Companion Group
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2022
🎮 Gaming
🥽 AR/VR
🔌 API
Gaming • AR/VR • API
Companion Group is a game development studio that partners with some of the most ambitious game studios worldwide. They specialize in providing highly skilled developers experienced in Unreal, Unity, and backend systems to enhance development teams and accelerate project timelines. Their focus includes multiplayer game development, game server architecture, and scaling global player bases. Companion Group emphasizes collaboration, supporting existing teams, and offering expertise in creating enriched gaming experiences across various platforms, including PC, console, virtual reality, and mobile.
VFX Artist
🕒 March 31
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote
⏳ Contract/Temporary
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
🗿 3D Artist
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Companion Group
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2022
🎮 Gaming
🥽 AR/VR
🔌 API
Gaming • AR/VR • API
Companion Group is a game development studio that partners with some of the most ambitious game studios worldwide. They specialize in providing highly skilled developers experienced in Unreal, Unity, and backend systems to enhance development teams and accelerate project timelines. Their focus includes multiplayer game development, game server architecture, and scaling global player bases. Companion Group emphasizes collaboration, supporting existing teams, and offering expertise in creating enriched gaming experiences across various platforms, including PC, console, virtual reality, and mobile.
📋 Description
• Design and implement real-time visual effects for characters, environments, and gameplay interactions. • Work with particle systems, shaders, and physics-based simulations to create high-quality effects. • Develop and optimise VFX assets while maintaining performance standards across platforms. • Collaborate with the art, animation, and game design teams to ensure VFX aligns with the game’s visual style and mechanics. • Create stylised and realistic VFX such as fire, smoke, explosions, energy effects, weather, and destruction. • Utilise Unreal Engine’s Niagara or other VFX tools to develop advanced effects. • Optimise effects to ensure smooth performance without sacrificing visual fidelity. • Research and prototype new techniques to push the boundaries of real-time VFX. • Maintain clear and organised technical documentation of workflows and best practices.
🎯 Requirements
• 5+ years of experience as a VFX Artist in game development. • Proficiency with Unreal Engine’s Niagara or other real-time VFX tools (Unity’s VFX Graph, PopcornFX, etc.). • Strong understanding of particle systems, shaders, lighting, and materials. • Experience with Houdini, Blender, or Maya for simulation-based effects. • Solid grasp of physics, motion, and timing for realistic and stylised VFX. • Familiarity with PBR workflows and optimisation techniques for real-time performance. • Basic knowledge of shader programming (HLSL, GLSL) or scripting is a plus. • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced game development environment.
🏖️ Benefits
• A competitive salary. • A clear career progression path with opportunities for growth and recognition. • Fully remote position, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere. • Work alongside industry veterans. • Be part of a passionate, dynamic team working on exciting, boundary-pushing projects. • Take your creativity to the next level and help us craft unforgettable characters that evoke the magic of an iconic era.
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