual effects shots.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in visual effects.
- Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, Computer Graphics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in visual effects artistry.
- Expertise in industry-standard VFX software such as Houdini, Maya, Nuke, After Effects, Unreal Engine, or Unity.
- Proficiency in particle systems, dynamics, fluid simulations, and real-time VFX.
- Strong understanding of lighting, texturing, shading, and compositing.
- Excellent artistic eye for detail, composition, and colour theory.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to new technologies.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A strong demo reel showcasing exceptional VFX work is mandatory.
Lead VFX Artist
Posted 2 days ago
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Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a team of VFX artists, providing clear direction, feedback, and support.
- Collaborate closely with directors, art directors, and supervisors to translate creative vision into compelling visual effects.
- Develop and implement high-quality VFX shots, utilizing a range of techniques and software.
- Manage shot assignments, pipelines, and workflows to ensure efficient project delivery.
- Set and maintain the artistic and technical standards for all VFX work.
- Troubleshoot technical challenges and provide solutions to ensure seamless execution.
- Stay at the forefront of emerging VFX technologies and techniques, integrating them into workflows where appropriate.
- Conduct regular reviews of work in progress, providing constructive criticism and ensuring alignment with project goals.
- Contribute to bidding and scheduling discussions for VFX sequences.
- Maintain a strong understanding of industry best practices and workflows.
Qualifications:
- Extensive experience in visual effects, with a strong portfolio showcasing expertise in various VFX disciplines (e.g., simulations, compositing, 3D rendering).
- Proven experience in a Lead or Supervisory role within a VFX environment.
- Expert proficiency in industry-standard VFX software such as Nuke, Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, and relevant rendering engines.
- Strong understanding of physics-based simulations (fluids, particles, destruction).
- Excellent artistic eye for composition, lighting, color, and detail.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced production environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively under pressure.
- A passion for film and visual storytelling.
- Experience working in a remote setting is highly beneficial.
This is a thrilling opportunity to lead creative efforts on visually spectacular projects and push the boundaries of what's possible in VFX. If you are a visionary artist with a proven ability to inspire and guide a team, we encourage you to apply.
Senior VFX Artist
Posted 2 days ago
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Responsibilities:
- Create high-quality visual effects shots for film, television, or games.
- Utilize industry-standard software (e.g., Nuke, Maya, Houdini, After Effects) to achieve desired visual outcomes.
- Collaborate closely with VFX Supervisors, Directors, and other artists to achieve the artistic vision.
- Develop and implement complex simulations (e.g., fluids, particles, destruction).
- Integrate 3D elements with live-action footage seamlessly.
- Troubleshoot technical challenges and optimize workflows for efficiency.
- Manage assets and maintain organized project files.
- Provide constructive feedback to team members and contribute to a collaborative environment.
- Stay current with emerging VFX technologies, techniques, and industry trends.
- Participate in creative reviews and contribute innovative ideas.
- Ensure timely delivery of shots according to production schedules.
Qualifications:
- Proven professional experience (5+ years) as a VFX Artist in a studio environment.
- Demonstrated expertise in at least one core VFX discipline (e.g., Compositing, 3D Modeling, Animation, Simulation, Lighting, Rendering).
- Proficiency in industry-standard VFX software suites.
- A strong understanding of cinematic language, composition, and color theory.
- Ability to interpret creative briefs and translate them into compelling visual elements.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively in a hybrid team.
- Ability to work efficiently and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
- A keen eye for detail and a passion for visual storytelling.
- A strong demo reel showcasing a wide range of high-quality VFX work is essential.
Join a visionary team and contribute to unforgettable visual experiences. This hybrid role allows you to collaborate and create from our studio in Liverpool, Merseyside, UK , with the added benefit of remote flexibility.